In this paper, I describe a methodology that I employed, and resultant methods that I designed, to facilitate a Critical Discourse Analysis exploring perspectives on Western modern science as a school subject discipline in a given Caribbean context. Using specific themes from post-colonial theory, I sought to engage with some of the viewpoints…

This inventory suggests six categories to be used in evaluating reported experimental research in education and psychology: (1) research problem/hypothesis; (2) related literature; (3) research design; (4) data collection and analysis; (5) conclusions and generalizations; and (6) style and organization of report. (GDC)

Seeks to identify the differences that may exist between teachers' and research scientists' perceptions of the nature of science, scientific method, and related aspects of science education. Suggests that the differences recognized may be the result of three factors: (1) processes of teachers' construction of their knowledge about how children…