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Authentic School Science: Knowing and Learning in Open-Inquiry Science Laboratories

By Wolff-Michael Roth (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Year
1995
ISBN
978-0-7923-3307-4, 978-94-011-0495-1
DOI
10.1007/978-94-011-0495-1
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
6 MB (6154101 bytes)
Series
Science & Technology Education Library 1
Edition
1
Pages
296\312
Time added
2013-12-12 02:00:00
Science Education; Epistemology

Description

According to John Dewey, Seymour Papert, Donald Schon, and Allan Collins, school activities, to be authentic, need to share key features with those worlds about which they teach. This book documents learning and teaching in open-inquiry learning environments, designed with the precepts of these educational thinkers in mind. The book is thus a first-hand report of knowing and learning by individuals and groups in complex open-inquiry learning environments in science. As such, it contributes to the emerging literature in this field. Secondly, it exemplifies research methods for studying such complex learning environments. The reader is thus encouraged not only to take the research findings as such, but to reflect on the process of arriving at these findings. Finally, the book is also an example of knowledge constructed by a teacher-researcher, and thus a model for teacher-researcher activity.

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