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Wheeler, Alan E. – Science Education International, 1997
Argues for the use of the archaeological metaphor as an apt one when examining the historical layers and foundational bases underlying much of the current thought and practice in science education. Suggests some sort of correspondence between archaeological and science education processes. (DDR)
Descriptors: Archaeology, Epistemology, Foreign Countries, Knowledge Representation