Courageous pedagogy : enacting critical science education

There are only a few studies that investigate the actual small-scale classroom processes and approaches that allow for students to participate in "doing" critical science and none that compare CSE to traditional classroom contexts. In a critical science classroom student' thoughts, be...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Gilbert, Andrew (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing Inc., [2013]
SeriesCritical constructions.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781806614202
DOI10.1108/978-1-62396-069-8
Physical Description1 online resource (xv, 141 pages)

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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. The politics of science and the science education standards
  • Chapter 2. Contextual issues surrounding science education
  • Chapter 3. Mr. Smith's pedagogy: Schooling as compliance
  • Chapter 4. Mr. Hill's pedagogy: Enacting critical science education
  • Chapter 5. Pedagogical choices shaped by beliefs about students: Mr. Smith
  • Chapter 6. Pedagogical choices shaped by beliefs about students: Mr. Hill
  • Chapter 7. Classroom discourse and its associated impact on student identity
  • Chapter 8. Resistance is not futile
  • Chapter 9. Using transformative moments to construct critical science stances
  • Chapter 10. Concluding thoughts
  • Postscript
  • References.