Cart
Free US shipping over $10
Proud to be B-Corp

Defining an Identity P.J. Fensham

Defining an Identity By P.J. Fensham

Defining an Identity by P.J. Fensham


Summary

Research in science education is now an international activity.

-It considers trends in the research over time, and looks particularly at what progression in the research entails.

-It provides insight into how researchers influence each other and how involvement in research affects the being of the researcher as a person.

Defining an Identity Summary

Defining an Identity: The Evolution of Science Education as a Field of Research by P.J. Fensham

Research in science education is now an international activity. This book asks for the first time, Does this research activity have an identity?

-It uses the significant studies of more than 75 researchers in 15 countries to see to what extent they provide evidence for an identity as a distinctive field of research.

-It considers trends in the research over time, and looks particularly at what progression in the research entails.

-It provides insight into how researchers influence each other and how involvement in research affects the being of the researcher as a person.

-It addresses the relation between research and practice in a manner that sees teaching and learning in the science classroom as interdependent with national policies and curriculum traditions about science.

It gives graduate students and other early researchers an unusual overview of their research area as a whole. Established researchers will be interested in, and challenged by, the identity the author ascribes to the research and by the plea he makes for the science content itself to be seen as problematic.

Table of Contents

1 Science Education: What Defines a Field of Research?.- 2 Origins.- 3 The Researcher as Person.- 4 The Significance of Research.- 5 Major Influence on Research.- 6 Asking Questions.- 7 The Role of Theory.- 8 Methodology.- 9 Evidence of Progression.- 10 Focus on Content.- 11 Research to Practice.- 12 Gender and Science Education.- 13 Politics and Science Education.- 14 Science Education, Technology and IT.- 15 Conclusion: Language and Science Education.- Name Index.

Additional information

NLS9781402014680
9781402014680
1402014686
Defining an Identity: The Evolution of Science Education as a Field of Research by P.J. Fensham
New
Paperback
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
2004-04-30
249
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a new book - be the first to read this copy. With untouched pages and a perfect binding, your brand new copy is ready to be opened for the first time

Customer Reviews - Defining an Identity