
- 260 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
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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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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Four Frames for a Field
- Chapter 2: The Relevance of Piaget to Research into Childrenās Conceptions
- Chapter 3 Minitheories: A Preliminary Model for Learning Science
- Chapter 4 An Alternative Conception: Representing Representations
- Chapter 5: The Social Construction of Childrenās Scientific Knowledge
- Chapter 6: A View of āUnderstandingā
- Chapter 7: A Common-Sense Theory of Motion
- Chapter 8: Constructing Knowledge from Fragments of Learning?
- Chapter 9 Vernacular Science: Something to Rely on in your Actions?
- Chapter 10: Schematic Representation in Optics
- Chapter 11: The Interplay of Values and Research in Science Education
- Chapter 12: How can we Specify Concepts for Primary Science?
- Chapter 13: Ways Ahead?