Problems of meaning in science curriculum

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Problems of meaning in science curriculum

edited by Douglas A. Roberts and Leif Östman ; foreword by F. James Rutherford

(Ways of knowing in science series)

Teachers College Press, c1998

  • pbk.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-214) and index

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If significant and lasting reform is what science educators seek, this international volume is perhaps the perfect catalyst. "Problems of Meaning in Science Curriculum" looks beyond the obvious in thinking about the curriculum to examine the very character of the human interactions that are at the heart of the school experience. This collection of analytical essays is about the selection, production and expression of meaning offered to students by the curriculum, specifically the curriculum in school science. The result of collaboration among 13 renowned scholars and activists from five countries, these essays develop the concept of companion meanings that can be seen to accompany the more obvious scientific meanings usually attended to in science curriculum development. Examples are drawn from sources that include policy debate, textbooks, classroom discourse and such recent efforts at science curriculum renewal as the US National Science Education Standards. Contributors include: Glen S. Aikenhead, Rodger W. Bybee, Tomas Englund, Peter J. Fensham, Arthur N. Geddis, Brent Kilbourn, Hugh Munby, Graham Orpwood, Roger Saljo, Joan Solomon and John Willinsky.

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