Beyond Cartesian Dualism Encountering Affect in the Teaching and Learning of Science.

Beyond Cartesian Dualism Encountering Affect in the Teaching and Learning of Science. / edited by Steve Alsop.

There is surprisingly little known about affect in science education. Despite periodic forays into monitoring students’ attitudes-toward-science, the effect of affect is too often overlooked. Beyond Cartesian Dualism gathers together contemporary theorizing in this axiomatic area. In fourteen chapte...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Alsop, Steve (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2005.
Edition:1st ed. 2005.
Series:Contemporary Trends and Issues in Science Education, 29
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Science education.
Learning.
Instruction.
Teaching.
Electronic resources (E-books)
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Table of Contents:
  • Bridging the Cartesian Divide: Science Education and Affect
  • The Importance of Affect in Science Education
  • Incalculable Precision: Psychoanalysis and the Measure of Emotion
  • Attitudes Toward Science: A Review of the Field
  • Empowered for Action? How Do Young People Relate to Environmental Challenges?
  • The Shifting Roles of Acceptance and Dispositions in Understanding Biological Evolution
  • Student Learning in Science Classrooms: What Role Does Motivation Play?
  • Practical Work and the Affective Domain: What Do We Know, What Should We Ask, and What is Worth Exploring Further?
  • Museums, Affect, and Cognition: The View from Another Window
  • Emotions and Science Teaching: Present Research and Future Agendas
  • Active Science for Child Refugees
  • Orchestrating the Confluence: A Discussion of Science, Passion, and Poetry
  • From Despair to Success: A Case Study of Support and Transformation in an Elementary Science Practicum
  • Emotional Development, Science and Co-Education.

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