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Portable Technologies

Science Learning in Context

Editors:

  1. Robert F. Tinker

    1. The Concord Consortium, Concord, USA

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  2. Joseph S. Krajcik

    1. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA

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Part of the book series: Innovations in Science Education and Technology (ISET, volume 13)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction

    • Robert F. Tinker
    Pages 1-6

  5. Case Study at Mount Baker High School

    • David Tucker
    Pages 63-86

  7. Learning Science Content in a Project-Based Environment

    • Joseph S. Krajcik, Mary Starr
    Pages 103-119

  8. Educational Innovations in Portable Technologies

    • Stephen Bannasch
    Pages 121-145

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 167-195
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About this book

Education has traditionally studied the world by bringing it into the classroom. This can result in situated learning that appears to students to have no relevance outside the classroom. Students acquire inert, decontextualized knowledge that they cannot apply to real problems. The obvious solution to this shortcoming is to reverse the situation and bring the classroom to the phenomena: to learn in a rich, real-world context. The problem with the real world is that it is complex and filled with interactions that are hard to sort out. The editors and authors believe that the right tools might help students with this sorting process and result in learning in rich contexts. This book is an account of a series of experiments designed to explore the validity of this insight.
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Editors and Affiliations

  • The Concord Consortium, Concord, USA

    Robert F. Tinker

  • University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA

    Joseph S. Krajcik

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Portable Technologies

  • Book Subtitle: Science Learning in Context

  • Editors: Robert F. Tinker, Joseph S. Krajcik

  • Series Title: Innovations in Science Education and Technology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0638-5

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2001

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-306-46643-4Published: 30 November 2001

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-010-0638-5Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1873-1058

  • Series E-ISSN: 2213-2236

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 198

  • Number of Illustrations: 16 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Educational Technology, Science Education

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