Junior School Science Education in England and Wales Since 1900: From Steps to Stages

ISBN-13: 9780713040234 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 272 str.

Professor Edgar W Jenkins;Edgar W. Jenkins;Bronwen J. Swinnerton

Opis

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.

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.

Spis treści

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.

O autorze

Professor Edgar W Jenkins, Edgar W. Jenkins, Bronwen J. Swinnerton