ELE642 EPISTEMIC ISSUES IN SCIENCE EDUCATION
| Course Code: |
4100642 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): |
3(3-0) |
| ECTS Credit: |
8.0 |
| Department: |
Elementary Education |
| Language of Instruction: |
English |
| Level of Study: |
PhD |
| Course Coordinator: |
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| Offered Semester: |
Fall and Spring Semesters. |
Course Content
This course focuses on ways of knowing in science education, the differences and similarities between the characteristic of school science and professional science, the nature of the school science practice and its knowledge. Different epistemic dispositions and theories related to knowing and learning will be discussed, such as constructivism and its variants, and conceptual change.
