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Experiences in Liberal Arts and Science Education from America, Europe, and Asia
This book highlights the experiences of international leaders in liberal arts and science education from around the world as they discuss regional trends and models, with a specific focus on developments in and cooperation with China. Focusing on why this model responds to the twenty-first century requirements for excellence and relevance in undergraduate education, contributors examine if it c…
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- 978-1-349-94892-5
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- X, 145
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Teaching Science In Out-of-school Settings
This book explores pedagogical approaches used by informal science educators and botanic garden educators in particular, when teaching science to visiting students (7-12 years old). More specifically, it draws on the sociocultural perspective of learning, and highlights the importance of discourse in learning processes. It examines the interactions between four botanic garden educators (BGEs) a…
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- 978-981-287-591-4
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- XIII, 176
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Modelling-based Teaching in Science Education
This book argues that modelling should be a component of all school curricula that aspire to provide ‘authentic science education for all’. The literature on modelling is reviewed and a ‘model of modelling’ is proposed. The conditions for the successful implementation of the ‘model of modelling’ in classrooms are explored and illustrated from practical experience. The roles of argum…
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- 1
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- 978-3-319-29038-6
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- XVIII, 264
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- Models and Modeling in Science Education
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Insights from Research in Science Teaching and Learning
This book includes studies that represent the state of the art in science education research and convey a sense of the variation in educational traditions around the world. The papers are organized into six main sections: science teaching processes, conceptual understanding, reasoning strategies, early years science education, and affective and social aspects of science teaching and learning. T…
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- 978-3-319-20073-6
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- IX, 313
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- 360
Ethics and Science Education: How Subjectivity Matters
This book encapsulates a line of research that looks at how students are positioned as ethical actors/decision makers in biology education by science policy, curriculum, and classroom resources. Its basis comes from a textbook study that examined how biology texts work to constitute subjectivities related to neoliberalism and global capitalism, sex/gender and sexuality, and ethics. The study fo…
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- 978-3-319-39132-8
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- 1 illustrations in colour
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Geoscience Education
This book presents research in Geoscience Education focusing on indoor and outdoor environments in which teaching geoscience gains particular relevance, significance and contextualization. The research areas that are presented throughout the thirteen chapters cover a wide variety of subjects ranging from educational resources and fieldwork to science models. Chapters discuss specific geoscience…
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- 978-3-319-43318-9
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- 370 GEO
Adapted Primary Literature: The Use of Authentic Scientific Texts in Secondar…
This book specifies the foundation for Adapted Primary Literature (APL), a novel text genre that enables the learning and teaching of science using research articles that were adapted to the knowledge level of high-school students. More than 50 years ago, J.J. Schwab suggested that Primary Scientific Articles “afford the most authentic, unretouched specimens of enquiry that we can obtain” a…
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- Ed. 1
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- 978-94-017-9759-7
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- XIV, 242
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- Innovations in Science Education and Technology
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- 507 YAR a
A Student's Guide Through the Great Physics Texts: Volume II: Space, Time and…
This book provides a chronological introduction to the science of motion and rest based on the reading and analysis of significant portions of Galileo’s Dialogues Concerning Two New Sciences, Pascal’s Treatise on the Equilibrium of Fluids and the Weight of the Mass of Air, Newton’s Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, and Einstein’s Relativity. Each chapter begins with a sh…
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- Ed. 1
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- 978-1-4939-1366-4
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- XXVI, 380
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- Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics
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- 501 KUE s
A Student's Guide Through the Great Physics Texts: Volume I: The Heavens and …
This book provides a chronological introduction to the sciences of astronomy and cosmology based on the reading and analysis of significant selections from classic texts, such as Ptolemy’s The Almagest, Kepler’s Epitome of Copernican Astronomy, Shapley’s Galaxies and Lemaître’s The Primeval Atom. Each chapter begins with a short introduction followed by a reading selection. Carefull…
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- Ed. 1
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- 978-1-4939-1360-2
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- XXVII, 396
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- Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics
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- 501 KUE s
A Discipline-Based Teaching and Learning Center: A Model for Professional Dev…
This book describes the design and implementation of a discipline-specific model of professional development: the disciplinary Teaching and Learning Center (TLC). TLC was born from a strong commitment to improving undergraduate science education through supporting the front-line educators who play an essential role in this mission. The TLC’s comprehensive approach encompasses consultation, se…
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- Ed. 1
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- 978-3-319-01652-8
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- 507 MAR d
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