Transcending the Conventional Science Curriculum: Supporting Students in the Negotiation of Meaning and Finding Their Place in Science

Thesis advisor: Katherine L. McNeill === Science education in schools is often inadvertently designed so that it is frequently inconsistent with students' lived experiences (Aikenhead, 1996, 2001; Brickhouse and Potter, 2001). Science is therefore seen by students as an endeavor for someone els...

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Main Author: Price, Jeremy Forest
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Boston College 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2345/2603