Science Education

This book argues that urgent and biopolitical issues should be central to how biology is taught as a subject. Life political debate is thoroughly analysed and is shown to be a way of connecting mainstream education of biology with future..

Invented to make sense of complex natural phenomena, scientific concepts are abstract constructions that scientists convey through specialised language, diagrams, and mathematical representations. This book explores how learners make sense of these concepts from the perspectives of embodied cognitio..

Design, Make, Play: Growing the Next Generation of STEM Innovators is a resource for practitioners, policymakers, researchers and program developers that illuminates creative, cutting edge ways to inspire and motivate young people about science and technology learning...

This vol is crafted around the design cycle as it relates to research on everyday, classrm, & professnl science. Individual chs & bk as a whole will appeal to educators, cognitive scientsts, & those who study the process of scientific thinking in practic..

This vol is crafted around the design cycle as it relates to research on everyday, classrm, & professnl science. Individual chs & bk as a whole will appeal to educators, cognitive scientsts, & those who study the process of scientific thinking in practic..

Offering new ways to look at the key ideas and practices associated with promoting scientific literacy, this book takes a pragmatic and inclusive perspective on curriculum reform and learning and presents a future vision for science education research and practice...

This book shows how Food and Cooking Skills Education has been at the centre of a tussle between education and policy for decades...

This book develops a theoretical framework for introducing students to “science in the making” — scientific practice imbued with arguments, controversies, and competition among rival theories and explanations —  and moving from there to understanding to the Nature of Science...

Whether you have a dedicated STEAM class, or plan to integrate it into a regular classroom, you’ll find out how to create a structured learning environment while still leaving room for inquiry and innovation. You’ll also gain a variety of hands-on activities and rubrics you can use immediately...

Whether you have a dedicated STEAM class, or plan to integrate it into a regular classroom, you’ll find out how to create a structured learning environment while still leaving room for inquiry and innovation. You’ll also gain a variety of hands-on activities and rubrics you can use immediately...

Building on the foundation set in Volume I—a landmark synthesis of research in the field—Volume II is a comprehensive, state-of-the-art new volume highlighting new and emerging research perspectives representing the international and gender diversity in the science education research community...

Building on the foundation set in Volume I—a landmark synthesis of research in the field—Volume II is a comprehensive, state-of-the-art new volume highlighting new and emerging research perspectives representing the international and gender diversity in the science education research community...