Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Encyclopedia of Science Education |
Editors | R. Gunstone |
Place of Publication | Dordrecht, Heidelberg, New York, London |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 300-304 |
Number of pages | 5 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 978-94-007-2150-0 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-94-007-2149-4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2015 |
Abstract
Developmental research is a particular way of addressing the basic questions of why and how to teach what to whom. It involves a cyclical process of small-scale in-depth development and evaluation, at a content-specific level, of exemplary teaching-learning sequences. It aims to produce an empirically supported justification of the inner workings of such a sequence, which is claimed to
be an important contribution to the expertise of teachers, curriculum developers, and educational researchers.
be an important contribution to the expertise of teachers, curriculum developers, and educational researchers.