Connecting Girls and Science
Subtitle: Constructivism, Feminism, and Science Education Reform (Ways of Knowing in Science and Math, 18)
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Published: April 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9780807742105
Subjects: Science: General Issues; Secondary schools; Teaching of a specific subject; Teaching of specific groups; Women's studies; Educational Policy & Reform; Feminism & Feminist Theory; Study & Teaching; Education; Education / Teaching; Feminism and science; Science; Study and teaching (Secondary); Women in science
Description: Shows the positive results that can occur in secondary science classes when student's curiosity about science is brought to the centre of the curriculum. In particular, it demonstrates how girls can become more interested when such topics as childbirth and sexism in science are included.