Sibel Erduran: 2 books
Argumentation in Chemistry Education
Research, Policy and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2019
Many studies have highlighted the importance of discourse in scientific understanding. Argumentation is a form of scientific discourse that plays a central role in the building of explanations, models and theories. Scientists use arguments to relate the evidence that they select from their investigations...
Reconceptualizing the Nature of Science for Science Education
Scientific Knowledge, Practices and Other Family Categories
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2014
Prompted by the ongoing debate among science educators over ‘nature of science’, and its importance in school and university curricula, this book is a clarion call for a broad re-conceptualizing of nature of science in science education. The authors draw on the ‘family resemblance’ approach...