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from: Teachers College Press
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 507.1
EAN: 9780807740644
ISBN: 0807740640
Label: Teachers College Press
Manufacturer: Teachers College Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 216
Publication Date: 2001-04
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Sales Rank: 921288
Studio: Teachers College Press
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This seminal book describes the nature and extent of science learning in America with particular attention to the innumerable sources of science education existing outside the formal education system. Falk and his well-respected colleagues provide examples from research and practice on how to better understand, facilitate and communicate about free-choice science learning, including policy recommendations for insuring its growth and integration within the complex learning environment of the 21st century. This important and timely volume: * Makes a case for the existence of an infrastructure for free-choice science learning. * Highlights research studies that reveal the nature and function of the infrastructure. * Proposes studies, policies, and approaches that will enable educators and policymakers to better understand its nature, function, and effectiveness. * Encourages coalition building and collaborations across the infrastructure that lead to better practice, greater resources, realistic assessments, and greater application of free-choice science learning.
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Rating: - High-level social and educational issues
Free-Choice Science Education: How We Learn Science Outside Of School is a seminal, college-level collection of discussions on the extent and scope of science learning in America, with particular attention to learning outside the traditional educational system. Under the able editorship of John Falk, essays by different individual authors discuss the absorption of scientific information from such sources as early childhood TV viewing, the value of infrastructure in free-choice science learning, and ... Read More
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