Junior school science education in England and Wales since 1900 : from steps to stages

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Junior school science education in England and Wales since 1900 : from steps to stages

E.W. Jenkins, B.J. Swinnerton

(The Woburn education series / general series editor, Peter Gordon)

Woburn Press, 1998

  • : cloth
  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-244) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

: cloth ISBN 9780713002027

Description

The authors explore the factors that have shaped 20th century primary science education in England and Wales. The book focuses on some of the problems that relate to the educational function of science in primary schools.

Table of Contents

  • The 19th century background
  • authorizing child-centred education
  • nature study - science or sentimentalism?
  • primary science curriculum development
  • elementary science and the training of teachers
  • learning theories and the scientific education of young children.
Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780713040234

Description

Several aspects of school science education in England and Wales during the present century have received attention from researchers. In contrast, the science education of primary school pupils during the nineteenth century has been largely overlooked, despite the broader literature concerned with progressivism in teaching young children. This book seeks to remedy the lack of historical attention to the science education of pupils of junior school age. It explores some of the complex factors that have shaped such education since 1900 and examines, in their historical context, fundamental problems relating to the educational function of science.

Table of Contents

  • The 19th century background
  • authorizing child-centred education
  • nature study - science or sentimentalism?
  • primary science curriculum development
  • elementary science and the training of teachers
  • learning theories and the scientific education of young children.

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