The Centrality of Models for Knowledge Claims in Science Education
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Chapter 1 is The Centrality of Models for Knowledge Claims in Science Education
Contents:
- Some Examples of Knowledge Claims Made in Studies
- Knowledge Claims in Research
- Locating This Work Within a Research Programme
- The Constructivist Research Programme
- Progressing the Research Programme
- Assumptions Informing the Research Process May Not Be Explicit
- The Centrality of Models in Research
- Shared Community Commitments
- Being Explicit About the Frameworks Underpinning Educational Research
- Claims About Technical and Common-Sense Notions
- The Value of Clarity in Language
- Making the Research Process Explicit
- An Example of a Study Reporting Student Misconceptions
- Knowledge Claims Need to Be Understood as Being About Models
The next Chapter is Introduction to Part II (Modelling Mental Processes in the Science Learner): The Mental Register