science education
Teaching empirical disciplines
Science education is teaching and learning about scientific knowledge, methods, and reasoning—typically in schools but also through museums, media, and public outreach.
The field encompasses both content (biology, chemistry, physics) and process (hypothesis testing, experimental design, critical evaluation of evidence).
She's pursuing a doctorate in science education.
Science education reform often debates how much to emphasize facts versus inquiry skills.
- physicsScience of matter and energy
- hands-on learningEducation via direct participation
- biologyStudy of organisms
- chemistryStudy of substances' interactions
- technologyApplied scientific methods
interactive learning · experimentation · critical thinking · misconceptions · mathematics · constructivism · curriculum · engineering · pedagogy · teacher training · beaker · laboratory · test tube · hypothesis · demonstration · classroom · inquiry · microscope
- Education CharitiesTeach for America, Khan Academy, scholarship funds, tutoring programs, mentor programs
- science mediaDiscovery Channel, National Geographic, Bill Nye, MythBusters, nature documentaries
- education historypublic schooling, school reform, one-room school, medieval universities, elementary school
- chemistry museumsperiodic table, demonstrations, interactive exhibits, museum tours, beakers
- science studiespublic understanding, public engagement, research ethics, research methods, open access
- South Asian Educationprimary schools, secondary schools, high schools, colleges, universities
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Teaching creative disciplines
liberal arts education · religious education · music education · fine arts education · history education
science educationself-teaching
Instructing oneself without guidance
autodidacticism · trial and error · apprenticeship · on-the-job training · street smarts
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