CHILDREN'S INFORMAL IDEAS IN SCIENCE by P. J. Black (Editor), A. M. Lucas (Editor) ( 9780415005395 )

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CHILDREN'S INFORMAL IDEAS IN SCIENCE

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P. J. Black (Editor), A. M. Lucas (Editor)

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0415005396

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9780415005395

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TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Pub. date:

22 July, 1993

Pages:

260

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This book offers much needed theory to back up a wealth of international research. It combines 12 critical approaches to tackle one central issue - whether children's ideas about science can be explained in a single theoretical framework.

Synopsis:

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.

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Routledge

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