Editors:
- Develops an original theory of education which is informed by epistemology
- Contains a succinct account of the nature of science, scientific methodology, and scientific modeling relevant to science education
- Presents a detailed and incisive criticism of the most influential currents of thought that impinge on science education today such as epistemological and social constructivism, postmodernism and epistemic multiculturalism
- Comprehensive and up-to-date
Part of the book series: Contemporary Trends and Issues in Science Education (CTISE, volume 28)
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Philosophy of Science, Methodology and Science Education
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The Postmodernist Impasse
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Science Education, Culture and Politics
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Back Matter
About this book
Currents such as epistemological and social constructivism, postmodernism, and certain forms of multiculturalism that had become fashionable within science education circles in the last decades lost sight of critical inquiry as the core aim of education. In this book we develop an account of education that places critical inquiry at the core of education in general and science education in particular. Since science constitutes the paradigm example of critical inquiry, we explain the nature of science, paying particular attention to scientific methodology and scientific modeling and at the same time showing their relevance in the science classroom. We defend a universalist, rationalist, and objectivist account of science against epistemological and social constructivist views, postmodernist approaches and epistemic multiculturalist accounts.
Editors and Affiliations
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The University of Auckland, New Zealand
Robert Nola
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Bogaziçi University, Turkey
Gürol Irzik
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Philosophy, Science, Education and Culture
Editors: Robert Nola, Gürol Irzik
Series Title: Contemporary Trends and Issues in Science Education
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3770-8
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2005
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-3769-6Published: 09 January 2006
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-6958-0Published: 29 January 2011
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-3770-2Published: 22 February 2006
Series ISSN: 1878-0482
Series E-ISSN: 1878-0784
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 490
Topics: Science Education