REQUIRED READING:

Duschl, R. and Avraamidou, L. ZOO-WISE: A framework for the design of web-based inquiry science tasks. <download PDF>

RELEVANT LINKS:

ZOO-WISE Slide Presentation <download Powerpoint>
Web-based Inquiry Science Environment <http://wise.berkeley.edu>

1. Return to our roots
   Vygotsky---everyday and scientific
   Let us think together about how we can gain a better understanding of the everyday knowledge that all people bring into the learning setting. This goes beyond cultural relativism. Then think about the canonical science that is presented in school, or museums please focus first on observational sciences like astronomy, biology, geosciences.
2. Discourse analysis
   Let's think in terms of activity, not single utterances or
   questions--what does discourse analysis get us--across learning settings?

RELATED READINGS

Rosalind Driver, John Leach, Robin Millar & Phil Scott, Young People's Images of Science (1996) [*This book describes the results of a study examining children's understandings, formulated as a result of in school and out of school experiences, of the nature of science (particularly the nature of scientific knowledge and the connections between science and society) by students in grades 4 to 11 (ages 9-16). I think it provides a great resource in terms of both content knowledge and research methods.]