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Beyond Space and across Time: Non-Finalized Dialogue about Science and Religion Discourse
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Hsu, Pei-Ling – Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2010
This commentary dialogues with three articles that analyze the same database about science and religion discourse produced 17 years ago. Dialogues in these three articles and this commentary across space and time allow us to develop new and different understandings of the same database and situation. As part of this commentary, I discuss topics…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Persuasive Discourse, Databases, Religion
Conceptualizing a Teaching Experience on the Development of the Idea of Evolution: An Epistemological Approach to the Education of Science Teachers.
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Zuzovsky, Ruth – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1994
Describes and discusses an epistemological approach to the education of science teachers that emphasizes similarities in knowledge and modes of acquiring knowledge among children, scientists in their historical contexts, and student teachers. (ZWH)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Constructivism (Learning), Controversial Issues (Course Content), Epistemology
Structured Academic Controversy: A Peaceful Approach to Controversial Issues
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Khourey-Bowers, Claudia – American Biology Teacher, 2006
The teaching of evolutionary theory has historically been problematic, often times marred with legal and moral battles. In recent years, state boards of education have prohibited or somehow compromised the role of evolutionary theory in school science. Consistent with the diversity of beliefs in contemporary society, preservice science teachers…
Descriptors: Controversial Issues (Course Content), Evolution, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods