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ERIC Number: EJ604086
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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ISSN: ISSN-0157-244X
Transacting with Autobiography to Transform the Learning and Teaching of Elementary Science.
McGonigal, Judith A.
Research in Science Education, v30 n1 p75-88 2000
Examines multiple ways in which autobiography informed the restructuring of an elementary classroom. Uses journals, interview transcripts, and electronic mail archives to document how the author provided a voice to students and used their perspectives to construct a teaching framework for elementary science education. (Contains 30 references.) (Author/WRM)
Descriptors: Autobiographies, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Epistemology, Feminist Criticism, Personal Narratives, Philosophy, Postmodernism, Rhetorical Criticism, Science Education, Scientific Principles, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Note: Theme Issue: Autobiography and Science Education.