Philosophy of STEM education : a critical investigation

Author(s)

• Chesky, Nataly Z.
• Wolfmeyer, Mark R.

Bibliographic Information

Philosophy of STEM education : a critical investigation

Nataly Z. Chesky, Mark R. Wolfmeyer

（The cultural and social foundations of education）（Palgrave pivot）

Palgrave Macmillan, 2015

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 95-103) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Winner of the American Educational Studies Association (AESA) Critics' Choice Book Award for 2016 Philosophy of STEM Education uses philosophical methods to investigate STEM education's purpose and assumptions. It details the why (axiology), the how (epistemology) and the what (ontology) of STEM by drawing upon a variety of philosophies of education, science, mathematics, and technology.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction to Stem Education 2. STEM ' 's What, Why and How?: Ontology, Axiology and Epistemology 3. Critical Inquiry into Stem Education 4. Critical Opportunities in Stem Education 5. Concluding Thoughts

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Details

• NCID: BB23860916
• ISBN:
  • 9781137535450
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Basingstoke, Hampshire
• Pages/Volumes: xiv, 105 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • DC23 : 507.1073
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Science -- Study and teaching -- United States
  • LCSH : Technology -- Study and teaching -- United States
  • LCSH : Education -- Philosophy
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BB23860869
  • BB1163475X