Children's Informal Ideas in Science
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Children's Informal Ideas in Science

  1. 260 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Children's Informal Ideas in Science

About this book

The ideas that children have about science concepts have for the past decade been the subject of a wealth of international research. But while the area has been strong in terms of data, it has suffered from a lack of theory.
Children's Informal Ideas in Science addresses the question of whether children's ideas about science can be explained in a single theoretical framework. Twelve different approaches combine to tackle this central issue, each taking a deliberately critical standpoint. The contributors address such themes as values in research, the social construction of knowledge and the work of Piaget in a rich contribution to the debate without claiming finally to resolve it. The authors conclude with a discussion of how a theory can be built up, along with suggestions for ways ahead in the research.

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Yes, you can access Children's Informal Ideas in Science by P. J. Black,A. M. Lucas in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Education & Education General. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2002
eBook ISBN
9781134987450
Edition
1

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Figures
  5. Tables
  6. Contributors
  7. Introduction
  8. Chapter 1: Four Frames for a Field
  9. Chapter 2: The Relevance of Piaget to Research into Children’s Conceptions
  10. Chapter 3 Minitheories: A Preliminary Model for Learning Science
  11. Chapter 4 An Alternative Conception: Representing Representations
  12. Chapter 5: The Social Construction of Children’s Scientific Knowledge
  13. Chapter 6: A View of ā€˜Understanding’
  14. Chapter 7: A Common-Sense Theory of Motion
  15. Chapter 8: Constructing Knowledge from Fragments of Learning?
  16. Chapter 9 Vernacular Science: Something to Rely on in your Actions?
  17. Chapter 10: Schematic Representation in Optics
  18. Chapter 11: The Interplay of Values and Research in Science Education
  19. Chapter 12: How can we Specify Concepts for Primary Science?
  20. Chapter 13: Ways Ahead?