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Going back for our future : carrying forward the spirit of pioneers of science education / edited by Jon E. Pedersen [and others].

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Charlotte, N.C. : Information Age Pub., 2013.
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1 online resource (xi, 390 pages :) : illustrations
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Pedersen, Jon
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""Cover""; ""Going Back for Our Future""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter 1: Fletcher Guard Watson""; ""Chapter 2: F. James Rutherford""; ""Chapter 3: Paul DeHart Hurd (1905�2001)""; ""Chapter 4: A Pioneer""; ""Chapter 5: Willard J. Jacobson""; ""Chapter 6: Mary Budd Rowe""; ""Chapter 7: A Career of Opportunities""; ""Chapter 8: Susan Loucks-Horsley, PhD""; ""Chapter 9: Robert Karplus (1927�1990)""; ""Chapter 10: The Nature and Development of Scientific Reasoning"" and ""Chapter 11: A Half-Century Effort to Create a Theory of Education to Guide the Improvement of Teaching and Learning""""Chapter 12: Pinchas (Pini) Tamir""; ""Chapter 13: Shifting Paradigms in Science Education""; ""Chapter 14: E. Joseph Piel""; ""Chapter 15: Pioneers in Science Education""; ""Chapter 16: Luck�A Defining Element of Success""; ""Chapter 17: Why I Became a Teacher""; ""Chapter 18: Don McCurdy""; ""Epilogue""; ""About the Editors""; ""About the Contributors""
Summary
This book is the first volume of an attempt to capture and record some of the answers to these questions--either from the pioneers themselves or from those persons who worked most closely with them. We know there are many pioneers and early trailblazers who are not included in this volume, but there are other volumes to follow. As we have posed questions, rummaged through files and oft-neglected books, and probed the memories of many individuals, we have come to realize our list of true pioneers is ever growing. There are names on the list that most of us readily recognize, and there are names of whom few of us have heard--yet who were significant in their roles as mentors or idea development and teaching. We quickly discovered that the "family tree" showing connections between these people is not a neat, clean simple branching tree, but is more like spaghetti. The connections are many, are intertwined, and all have their significance. The stories in this volume demonstrate how vital this network was in supporting the individual pioneers during their journey in difficult times and continues to be for those of us today in our own enterprise.
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9781623962555 (electronic bk.)
1623962552 (electronic bk.)
9781623962531 (pbk.)
9781623962548 (hardback)
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Includes bibliographical references.
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