Science Education for Everyday Life: Evidence-based Practice

Sampul Depan
Teachers College Press, 2006 - 186 halaman
This book provides a comprehensive overview of humanistic approaches to science. Approaches that connect students to broader human concerns in their everyday life and culture. Glen Aikenhead, an expert in the field of culturally sensitive science education, summarizes major worldwide historical findings; focuses on present thinking; and offers evidence in support of classroom practice. This highly accessible text covers curriculum policy, teaching materials, teacher orientations, teacher education, student learning, culture studies, and future research.
 

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A Short History of Humanistic Perspectives in School Science
7
The Science Curriculum
13
Recent Humanistic Science Curriculum Movements
15
Features of the Humanistic Science Movement
20
Conclusion
22
Curriculum Policy
24
Major Failures of the Traditional Science Curriculum
25
Learning and Using Science in Nonschool Contexts
29
Conclusion
82
Student Learning
84
Canonical Science Content
85
Evidencegathering Techniques for Humanistic Content
86
Summative Assessment in Quasiexperimental Studies
91
Other Investigations in Humanistic School Science
94
Student Decision Making
97
Conclusion
105

Research on Relevance
31
Cultural Relevance
45
Processes for Formulating Curriculum Policy
48
Conclusion
52
Classroom Materials
54
Research into the Development of Classroom Materials
56
Conclusion
61
Teacher Orientation
62
Challenges to Teachers Acceptance
63
Decisions Not to Implement
64
Success at Implementation
68
Components to a Teachers Orientation
74
Preservice Experiences
76
School Culture
78
Culture Studies School Science as Culture Transmission
107
Guidelines for Respect
110
Indigenous Sciences
112
Student Heterogeneity
114
Crosscultural Teaching and Learning
119
Conclusion
126
Moving Forward
128
Future Research Studies
130
Research Paradigms and Methodologies
133
Conclusion
135
References
137
Index
177
About the Author
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Glen S. Aikenhead is a Professor of Education at the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada

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