Book description
Research in science education is now an international activity.
This book asks for the first time, Does this research activity have an
identity? -It uses the significant studies of more than 75 researchers in 15
countries to see to what extent they provide evidence for an identity as a
distinctive field of research. -It considers trends in the research over
time, and looks particularly at what progression in the research entails.
-It provides insight into how researchers influence each other and how
involvement in research affects the being of the researcher as a person. -It
addresses the relation between research and practice in a manner that sees
teaching and learning in the science classroom as interdependent with
national policies and curriculum traditions about science. It gives graduate
students and other early researchers an unusual overview of their research
area as a whole. Established researchers will be interested in, and
challenged by, the identity the author ascribes to the research and by the
plea he makes for the science content itself to be seen as problematic.
About the author
Emeritus Professor Peter Fensham was the Dean of Education from 1982 to
1988 at Monash University. In 1999 Emeritus Professor Fensham
became the first Australian to receive the Distinguished Contributions
to Science Education through Research Award from the National
Association for Research in Science Teaching (NRAST). Emeritus
Professor Fensham's other awards include Member of the Order of
Australia and Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences of Australia.
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