learning-science-concepts· Regarding aspects of learners' scientific conceptions; understanding the learning process; and facilitating science learning.
The "social construction of reality" or perhaps the "social description of reality" is an important concept. Different societies describe reality in different...
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I have seen frequently, in the discussion of circular motion, teachers use revolution and rotation as substitutes of each other, which causes some confusion...
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Just a question... ... In the last sentence about, don't you mean to say: "However, when used in Physics, these words are NOT identical in meaning to the ...
An interesting discussion indeed! The terrain of the argument is perhaps where social epistemology and language meets science and science education. Lets...
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On the new definition of planet Although astronomers have introduced a new definition of planet and expelled Pluto from the solar system, the recent decision...
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As I recently mentioned the current issue of Foundations of Chemistry is a special issue devoted to Chemical Education and Constructivism. It includes a very...
At 05:54 +0000 14/10/06, cestsi04 wrote: Š ... To clarify my own position ("one of our problems is trying to shift science education practice so that students...
The notes quoted below are from the learning-science-concepts group at yahoogroups.co.uk. The following is a commentary on them. I have now read about half,...
... I beg to differ. Kuhn is one of THE instigators of social constructivism, whether intentionally or not, and this is not so far removed from pedagogical...
Dr. Taber, Your idea `for a complementary variety of studies on the second (in depth studies of individual learners, supported by large-scale surveys to test...
Perhaps I should explain my point about complementary studies, bearing in mind that my area of experience is learning in science. This is not a new idea - I...
Thanks very much for your comments Dewy. I welcome this response, coming as it does about 3 years from the publication of my critical paper in the journal of...
Thanks, Keith for a lengthy explanation. Now, it's my turn to match it:) The first topic: the concept of thinking as extracted from this Dr. Taber's casual...
... Yes, but 1) most school age students do not write books, articles etc. and 2) they are often happier to give up time to talk than to undertake extra...
Keith, I apologize for using some argumentive rhetoric that pictures only the writer as being white soft and fuzzy while all the rest around are assumed to be...
Just wanted to clarify a bit on the idea (s) in the previous post. 1. We are considering a piece, a chunk of `real life'. Being `real life' means it exists...
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I have recently discovered a completely new form of the periodic table. I place hydrogen among the halogens. This has been done by many others previously. My...
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May be of interest to colleagues? Keith ... -- Dr. Keith S. Taber University of Cambridge Faculty of Education...
The following posts are not specifically in science education, although the broad focus may make them of interest to some colleagues. Keith ... -- Dr. Keith S....
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See new article in latest issue of Chemical Heritage Magazine. http://www.chemheritage.org/pubs/ch-v25n1-articles/mendelev1.html regards, eric scerri ... The...
... The Periodic Table: Its Story and Its Significance, by Eric Scerri, Oxford University Press, 2006. "An absolutely gorgeous book. I put it on my bedside...
I wrote about Alice a couple of weeks ago, and reported a couple of the things I found out about her thinking when she talked to me. Another point that really...
