Constructing Worlds through Science Education: The Selected Works of John Gilbert (World Library of Educationalists) (Paperback)

Internationally renowned and award-winning author John Gilbert has spent the last thirty years researching, thinking and writing about some of the central and enduring issues in science education. He has contributed over twenty books and 400 articles to the field and is Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Science Education. For the first time he brings together sixteen of his key writings in one volume. This unique book highlights important shifts in emphasis in science education research, the influence of important individuals and matters of national and international concern. All this is interwoven in the following four themes: explanation, models and modeling in science education relating science education and technology education informal education in science and technology alternative conceptions and science education. Explanation, Models, Modeling In Science Education -- Models In Explanations: Horses For Courses? --historical And Philosophy Of Science Through Models: The Case Of Chemical Kinetics -- A Cause Of Ahistorical Science Teaching: Use Of Hybrid Models -- Epistemological Resources For Thought Experimentation In Science Learning -- Modelling, Teachers' Views On The Nature Of Modelling And Implications For The Education Of Modellers -- Relating Science Education And Technology Education -- The Interface Between Science Education And Technology Education -- Modelling: Promoting Creativity While Forging Links Between Science Education And Design And Technology Education -- Research And Development On Satellites In Education -- Informal Education In Science And Technology -- Informal Chemical Education -- The Design Of Interactive Exhibits To Promote The Making Of Meaning -- Models And Discourse: A Primary School Science Class Visit To A Museum -- Alternative Conceptions And Science Education -- Eliciting Student Views Using An Interview-about-instances Technique -- Concepts, Misconceptions And Alternative Conceptions: Changing Perspectives In Science Education -- Children's Science And Its Consequences For Teaching -- Constructive Science Education. John K. Gilbert. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.

in The world Library Of Educationalists series, International Experts Themselves Compile Career- Long Collections Of What They Judge To Be Their Finest Pieces-extracts From Books, Key Articles, Salient Research Findings, Major Theoretical And/practical Contributions-so The World Can Read Them In A Single Manageable Volume. Readers Will Be Able To Follow The Themes And Strands Of Their Work And See Their Contribution To The Development Of A Field.
john Gilbert Has Spent The Last Thirty Years Researching, Thinking And Writing About Some Of The Key And Enduring Issues In Science Education. He Was Awarded A Lifetime Achievement Award For His Contribution To Science Teaching In 2001 By The American National Association Of Research Into Science Teaching. In This Book He Brings Together In One Place His Sixteen Key And Seminal Writings. Starting With A Specially Written Introduction, The Author Summarizes His Career And Contextualizes His Selection Within The Development Of The Field.
· The Chapters Cover:
· Alternative Conceptions And Science Education
· Relating Science Education And Technology Education
· Models And Modeling
· Informal Education In Science And Technology

"In the 'World Library of Educationalists' series, international experts themselves compile career-long collections of what they judge to be their finest pieces-extracts from books, key articles, salient research findings, major theoretical and/practical contributions-so the world can read them in a single manageable volume. Readers will be able to follow the themes and strands of their work and see their contribution to the development of a field. John Gilbert has spent the last thirty years researching, thinking and writing about some of the key and enduring issues in science education. He was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution to science teaching in 2001 by the American National Association of Research into Science Teaching. In this book he brings together in one place his sixteen key and seminal writings. Starting with a specially written Introduction, the author summarizes his career and contextualizes his selection within the development of the field."--Publisher description Presenting sixteen key writings by celebrated author Professor John Gilbert, this unique book highlights important shifts in emphasis in science education research, and examines the influence of individuals and matters of national and international concern. John Gilbert has been researching, thinking and writing about some of the key issues in science education for thirty years. Following a specially written introduction by the author is sixteen of his key writings. Professor John Gilbert has spent the last 30 years researching, thinking and writing about some of the key and enduring issues in science education. In this book, he brings together 16 key writings