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| Title: | Science Education Issues & Developments
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| Author: | Calvin L Petroselli (ed) |
| ISBN: | 1600219500 : 9781600219504 |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Size: | 180x260mm |
| Pages: | 297 |
| Weight: | .82 Kg. |
| Published: | Nova Science Publishers - January 2008 |
| List Price: | 59.5 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | EDUCATION |
This book presents significant new analyses in the field of science education. This is hardly another field in education which is more important for a country's future than science education. Yet more and more students elect to concentrate on other fields to the exclusion of science for a variety of reasons: 1. The perception of degree of difficulty, 2. The actual degree of difficulty, 3. The lack of perceived prestige and earnings associated with the field. 4. The dearth of good and easy to use texts. 5. The lack of society in comprehending the significance of science and creating attractive incentives for those who enter the field.
Preface; EXPERT COMMENTARY: Why Do We Lose Physics Students?; RESEARCH AND REVIEW STUDIES: A Numerical Landscape; Learning in and from Science Laboratories -- Enchancing Students' Meta-cognition and Argumentation Skills; The Crisis in Science Education and the Need to Enculturate All Learners in Science; Understanding Student Affect in Learning Mathematics; The Challenge of Using the Multimodal Aspects of Informal Sources of Science Learning in the Context of Formal Education; Understanding Scientific Evidence and the Data Collection Process -- Explorations of Why, Who, When, What, and How; Constructivist-Informed Classroom Teaching -- The Importance and Potential of Motivation Research; Oral Communication Competencies in the Science Classroom and the Scientific Workplace; Supporting Future Teachers Learning to Teach Through an Integrated Model of Mentoring; Strategies to Address Issues and Challenges Faced by Instructors in General Education Introductory Astronomy Courses for Non-Science Majors; Getting it to Work -- A Case of Success in Sustaining Science Professional Development; Index.
