Authentic science revisited : : in praise of diversity, heterogeneity, hybridity / / Wolff-Michael Roth, University of Victoria [and three others].

Since its appearance in 1995, Authentic School Science has been a resource for many teachers and schools to rethink and change what they are doing in and with their science classrooms. As others were trying to implement the kinds of learning environments that we had described, our own thinking and t...

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Superior document:New directions in mathematics and science education ; volume 14
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Place / Publishing House:Rotterdam : : Sense Publishers,, [2008]
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Year of Publication:2008
Language:English
Series:New directions in mathematics and science education ; v. 14.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
Notes:Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Brief History of “Authentic science”
  • Aporias of Learning Science
  • Activity, (Learning) Objects, and Intentionality
  • Information-Technology-Based Research Tools and Authentic Science
  • Learning Science Outdoors
  • Uncertainty and Teacher Questioning
  • When Fun is not Fun
  • Into Scientific Laboratories
  • Sequentially Ordered Turns at Talk and the Organization of Conversations during Science Internships
  • Heterogeneous and Distributed Expertise in Laboratory Internships
  • Rethinking Authentic Scientific Literacy
  • In Praise of the Mêlée
  • Envisioning New Forms of School Science
  • Authentic Science Experiences as Vehicle to Change Students’ Orientation Towards Science and Scientific Career Choice
  • Learning Science in/for the Community
  • So What? What Now? And What For?
  • Appendix
  • References
  • Index
  • About the Authors.