Mathematics and Science Education in Developing Countries: Issues, Experiences, and Cooperation Prospects

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UP Press, 2007 - Всего страниц: 502
 

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Chapter 2
8
Issues and Concerns for Planners and Implementers
21
Chapter 3
68
Chapter 4
127
Chapter 5
172
Chapter 7
209
Chapter 8
231
Chapter 9
252
Chapter 11
294
Chapter 12
322
Chapter 13
339
Chapter 14
365
Chapter 15
405
Chapter 16
430
Chapter 17
458
List of Contributors
499

Chapter 10
276

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Стр. 157 - s learning concept into pedagogical theories, instructions or practice, viz., the concept of the zone of proximal development (Vygotsky 1978, p. 84ff, 1986, p. 187ff) and the concept of scientific concepts (Vygotsky 1986, p. 146ff). Vygotsky defined the zone of proximal development as "the distance between the actual developmental level as determined by independent problem solving and the level of potential development as determined through problem solving under adult guidance or in collaboration...
Стр. 234 - If I had to reduce all of educational psychology to just one principle, I would say this: The most important single factor influencing learning is what the learner already knows. Ascertain this and teach him accordingly.
Стр. 235 - ... that special amalgam of content and pedagogy that is uniquely the province of teachers, their own special form of professional understanding...
Стр. 191 - Nations in this regard; (d) the achievement of the goals established by the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992...
Стр. 23 - Refers to total enrolment in a specific level of education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the official school-age population corresponding to the same level of education in a given school year (UNESCO, 2000).
Стр. 176 - Grant me the serenity to accept what cannot be changed, the courage to change what can be changed, and the wisdom to know the difference.
Стр. 187 - Science (AAAS), 1989, p. 4) defined a scientifically literate person as one who is aware that science, mathematics, and technology are interdependent human enterprises with strengths and limitations; understands key concepts and principles of science; is familiar with the natural world and recognizes both its diversity and unity; and uses scientific knowledge and scientific ways of thinking for individual and social purposes.
Стр. 158 - In this case his argument was that instruction is good only when it proceeds ahead of development, when it awakens and rouses to life those functions that are in the process of maturing or in the zone of proximal development.
Стр. 162 - The analysis of change carried out so far leads me to identify ten "do" and "don't" assumptions as basic to a successful approach to educational change. 1. Do not assume that your version of what the change should be is the one that should or could be implemented. On the contrary, assume that one of the main purposes of the process of implementation is to exchange your reality of what should be through interaction with implementers and others concerned. Stated another way, assume that successful...

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