Review of Kind & Taber (2005)
Science: Teaching School Subjects 11–19
Review published in International Journal of Science Education - Review
available in Vol. 28, No. 12, 6 October 2006, pp. 1495–1498
BOOK REVIEW by Amanda Berry, Faculty of Education,
Monash University
Science: Teaching School Subjects 11–19
Vanessa Kind and Keith S. Taber, 2005
Oxon, U.K.: Routledge
£ 17.99 (pbk), 277 pp.
ISBN 0-415-34283-X
"In their book, Science: Teaching School Subjects 11–19, Vanessa Kind and
Keith Taber offer a framework for new ways of thinking about the issues, practices,
and principles associated with developing an identity as a professional science
teacher …The strengths of the book lie predominantly within… their contribution
towards a reconceptualization of what it means to teach the curriculum area
of secondary science. …Overall, the book offers a clear and helpful frame
for conceptualizing a view of the professional science teacher as one who
embraces the notion of recognizing personal agency and responsibility in
both the construction of knowledge for science teaching and the construction
of knowledge about science teaching. … a text such as this can provide a
stimulus for critical reflection on issues that confront science teachers
and nurture their professional learning."
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