How Science Works: Teaching and Learning in the Science Classroom

Abstract

This book explores the new approach to science, made statutory with the new programmes of study. It looks at aspects of the history and philosophy of science, argumentation and the language of science and provides a background for science teachers and those involved in science education which is often missing from their own education in science. A study of the history and phi-losophy of science is not a compulsory or common component of a standard undergraduate degree. Yet dealing with How Science Works requires a basic understanding of these aspects of the discipline. The chapter headings are self-explanatory and, to a large extent, stand alone. The intention is that the book should be a handy reference for key aspects of How Science Works rather than a study text which needs to be read from cover to cover in a particular order.