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Tan, Michael; Koh, Teck Seng – Science Education, 2023
In considering goals for science education, it is conventional to make arguments for the utility of scientific knowledge for a variety of purposes. Less prominent are rationales based on the beauty or truth of science. In this paper, we examine how an approach to science education might be different if we shift the goals of communication to an…
Descriptors: Science Education, Classroom Communication, Knowledge Level, Evidence
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Kuhn, Deanna; Arvidsson, Toi Sin; Lesperance, Rosianne; Corprew, Rainikka – Science Education, 2017
It is now widely accepted, and indeed emphasized in the Next Generation Science Standards, that science education should encompass scientific practice as well as science content. By participating in an intellectual community engaged in the broad range of activities that constitute scientific inquiry, rather than simply mastering isolated science…
Descriptors: Scientific Concepts, Concept Formation, Secondary School Science, Problem Based Learning