Imagination of Science in Education From Epics to Novelization

Imagination of Science in Education From Epics to Novelization / by Michiel van Eijck, Wolff-Michael Roth.

Researchers agree that schools construct a particular image of science, in which some characteristics are featured while others end up in oblivion. The result is that although most children are likely to be familiar with images of heroic scientists such as Einstein and Darwin, they rarely learn abou...

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Main Authors: van Eijck, Michiel (Author), Roth, Wolff-Michael (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Edition:1st ed. 2013.
Series:Cultural Studies of Science Education, 7
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Philosophy and science.
Education—Philosophy.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • INTRODUCTION: Imagination, Epicization, and Novelization in Science Education
  • PART I: EPICS OF SCIENCE IN SCIENCE EDUCATION
  • 1. The Heroes of Science
  • 2. What Scientific Heroes Are (Not) Doing
  • PART II: A NEED FOR NOVELIZED IMAGES OF SCIENCE
  • 3. Science as One Form of Human Knowing
  • 4. Science as Dynamic Practice
  • PART III: TOWARD NOVELIZATION IN/OF SCIENCE EDUCATION
  • 5. Scientific Literacy in the Wild
  • 6. Translations of Scientific Practice
  • 7. Place and Chronotope
  • PART IV: NOVELIZING DISCOURSE IN SCIENCE EDUCATION
  • 8. Science Education for Sustainable Development
  • 9. Novelizing Native and Scientific Discourse
  • 10. Fullness of Life as a Minimal Novelizing Unit
  • CODA: Novelizing the Novelized Image of Science in Education
  • References
  • Index.

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