Children's Informal Ideas in Science

ISBN-13: 9780415005395 / Angielski / Twarda / 1993 / 260 str.

P. J. Black; P. J. Black; A. M. Lucas

Opis

The ideas that children have about science concepts have for the past decade been the subject of a wealth of international research. But while the area has been strong in terms of data, it has suffered from a lack of theory.
Children's Informal Ideas in Science addresses the question of whether children's ideas about science can be explained in a single theoretical framework. Twelve different approaches combine to tackle this central issue, each taking a deliberately critical standpoint. The contributors address such themes as values in research, the social construction of knowledge and the work of Piaget in a rich contribution to the debate without claiming finally to resolve it. The authors conclude with a discussion of how a theory can be built up, along with suggestions for ways ahead in the research.

Spis treści

Contributors inlcude: Joan Solomon, Joan Bliss, Guy Claxton, Terry Russell, Jon Ogborn, Arthur Lucas, Neil Ryder, Jayashree Ramadas, Michael Shayer, Paul Black, Wynne Harlen

O autorze

P. J. Black, A. M. Lucas