"Don't Tell Me, I'll Find Out" Robert Karplus—A Science Education Pioneer

@article{citeulike:469311, abstract = {Robert Karplus (1927–90), who began his career as a brilliant theoretical physicist, switched to science education in the early 1960s. He made many substantial contributions to this field in addition to developing a complete K–6 hands-on science curriculum. Karplus provided his curriculum with a sound epistemological foundation, based on the work of Piaget. He developed an effective classroom teaching strategy, the learning cycle. He and his team used a scientific approach to curriculum development. They focused on teacher development. Karplus was committed to science for ALL students. Through science activities he sought to share the joy of discovery. A recent book collects some of his important papers and enables you to examine his work for yourself and see what you discover.}, author = {Fuller, Robert G. }, citeulike-article-id = {469311}, comment = {Includes "Science teaching and the development of reasoning (Karplus, 1977)"}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/B:JOST.0000006340.89395.e6}, journal = {Journal of Science Education and Technology}, keywords = {education, piaget, research, science}, month = {December}, number = {4}, pages = {359--369}, posted-at = {2006-01-18 14:43:00}, priority = {2}, title = {"Don't Tell Me, I'll Find Out" Robert Karplus—A Science Education Pioneer}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/B:JOST.0000006340.89395.e6}, volume = {12}, year = {2003} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:469311 L3 - citeulike-article-id:469311 TI - "Don't Tell Me, I'll Find Out" Robert Karplus—A Science Education Pioneer JF - Journal of Science Education and Technology VL - 12 IS - 4 SP - 359 EP - 369 N2 - Robert Karplus (1927–90), who began his career as a brilliant theoretical physicist, switched to science education in the early 1960s. He made many substantial contributions to this field in addition to developing a complete K–6 hands-on science curriculum. Karplus provided his curriculum with a sound epistemological foundation, based on the work of Piaget. He developed an effective classroom teaching strategy, the learning cycle. He and his team used a scientific approach to curriculum development. They focused on teacher development. Karplus was committed to science for ALL students. Through science activities he sought to share the joy of discovery. A recent book collects some of his important papers and enables you to examine his work for yourself and see what you discover. KW - education KW - piaget KW - research KW - science N1 - Includes "Science teaching and the development of reasoning (Karplus, 1977)" AU - Fuller, Robert PY - 2003/12// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/B:JOST.0000006340.89395.e6 ER -