Fostering scientific habits of mind : : pedagogical knowledge and best practices in science education / / Issa M. Saleh; Myint Swe Khine.

The history of human development records the courageous efforts made by the generation of teacher educators to train the school leaders who are responsible to implement educational policies. They have endured the burden and challenges of the times and refine the pedagogies and education systems with...

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Superior document:Contemporary approaches to research in learning innovations
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Place / Publishing House:Rotterdam, The Netherlands : : Sense Publishers,, [2009]
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Year of Publication:2009
Language:English
Series:Contemporary approaches to research in learning innovations.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Notes:Includes index.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material / Issa M. Saleh and Myint Swe Khine
  • Promoting Science, Advancing Learning, and Fostering Scientific Habits of Mind / Myint Swe Khine and Issa M. Saleh
  • Looking Forward: Teaching the Nature of Science of Today and Tomorrow / Y. Debbie Liu and Tina A. Grotzer
  • Progressing the Constructivist Research Programme to Advance Teaching and Learning about the Nature of Science / Keith S. Taber
  • The Role of Knowledge Network Structures in Learning Scientific Habits of Mind: Higher Order Thinking and Inquiry Skills / O. Roger Anderson
  • Metacognition or not? Confronting Hegemonies / Gregory P. Thomas
  • Infusing Thinking Skills in the Science Classroom: System Thinking and Argumentation as a Means to Engage Students in the Process Reasoning / Maria Evagorou and Justin Dillon
  • Authentic Science Learning in Primary and Secondary Classrooms / Christopher J. Harris and Ivan Salinas
  • How Cognitive Science Can Promote Conceptual Understanding in Physics Classrooms / Jose P. Mestre , Brian H. Ross , David T. Brookes , Adam D. Smith and Timothy J. Nokes
  • Promoting Effective Science Education through Teacher Leadership / Anila Asghar
  • The Rough Theatre of Science Teaching: Dialectical Narrative, Argumentation and the Nature of Science / Roderick Fawns
  • Science Education: Traditional versus Inquiry- Based Approach Debate / Issa M. Saleh
  • Line Graphing Skills and Attitudes of College Biology Nonmajors / Donna M. Plummer and Lloyed H. Barrow
  • Undergraduate Research Experiences in the Sciences / Linda S. Behar-Horenstein , Alice C. Dix , Kellie W. Riberts and Melissa L. Johnson
  • Changing the Culture of Learning in Mathematics and Science: Facing the Challenge in Ireland / Elizabeth Oldham
  • Game-based Learning in Science Education: What Does the Research Say? / Myint Swe Khine and Issa M. Saleh
  • Designing Multimedia Learning for Inductive Learning: Tsoi Hybrid Learning Model / Raymond Mun Fie Tsoi
  • Creativity and the Scientific Process: Implications for Science Learning and Teaching / Carol R. Aldous
  • List of Contributors / Issa M. Saleh and Myint Swe Khine
  • Index / Issa M. Saleh and Myint Swe Khine.