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Direct linkOsborne, Jonathan – School Science Review, 2015
This article argues that the role of practical work in science is overemphasised and misunderstood. Science is distinguished by the fact that it is a set of ideas about the material world and not by empirical enquiry. The latter is only one of six styles of reasoning that have been used to develop scientific ideas. The lack of clarity around the…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Science Education, Science Laboratories, Science Activities
