Physical Science: A Science for Government or a Science for Life?
This study examines the question of whether physical science as an academic subject is designed to serve as a ‘science of government’ or as a ‘science for life’. In other words, is the outcome of the subject merely to promote knowledge about science or ab
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SCIENCE EDUCATION AND CURRICULUM IN SOUTH AFRICA Oscar Koopman
Curriculum Studies Worldwide
Series Editors William F. Pinar Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy University of British Columbia Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Janet L. Miller Teachers College New York, New York, USA
Aim of the series This series supports the internationalization of curriculum studies worldwide. At this historical moment, curriculum inquiry occurs within national borders. Like the founders of the International Association for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies, we do not envision a worldwide field of curriculum studies mirroring the standardization the larger phenomenon of globalization threatens. In establishing this series, our commitment is to provide support for complicated conversation within and across national and regional borders regarding the content, context, and process of education, the organizational and intellectual center of which is the curriculum.
More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/14948
Oscar Koopman
Science Education and Curriculum in South Africa
Oscar Koopman Cape Peninsula University of Technology Kuils River, South Africa
Curriculum Studies Worldwide ISBN 978-3-319-40765-4 ISBN 978-3-319-40766-1 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-40766-1
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To my late father, Andreas Willem Koopman, who always believed in me.
FOREWORD
My first engagement with the author on a personal level was as a critical reader for his doctoral dissertation. I must admit that reading his dissertation then
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