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Finley, Fred N.; Nam, Younkeyong; Oughton, John – Science Education, 2011
Earth Systems Science (ESS) is emerging rapidly as a discipline and is being used to replace the older earth science education that has been taught as unrelated disciplines--geology, meteorology, astronomy, and oceanography. ESS is complex and is based on the idea that the earth can be understood as a set of interacting natural and social systems.…
Descriptors: Social Systems, Earth Science, Intellectual Disciplines, Concept Teaching
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Zubrowski, Bernard – Science Education, 1984
Uses examples related to a head of cabbage to discuss: (1) sensory development in children; (2) the integration of sensory and cognitive involvement; and (3) a child's mode of exploring and discovering. Also discusses why science curricula need to be organized around a paradigm that is holistic. (JN)
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education