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Understanding the Science of Food
From molecules to mouthfeel
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2017
Being able to understand the principles of food science is vital for the study of food, nutrition and the culinary arts. In this innovative text, the authors explain in straightforward and accessible terms the theory and application of chemistry to these fields.
The key processes in food preparation...
The Basics of Investigating Forensic Science
A Laboratory Manual
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2015
Once confined to four-year colleges and graduate schools, forensic science classes can now be found in local high schools as well as in two-year community colleges. The Basics of Investigating Forensic Science: A Laboratory Manual is designed for the beginning forensic science student and for instructors...
by Michael Mosher, Kenneth Trantham
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2016
This text finally collects all the introductory aspects of beer brewing science into one place for undergraduate brewing science courses. This expansive and detailed work is written in conversational style, walking students through all the brewing basics from the origin and history of beer to the...
Contemporary Science Teaching Approaches
Promoting Conceptual Understanding in Science
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
Contemporary science teaching approaches focus on fostering students to construct new scientific knowledge as a process of inquiry rather than having them act as passive learners memorizing stated scientific facts. Although this perspective of teaching science is clearly emphasized in the National Research...
Religion vs. Science
What Religious People Really Think
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2017
At the end of a five-year journey to find out what religious Americans think about science, Ecklund and Scheitle emerge with the real story of the relationship between science and religion in American culture. Based on the most comprehensive survey ever done-representing a range of religious traditions...
Science In Society
An Introduction to Social Studies of Science
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2004
The world around us is continually being shaped by science, and by society’s relationship to it. In recent years sociologists have been increasingly preoccupied with the latter, and now in this fascinating book, Massimiano Bucchi provides a brief introduction to this topical issue.
Bucchi...
Science for Primary Teachers
Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2012
You may be asking "why does a primary teacher like me need to know anything about science? Is there any chance of my enjoying this book if I am not a scientific nerd?" Fair questions. Here are the answers.
Our general aim in writing this textbook material was to provide some basic...
Science and the Written Word
Science, Technology, and Society
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2011
In order to meet the growing scientific requirements of an increasingly complex society, it is essential for us to have an appreciation of the power and breadth of science. Science and the Written Word is a collection of interviews featuring some of the world's greatest scientists and Nobel Prize...
Sacred Science?
On science and its interrelations with religious worldviews
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2012
Science and religion are often viewed as dichotomies. But although our contemporary society is often perceived as a rationalization process, we still need broad, metaphysical beliefs outside of what can be proven empirically. Rituals and symbols remain at the core of modern life. Do our concepts of...
by John D. Baldwin
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2015
The "science wars" have been raging for decades, raising many questions about the power of science. Some critics claim that science, including social science, is "merely a social construction" that fallible humans have created with words and other symbols. If this is true, is science...
In Defense of Science
Why Scientific Literacy Matters
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2018
In an era when many in the science community feel that science is under attack, In Defense of Science explains why ordinary citizens need to have an understanding of science, its methods, and its groundbreaking discoveries. The authors debunk several misconceptions of science and scientists, and advocate...
Quality Teaching in Primary Science Education
Cross-cultural Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2016
This edited volume explores how primary school teachers create rich opportunities for science learning, higher order thinking and reasoning, and how the teaching of science in Australia, Germany and Taiwan is culturally framed. It draws from the international and cross-cultural science education...
Animals and Science Education
Ethics, Curriculum and Pedagogy
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2017
This book discusses how we can inspire today’s youth to engage in challenging and productive discussions around the past, present and future role of animals in science education. Animals play a large role in the sciences and science education and yet they remain one of the least visible topics in...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2016
The primary purpose of this book is to provide science teacher educators with exemplars of professional development programs designed to prepare school teachers to effectively help language learners in science classrooms simultaneously gain language proficiency and conceptual understanding. To this...