Inquiry-Based Science in the Primary Classroom

Garima Bansal

ISBN 10: 1032461683 / ISBN 13: 9781032461687

Published by Routledge, 2024

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nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - The chapters in this book represent a cross-section of research conducted in inquiry-based science education at primary levels of schooling in international contexts that include school settings in Australia, India, Singapore, South Africa, Turkey, Northern Ireland, and the United States.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Inquiry-Based Science in the Primary Classroom
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1032461683
• ISBN 13: 9781032461687
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 246W x 174H x 8D millimeters 246 millimeters width by 174 millimeters height by 8 millimeters depth
• Weight: 271 grams

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Synopsis

The chapters in this book represent a cross-section of research conducted in inquiry-based science education at primary levels of schooling in international contexts that include school settings in Australia, India, Singapore, South Africa, Turkey, Northern Ireland, and the United States. The book includes empirical studies on the role of inquiry-based learning in advancing students’ conceptual understanding and modelling proficiency, students’ understandings about the nature of scientific inquiry, classroom studies on teachers’ enactment of inquiry-based learning, teachers’ facilitation of classroom discourse for inquiry-based learning, and co-teaching in developing teachers in adopting an inquiry-based pedagogy. It was originally published as a special issue of the journal Education 3–13.

About the Author

Garima Bansal is Research fellow at Australian Council for Educational Research. Her research interests include education assessment, science and mathematics education, and teacher education. She has received several international awards from renowned academic bodies such as the International Association of Education Assessment, American Evaluation Association, and British Educational Research Association.

Umesh Ramnarain is Professor in Science Education, and Head of Department in Science and Technology Education at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. His main research interest is on inquiry-based science education, with a particular focus on its uptake in South African classrooms, where the unequal funding policies of the previous Apartheid education system have resulted in learning contexts that are complex and diverse.