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Learning how to do science education: Four waves of reform

Posted on Thursday, Aug. 27th 2009 |


Authors: Roy Pea and Allan Collins
Institutions: Stanford University and Northwestern University

Abstract: In the modern era of the past half-century, we have seen four waves of science education reform activity. Our view is that these waves are building toward cumulative improvement of science education as a learning enterprise. Each wave has been: (1) distinguished by a different focus of design, (2) led by different primary proponents, and (3) contributed to new learning about what additional emphases will be necessary to achieve desirable outcomes for science education – and a consequent new wave of activity and design. Consideration of these four waves will help contextualize the contributions represented in this volume.

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