The ideas that children have about science concepts have for the past decade been the subject of a wealth of international research. But while the area has been strong in terms of data, it has suffered from a lack of theory. Children's Informal Ideas in Science addresses the question of whether children's ideas about science can be explained in a single theoretical framework. Twelve different approaches combine to tackle this central issue, each taking a deliberately critical standpoint. The contributors address such themes as values in research, the social construction of knowledge and the work of Piaget in a rich contribution to the debate without claiming finally to resolve it. The authors conclude with a discussion of how a theory can be built up, along with suggestions for ways ahead in the research.

The ideas that children have about science concepts have for the past decade been the subject of a wealth of international research. But while the area has been strong in terms of data, it has suffered from a lack of theory.
Children's Informal Ideas in Science addresses the question of whether children's ideas about science can be explained in a single theoretical framework. Twelve different approaches combine to tackle this central issue, each taking a deliberately critical standpoint. The contributors address such themes as values in research, the social construction of knowledge and the work of Piaget in a rich contribution to the debate without claiming finally to resolve it. The authors conclude with a discussion of how a theory can be built up, along with suggestions for ways ahead in the research.

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This is a book for people including students attempting to polish their Spoken English and are unsure of their pronunciation. It teaches the reader to be absolutely self-reliant when it comes to pronunciation.

Life and Letters of Ferdinand von Mueller comprises three volumes of selected correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller and a new scholarly biography of the noted German-Australian botanist, and first Director of Melbourne's famed Botanic Gardens. A CD-ROM carrying von Mueller's complete surviving correspondence is included in the package. There is a subscription price for the complete edition (4 volumes and searchable CD-ROM) valid until publication of all four volumes.