Exploration and Meaning Making in the Learning of Science

Cover13; -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Introduction -- Mountaineers, Rock Climbers, and Science Educators -- The Need for a Holistic Approach to Science Education -- Truncated Inquiry -- Aesthetics, Play, and Metaphor -- Technology in Addition to Nature -- Practical Background -- Structure of the Book -- Terminology -- Guided Inquiry -- Genetic Curriculum -- Phenomenon -- Holistic Versus Humanistic -- References -- Chapter 1 -- Characteristics of a Genetic Approach to Curriculum Design -- Mobiles and Balancing Toys -- The First Activity -- The Second Activity -- The Third Activity -- The Second Part 8211; Balancing Objects Horizontally -- The Overall Scheme of These Activities -- Psychological Movements -- Pedagogical Practices -- Contextualizing the Object of Study -- Archetypical Phenomena and Technological Artifacts -- Multisensory Engagement -- Empathy -- Aesthetics -- Exploration and Play -- Models and Analogies -- Philosophical Framework -- Reference -- Chapter 2 -- A Pedagogical Model for Guided Inquiry -- Faraday and Maxwell 8211; Models for Extended Inquiry -- Multisensory Engagement -- Visualizations -- Explorations and Analogies -- Thought Experiments -- A Case Study in the Use of Analogies and Metaphors in Science -- Generative Metaphor -- The Use of Analogies and Science Pedagogy -- A Modified Pedagogical Model as a Developmental Progression -- Phases of Inquiry -- Exploratory Phase -- Data Gathering and Experimental Phase -- Meaning Making Phase -- Modeling Phase -- Extending the Inquiry with a Closely Related Phenomena -- Relationship to the Learning Cycle Model -- Cycles in Guided Inquiry -- Theoretical Rationale -- References -- Chapter 3 -- A Grade 18211;9 Curriculum Framework Composed of Archetypical Phenomena and Technological Artifacts -- Scenario #1 -- Concrete Images in Scientific Thinking -- Images as They are Related to Primary Processes and Paleologic Thinking -- Key Symbols in Scientific Thinking -- The Function of Key Symbols -- The Relationship Between Key Symbols, Root Metaphors, and Pedagogical Archetypes -- Affective Coherence in a Grades 18211;9 Science Curriculum Framework -- References -- Chapter 4 -- An Alternative Paradigm as a Basis for a Holistic Approach to Science Education -- Scenario #2 -- The Architect as One Model for Curriculum Design and Teaching -- Portoghesi and the 8220;Listening Architect8221; -- Curriculum Design and Teaching as a Dialectical Process: An Alternate Paradigm -- Engineering Versus Artist Paradigm -- The Alternative Paradigm and Constructivism -- Students Prior Knowledge and Conceptual Change -- Pedagogical Practices for a Constructivist Approach to Teaching Science -- Authenticity and Science Education -- A Holistic Approach to Science Education 8211; Meaning Making in the Broader Sense -- References -- Chapter 5 -- The Body Image and Feelings in Science Learning -- Scenario #3 -- The Body as Ultimate Image and Basis for Physical Intuition -- Embodied Cognition -- Body Image and Spatial Orientation -- References -- Chapter 6 -- Sensory Understanding -- Scenario #3 8211; Exploring with Siphon Bottles -- Alternative Pedagogical Practices in Science Teaching -- Scientific Imagination and the Role of Intuition -- T$3072.