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ERIC Number: EJ512692
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0036-8326
Contextual Settings, Science Stories, and Large Context Problems: Toward a More Humanistic Science Education.
Stinner, Arthur
Science Education, v79 n5 p555-81 Sep 1995
Addresses the need for and the problem of organizing a science curriculum around contextual settings and science stories that serve to involve and motivate students to develop an understanding of the world that is rooted in the scientific and humanistic traditions. Presents a conceptual development model and a proposed program of activities. (76 references) (Author/JRH)
Descriptors: Beliefs, Context Effect, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Humanistic Education, Science Curriculum, Science Education, Science Instruction, Theories
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Researchers
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Canada; Science Education Research