Part I. Research Foundation for Developing a Personal Approach to Teaching Science: 1. Science as a human endeavour; 2. Researching children's understanding and ways of learning; Part II. Transmission and Discovery Approaches to Teaching and Learning in Science: 3. A transmission approach to teaching science; 4. A discovery based approach to learning science; Part III. Inquiry-Based Approaches: 5. Inquiry-based approach to teaching science; 6. Inquiry-based approach to learning science; 7. Teaching for conceptual change: constructivism; Part IV. Inclusive Constructions of Knowledge across and within Communities and Cultures: 8. Conceptual play, and contextual and conceptual intersubjectivity: cultural-historical approaches to learning science; 9. Culturally sensitive teaching: sustainability and relatedness in our ecosystems; Part V. Leadership in Science: 10. Becoming a leader of science: situating yourself.
Designed to prepare future educators for practice, this text challenges students and offers practical classroom-based strategies for their teaching careers.
Marilyn Fleer is the Foundation Chair of Early Childhood Education at Monash University, Victoria.
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