Author: Adam Smith
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 400
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An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (Cannan Ed.), Vol. 2
Author: Adam Smith
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 400
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 400
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Inquiry Into Satellite and Missle Programs
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Armed Services
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1148
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1148
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Progressing Science Education
Author: Keith S. Taber
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 904812431X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 413
Book Description
Exploring one of the central themes in science education theory, this volume examines how science education can be considered as a scientific activity within a broad post-positivist notion of science. Many students find learning science extremely problematic, whatever level of education they have reached. At the end of the 1970s a new approach to tackling learning difficulties in science was developed, drawing on ideas from psychology and cognitive science, and centred on the way students build up new knowledge in reference to their existing ideas. ‘Constructivism’ became the dominant paradigm in science education research for two decades, spawning a vast body of literature reporting aspects of learners’ ideas in different science topics. However, Constructivism came under fire as it was recognised that the research did not offer immediate and simple prescriptions for effective science teaching. The whole approach was widely criticised, in particular by those who saw it as having ‘anti-science’ leanings. In this book, the notion of scientific research programmes is used to understand the development, limitations and potential of constructivism. It is shown that constructivist work in science education fits into a coherent programme exploring the contingencies of learning science. The author goes further to address criticisms of constructivism; evaluate progress in the field; and suggest directions for future research. It is concluded that constructivism has provided the foundations for a progressive research programme that continues to guide enquiry into learning and teaching science.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 904812431X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 413
Book Description
Exploring one of the central themes in science education theory, this volume examines how science education can be considered as a scientific activity within a broad post-positivist notion of science. Many students find learning science extremely problematic, whatever level of education they have reached. At the end of the 1970s a new approach to tackling learning difficulties in science was developed, drawing on ideas from psychology and cognitive science, and centred on the way students build up new knowledge in reference to their existing ideas. ‘Constructivism’ became the dominant paradigm in science education research for two decades, spawning a vast body of literature reporting aspects of learners’ ideas in different science topics. However, Constructivism came under fire as it was recognised that the research did not offer immediate and simple prescriptions for effective science teaching. The whole approach was widely criticised, in particular by those who saw it as having ‘anti-science’ leanings. In this book, the notion of scientific research programmes is used to understand the development, limitations and potential of constructivism. It is shown that constructivist work in science education fits into a coherent programme exploring the contingencies of learning science. The author goes further to address criticisms of constructivism; evaluate progress in the field; and suggest directions for future research. It is concluded that constructivism has provided the foundations for a progressive research programme that continues to guide enquiry into learning and teaching science.
Report to the President: A National Program to Conquer Heart Disease, Cancer and Stroke
Author: United States. President's Commission on Heart Disease, Cancer and Stroke
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Category : Cancer
Languages : en
Pages : 132
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Category : Cancer
Languages : en
Pages : 132
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Profiles of Preservice Teacher Education
Author: Kenneth R. Howey
Publisher: SUNY Press
ISBN: 9780887069741
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
The authors allow students and faculty to speak in their own voices to tell the story of how teachers are prepared for their important roles as educators of the nations children. This book provides in-depth, personal descriptions of how elementary teachers are prepared in six diverse schools and colleges of education, ranging from the program in a small liberal arts college to those embedded in major research-oriented universities. The richly woven descriptions (gained through intensive observations and interviews) provide a balanced picture of the situation and context of teacher education today. Howey and Zimpher conclude the descriptions with an insightful cross-institutional analysis of the problems and issues uncovered and suggest a provocative set of characteristics that appear to contribute to an effective program of teacher education.
Publisher: SUNY Press
ISBN: 9780887069741
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
The authors allow students and faculty to speak in their own voices to tell the story of how teachers are prepared for their important roles as educators of the nations children. This book provides in-depth, personal descriptions of how elementary teachers are prepared in six diverse schools and colleges of education, ranging from the program in a small liberal arts college to those embedded in major research-oriented universities. The richly woven descriptions (gained through intensive observations and interviews) provide a balanced picture of the situation and context of teacher education today. Howey and Zimpher conclude the descriptions with an insightful cross-institutional analysis of the problems and issues uncovered and suggest a provocative set of characteristics that appear to contribute to an effective program of teacher education.
A Ten-year Program of Federal Water Resources Research
Author: United States. Committee on Water Resources Research
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Category : Water resources development
Languages : en
Pages : 110
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Category : Water resources development
Languages : en
Pages : 110
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The Nature of Research
Author: Angela Brew
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134612044
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Increasingly, new academics are entering higher education without conventional research training and without a clear idea of what research actually involves. This is particularly true of academics who enter from having spent time in a profession including many in the newer disciplines. In addition, institutions of higher education which do not have a tradition of research are increasingly competing for research funding. The Nature of Research looks at this background and discusses what is wrong with academic research and discusses what is wrong with academic research today, what needs to change for it to survive, how to allow new kinds of research to flourish, directions for future action and how academic research can teach us to live in today's complex and uncertain society. The aim of the book, then, is to provide a stimulus to thinking about the nature and role of research with a view to considering what might be appropriate in the next century. Since research is so central to university life, looking at research will tell us much about what the university of the future might be like.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134612044
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Increasingly, new academics are entering higher education without conventional research training and without a clear idea of what research actually involves. This is particularly true of academics who enter from having spent time in a profession including many in the newer disciplines. In addition, institutions of higher education which do not have a tradition of research are increasingly competing for research funding. The Nature of Research looks at this background and discusses what is wrong with academic research and discusses what is wrong with academic research today, what needs to change for it to survive, how to allow new kinds of research to flourish, directions for future action and how academic research can teach us to live in today's complex and uncertain society. The aim of the book, then, is to provide a stimulus to thinking about the nature and role of research with a view to considering what might be appropriate in the next century. Since research is so central to university life, looking at research will tell us much about what the university of the future might be like.
A Ten-year Program of Federal Water Resources Research, Federal Council for Science and Technology, Committee on Water Resources Research, February 1966
Author: United States. Science and Technology Office
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 108
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 108
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Federal Communications Commission Reports
Author: United States. Federal Communications Commission
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Category : Telecommunication
Languages : en
Pages : 1112
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Category : Telecommunication
Languages : en
Pages : 1112
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Inquiry Into Satellite and Missile Programs
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services. Preparedness Investigating Subcommittee
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Category : Astronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 2554
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Publisher:
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Category : Astronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 2554
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