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Crawford, Teresa; Kelly, Gregory J. – Science Education, 1997
Draws from studies in the sociology of scientific knowledge to create a new perspective for understanding school science. Merges ethnography and discourse analysis to study science-in-the-making in a physics classroom. Investigates local conceptual ecologies. Contains 55 references. (DDR)
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Discourse Analysis, Educational Strategies, Elementary Education
Goldman, Paul; Tindal, Gerald; McCullum, Nancy; Marr, Jerry – 1999
Gareth Morgan's "Images of Organization" introduces readers to "holographic organization" and explores his concepts of connectivity and redundancy, simultaneous specialization and generalization, minimum critical specification, and self-organization. This paper attempts to put these concepts into operation successfully by using data, surveys,…
Descriptors: Developmental Continuity, Educational Change, Elementary Education, Knowledge Representation
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Candela, Antonia – Science Education, 1997
Argues that scientific knowledge in school is a social construct in which curriculum proposals are simply points of departure that are transformed by the social interaction that takes place within the classroom. Considers discourse as playing an important role in knowledge construction. Contains 31 references. (DDR)
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Demonstrations (Science), Discourse Analysis, Educational Strategies