In "For Whom Is Argument and Explanation a Necessary Distinction? A Response to Osborne and Patterson," Berland and McNeill seek to argue that there is an overlap between these two discourse acts such that, in the welter of classroom life, it is difficult to make the distinction. Indeed, in their article Jonathan Osborne and Alexis Patterson did…

Although science centres and museums are important educational resources, school trips to these places are not often conducted in a manner that could maximise learning. In addressing this issue, a Framework for Museum Practice (FMP) is proposed, derived from the perspectives of Cultural Historical Activity Theory, theories of intrinsic motivation,…

Argues that science teaching should place more emphasis on linguistic explorations which provide an opportunity for students to develop proto-concepts that enable the development of scientific thinking. Contains 16 references. (DDR)