Argumentation arriving at conclusions on a topic through a
process of logical reasoning that includes debate and persuasion
has in recent years emerged as a central topic of discussion among
science educators and researchers. There is now a firm and general
belief that fostering argumentation in learning activities can
develop students critical thinking and reasoning skills, and that
dialogic and collaborative inquiries are key precursors to an
engagement in scientific argumentation. It is also reckoned that
argumentation helps students assimilate knowledge and generate
complex meaning. The consensus among educators is that involving
students in scientific argumentation must play a critical role in
the education process itself. Recent analysis of research trends in
science education indicates that argumentation is now the most
prevalent research topic in the literature. This book attempts to
consolidate contemporary thinking and research on the role of
scientific argumentation in education.
"Perspectives on Scientific Argumentation" brings together
prominent scholars in the field to share the sum of their knowledge
about the place of scientific argumentation in teaching and
learning. Chapters explore scientific argumentation as a means of
addressing and solving problems in conceptual change, reasoning,
knowledge-building and the promotion of scientific literacy. Others
interrogate topics such as the importance of language, discursive
practice, social interactions and culture in the classroom. The
material in this book, which features intervention studies,
discourse analyses, classroom-based experiments, anthropological
observations, and design-based research, will inform theoretical
frameworks and changing pedagogical practices as well as encourage
new avenues of research."
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