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This textbook provides an introduction tinquiry-oriented secondary science teaching methods This book stands out from the others by practicing what it preaches- it uses the inquiry approach tteach the inquiry approach In addition, it provides tools teachers can use in their classrooms immediately, such as lesson planning procedures, classroom management techniques and effective evaluation procedures The book is developed around six key questions: 1 What is science? 2 Why teach science? 3 What is the nature of scientific knowledge? 4 How dscientists construct knowledge? 5 How dpeople develop effective reasoning patterns? 6 What teaching methods best facilitate scientific knowledge acquisition (both conceptual knowledge construction and reasoning pattern development)?
