Description: Perspectives on Scientific Argumentation Please note: this item is printed on demand and will take extra time before it can be dispatched to you (up to 20 working days). Theory, Practice and Research Author(s): Myint Swe Khine Format: Hardback Publisher: Springer, Netherlands Imprint: Springer ISBN-13: 9789400724693, 978-9400724693 Synopsis Argumentation-arriving at conclusions on a topic through a process of logical reasoning that includes debate and persuasion- has in recent years emerged as a central topic of discussion among science educators and researchers. There is now a firm and general belief that fostering argumentation in learning activities can develop students' critical thinking and reasoning skills, and that dialogic and collaborative inquiries are key precursors to an engagement in scientific argumentation. It is also reckoned that argumentation helps students assimilate knowledge and generate complex meaning. The consensus among educators is that involving students in scientific argumentation must play a critical role in the education process itself. Recent analysis of research trends in science education indicates that argumentation is now the most prevalent research topic in the literature. This book attempts to consolidate contemporary thinking and research on the role of scientific argumentation in education. Perspectives on Scientific Argumentation brings together prominent scholars in the field to share the sum of their knowledge about the place of scientific argumentation in teaching and learning. Chapters explore scientific argumentation as a means of addressing and solving problems in conceptual change, reasoning, knowledge-building and the promotion of scientific literacy. Others interrogate topics such as the importance of language, discursive practice, social interactions and culture in the classroom. The material in this book, which features intervention studies, discourse analyses, classroom-based experiments, anthropological observations, and design-based research, will inform theoretical frameworks and changing pedagogical practices as well as encourage new avenues of research.
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Book Title: Perspectives on Scientific Argumentation
Number of Pages: 292 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Perspectives on Scientific Argumentation: Theory, Practice and Research
Publisher: Springer
Publication Year: 2011
Subject: Science, Teaching
Item Height: 235 mm
Item Weight: 623 g
Type: Textbook
Author: Myint Swe Khine
Subject Area: Educational Technology, Developmental Psychology
Item Width: 155 mm
Format: Hardcover
