Overview
- Offers insight into the relationship between visual representations and science education.
- Contains unique pedagogies related to the use of visualization by science teachers.
- Examines different aspects of visualizations as related to teaching.
- Reviews and evaluates existing research worldwide.
Part of the book series: Models and Modeling in Science Education (MMSE, volume 8)
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Research into Teaching with Visual Representations
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Teachers’ Selections, Construction, and Use of Visual Representations
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Teachers’ Use of Visual Representations in Culturally-Diverse Classrooms
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Teachers Supporting Student Learning from Visual Representations
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About this book
This book examines the diverse use of visual representations by teachers in the science classroom. It contains unique pedagogies related to the use of visualization, presents original curriculum materials as well as explores future possibilities.
The book begins by looking at the significance of visual representations in the teaching of science. It then goes on to detail two recent innovations in the field: simulations and slowmation, a process of explicit visualization. It also evaluates the way teachers have used different diagrams to illustrate concepts in biology and chemistry.
Next, the book explores the use of visual representations in culturally diverse classrooms, including the implication of culture for teachers’ use of representations, the crucial importance of language in the design and use of visualizations and visualizations in popular books about chemistry. It also shows the place of visualizations in the growing use of informal, self-directed science education.
Overall, the book concludes that if the potential of visualizations in science education is to be realized in the future, the subject must be included in both pre-service and in-service teacher education. It explores ways to develop science teachers’ representational competence and details the impact that this will have on their teaching.
The worldwide trend towards providing science education for all, coupled with the increased availability of color printing, access to personal computers and projection facilities, has lead to a more extensive and diverse use of visual representations in the classroom. This book offers unique insights into the relationship between visual representations and science education, making it an ideal resource for educators as well as researchers in science education, visualization and pedagogy.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Science Teachers’ Use of Visual Representations
Editors: Billie Eilam, John K. Gilbert
Series Title: Models and Modeling in Science Education
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-06526-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-06525-0Published: 24 July 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-37466-6Published: 10 September 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-06526-7Published: 11 July 2014
Series ISSN: 1871-2983
Series E-ISSN: 2213-2260
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 338
Number of Illustrations: 65 b/w illustrations
Topics: Science Education, Teaching and Teacher Education, Learning & Instruction