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Teaching Science in Out-of-School Settings: Pedagogies for Effective Learning

By Junqing Zhai (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Singapur
Year
2015
ISBN
978-981-287-590-7, 978-981-287-591-4
DOI
10.1007/978-981-287-591-4
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3225906 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
XIII, 176\187
Time added
2015-11-25 16:51:03
Science Education

Description

This book explores pedagogical approaches used by informal science educators and botanic garden educators in particular, when teaching science to visiting students (7-12 years old). More specifically, it draws on the sociocultural perspective of learning, and highlights the importance of discourse in learning processes. It examines the interactions between four botanic garden educators (BGEs) and their students, focusing on how the students’ contributions to the talk are followed up on by the BGEs. Moreover, it includes an investigation into which kinds of teaching behaviours on the part of BGEs can best support learning.

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