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Science Education for Everyday Life: Evidence-based Practice

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Description for Science Education for Everyday Life: Evidence-based Practice Paperback. Summarizing worldwide historical findings, Glen Aikenhead, an expert in the field of culturally sensitive science education, offers evidence in support of classroom practice. Series: Ways of Knowing in Science & Mathematics S. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: JNT; JNU; PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 160 x 13. Weight in Grams: 274.

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 and teacher education, student learning, culture studies, and future research.

Featuring important alternative views on the teaching of science, this text:

  • Describes an approach to teaching science (grades 6-12) that animates students’ self-identities, encouraging their ... Read more
  • Addresses the tension between educationally sound ideas and the political realities of schools.
  • Presents evidence-based challenges to traditional thinking about school science, illuminating many productive directions for future research.
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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Teachers´ College Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Series
Ways of Knowing in Science & Mathematics S.
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780807746349
SKU
V9780807746349
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99-50

About Glen S. Aikenhead
Glen S. Aikenhead is a Professor of Education at the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada.

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