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The Natural World and Science Education in the United States

By Ajay Sharma , Cory Buxton

Book information

Publisher
Springer International Publishing;Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2018
ISBN
978-3-319-76185-5, 978-3-319-76186-2
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2422388 bytes)
Edition
1st ed.
Pages
XI, 214\219
Time added
2018-08-15 07:07:45
Education; Curriculum Studies; Science Education;

Description

This book focuses on the representation of nature in science education in schools in the United States. Given the importance of our relationship with the nonhuman world for the fate of our planet, this work gives special attention to the representation, instruction, and understanding of the relationship between the social and the natural world. It also proposes an alternative, sustainability science-based conceptual framework for ecology and environmental science topics in science education, which is compatible with the current social-ecological understanding of life in the Anthropocene epoch. Front Matter ....Pages i-xi Introduction (Ajay Sharma, Cory Buxton)....Pages 1-19 Evolving Views on the Nature of Nature (Ajay Sharma, Cory Buxton)....Pages 21-44 The Intended Curriculum: Locating Nature in the Science Standards (Ajay Sharma, Cory Buxton)....Pages 45-85 The Intended Curriculum: Nature as Represented in a Science Textbook (Ajay Sharma, Cory Buxton)....Pages 87-120 The Enacted Curriculum: Representations of Nature in Science Teaching (Ajay Sharma, Cory Buxton)....Pages 121-147 The Received Curriculum: Nature as Understood by Students (Ajay Sharma, Cory Buxton)....Pages 149-167 A Sustainability Science-Based Framework for Science Education (Ajay Sharma, Cory Buxton)....Pages 169-206 Back Matter ....Pages 207-214

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