A Love of Discovery: Science Education - The Second Career of Robert Karplus (Innovations in Science Education and Technology)

robert Karplus, A Professor Of Physics At The University Of California, Berkeley, Usa, Became A Leader In The Movement To Reform Elementary School Science In The 1960s. This Book Selects The Enduring Aspects Of His Work And Presents Them For The Scientists And Science Educators Of Today. In An Era When `science Education For All Students' Has Become The Clarion Call, The Insights And Works Of Robert Karplus Are As Relevant Now As They Were In The 1960s, '70s, And '80s. This Book Tries To Capture The Essence Of His Life And Work And Presents Selections Of His Published Articles In A Helpful Context. booknews the Work Of Robert Karplus In Science Education Is Explored In Essays By Past Colleagues And Students Introducing Karplus' Writings On Curriculum Development, Science Lessons, The Learning Cycle, Student Autonomy And Teacher Input, The Central Role Of Students' Reasoning, Teaching And The Conceptual Structure Of Physics, Scientific Literacy, And The Teacher Development Gap. Fuller Teaches Physics At The University Of Nebraska-lincoln. Annotation C. Book News, Inc., Portland, Or (booknews.com) Front Matter....Pages i-xvii Introduction....Pages 1-6 A Love of Discovery....Pages 7-32 Exciting Science Lessons....Pages 33-50 The Learning Cycle....Pages 51-76 Student Autonomy and Teacher Input....Pages 77-96 Central Role of Students’ Reasoning....Pages 97-200 Teaching and the Conceptual Structure of Physics....Pages 201-228 Scientific Literacy and the Teacher Development Gap: Karplus’ Challenge....Pages 229-246 The Scientist’s Science Educator: How One Young Physicist’s Life Was Changed by the Example of Robert Karplus....Pages 247-292 The First Career of Robert Karplus—Theoretical Physics....Pages 293-298 The Transition Years What a Shame, What a Waste—To Give All That Up to Work with Children and Teachers....Pages 299-302 The Second Career—Science Education....Pages 303-304 Back Matter....Pages 305-337 This book explores the work of Robert Karplus in science education.