Abandoning Patchwork Approaches to Nature of Science in Science Education

Science fraud: from patchwork mouse to patchwork data.

LeARnInG APPRoACHes to APPLYInG RoBotICs In sCIenCe eDUCAtIon

There has been a growing interest in using robots for science education in schools. This paper focuses mainly on robots used as tools to teach STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) subjects in school, e.g. according to K-12 curriculum (K-12 is a shortening of kindergarten through twelfth grade). Robotics used at universities is mostly object-based, which means that students learn roboti...

Against Science Education: the Aims of Science Education and Their Connection to School Science Curricula

To clarify: in this chapter I will speak only of compulsory science education in schools; much of what I say will not transfer across to either science electives in schools or to undergraduate science. Such science education, like all compulsory education, is an exercise in force against students. Overriding individual autonomy in this way is not to be lightly done and should involve appeal to ...

Human/Nature Discourse in Environmental Science Education Resources

It is argued that the view of nature and the relationship between human beings and nature that each of us holds impacts our decisions, actions, and notions of environmental responsibility and consciousness. In this study, I investigate the discursive patterns of selected environmental science classroom resources produced by three disparate subcommunities: the provincial government, a school dis...

Cognitive Science and Science Education

" The quality of science education, like mathematics education, is a pervasive concern in educational improvement efforts. The cognitive orientation to the teaching of subject matter provides the context for Carey" s discussion of science education. This orientation begins with the idea that to understand something, one must integrate it with already existing knowledge schemata. The paradox of ...