John Leach / Albert Chr. Paulsen (eds.)

Practical Work in Science Education

Recent Research Studies
Herausgegeben:Leach, John; Paulsen, Albert Chr.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book contains 18 reviewed papers originally presented at the conference Practical Work in Science Education - the Face of Science in Schools, held at the Royal Danish School of Educational Studies in Copenhagen, in May 1998. Substantial literature about practical work has been published during the last decade. This book contains contributions by researchers from England, France, Germany, Norway, Israel, Italy, Sweden and South Africa and adds important aspects to a varied and balanced view of practical work.
Some of the papers are conceptual, addressing aims and rationales for practical work from a theoretical and critical perspective. Most papers, however, encounter recent empirical research. Important aspects about the outcome of students' practice of science both inside and outside the conventional laboratory are addressed and make a substantial contribution to our understanding of the effectiveness of practical work for conceptual learning and the attainment of skills and processes normally associated with science.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Roskilde University Press / Springer / Springer Netherlands
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 11154273, 978-87-7867-079-3
• 1999.
• Seitenzahl: 332
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Dezember 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 155mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 467g
• ISBN-13: 9788778670793
• ISBN-10: 8778670799
• Artikelnr.: 23035072

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction; J. Leach, A. Paulsen. Section 1: Aims and rationales for
practical work. Introduction; A. Paulsen. Practical work in School Science
- some questions to be answered; E.W. Jenkins. `Mapping' the domain -
varieties of practical work; R.H. Millar, et al. Envisionment in Practical
Work. Helping pupils to imagine concepts while carrying out experiments;
J. Solomon. TIMSS Performance Assessment - a cross national comparison of
practical work; P.M. Kind. Touched by a disgusting fish. Dissecting squid
in biology lessons in a comprehensive school; P. Szybek. Section 2:
Practical work and learning about science. Introduction; J. Leach. A
marriage of inconvenience? School science practical work and the nature of
science; G.M. Ntombela. Learning science in the laboratory. The importance
of epistemological understanding; J. Leach. The interaction between
teaching styles and pupil autonomy in practical science investigations - a
case study; R. Watson, et al. Is authentic appropriate? The use of work
contexts in science practical activity. S. Molyneux-Hodgson, et al.
Section 3: Practical work and teaching scientific concepts. Introduction;
J. Leach. Labwork activity and learning physics - an approach based on
modelling; A. Tiberghien. Modelling Student's cognitive activity during
resolution of problems based on experimental facts in chemical education;
J.-F. Le Maréchal. A challenge for lifelong science understanding. The role
of `lab work' in primary school science; M. Gagliardi, et al. Longitudinal
study on lab work and 10-12-year-olds' development of the concepts of
transformation of matter; O. Ekilsson. Section 4: Practical work outside
the laboratory. Introduction; A. Paulsen. The theoretical and practical
aspects of actively involved enquiry learning in a controlled environment
(the Educational Greenhouse). A case study based analysis; M. Dvir, D.
Chen. Changing teachers' practise. Practical work in environmental
education; P. van Marion. Section 5: Models of student cognition in
practical work: Perspectives from one research programme. Introduction; A.
Paulsen. The influence of students' individual experiences of physics
learning environments on cognitive processes; C. von Aufschnaiter, et al.
The influence of learning environments on cognitive processes; A. Schoster,
S. von Aufschnaiter. How to interact with students? The role of teachers in
a learning situation; M. Welzel, et al. Contact details for first authors
of chapters in this book

Rezensionen

`All in all, this is a book well worth having, for practioners as well as for the researchers who are most likely to read it. The book covers a lot of ground in its 18 chapters.'
Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technolgy Education, (2001)P

`All in all, this is a book well worth having, for practioners as well as for the researchers who are most likely to read it. The book covers a lot of ground in its 18 chapters.'
Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technolgy Education, (2001)P