ENGLISH

Philosophy, Science, Education and Culture

By Robert Nola , Gürol Irzik (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Year
2005
ISBN
978-1-4020-3769-6, 978-1-4020-3770-2
DOI
10.1007/1-4020-3770-8
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (4384923 bytes)
Series
Science & Technology Education Library 28
Edition
1
Pages
490\489
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-10-16 15:01:07
Science Education

Description

Currents such as epistemological and social constructivism, postmodernism, and certain forms of multiculturalism that had become fashionable within science education circles in the last decades lost sight of critical inquiry as the core aim of education. In this book we develop an account of education that places critical inquiry at the core of education in general and science education in particular. Since science constitutes the paradigm example of critical inquiry, we explain the nature of science, paying particular attention to scientific methodology and scientific modeling and at the same time showing their relevance in the science classroom. We defend a universalist, rationalist, and objectivist account of science against epistemological and social constructivist views, postmodernist approaches and epistemic multiculturalist accounts.

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