Overview
Echoing the spirit of Andy Warhol's striking images of familiar icons, Douglas Allchin uses vivid insights from the history of science to help us rethink commonplace views about how science works. This book is a valuable guide for reflecting about the nature of science (NOS)--and for teaching about it effectively. Teaching the Nature of Science maps the challenges in preparing scientifically literate citizens for the 21st century. How do we assess the reliability of scientific claims? How do we learn how science works--or sometimes doesn't work? How do common cultural images of science subtly shape our thinking? Allchin leads us on an adventure through the errors of a Nobel Prize winner, misleading myth-conceptions of famous scientists, the hidden complexity behind Mendel's genetics and Boyle's law, and the politics and science of Galileo's trial and of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring. This is essential reading for every science teacher and anyone involved in science education.
Full Product Details
Author: Douglas Allchin
Publisher: Ships Education Press
Imprint: Ships Education Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 2.30cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.522kg
ISBN: 9780989252409
ISBN 10: 098925240
Pages: 310
Publication Date: 01 June 2013
Audience:
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
'Teaching the Nature of Science' is a wonderful resource for anyone teaching science, the nature of science, or anyone interested in understanding how science works. With impressive support from the literature, both in depth and in breadth, Allchin encourages the reader to embark on a continuous journey of development and exploration of ideas... -- Glenn Dolphin, Tamaratt Professor in Geoscience, University of Calgary cover blurb
A fresh look at the purposes of science teaching and learning and ... the knowledge needed to be a citizen in the twenty-first century. ...Well-informed by the history and philosophy of science literature, ...[it] rightly makes NOS problematic, and indeed part of the debate in the cases. This is a refreshing and welcome perspective. -- Gregory Kelly, Associate Dean, College of Education, Pennsylvania State University cover blurb 'Teaching the Nature of Science' is a wonderful resource for anyone teaching science, the nature of science, or anyone interested in understanding how science works. With impressive support from the literature, both in depth and in breadth, Allchin encourages the reader to embark on a continuous journey of development and exploration of ideas... -- Glenn Dolphin, Tamaratt Professor in Geoscience, University of Calgary cover blurb
