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From Everyday to Scientific Observation: How Children Learn to Observe the Biologist’s World
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This article explores the development of observation in scientific and everyday contexts. Fundamental to all scientific activity, expert observation is a complex practice that requires the coordination of disciplinary knowledge, theory, and habits of attention. On the surface, observation appears to be a simple skill. Consequently, children may be directed to observe, compare, and describe phenomena without adequate disciplinary context or support, and so fail to gain deeper scientific understanding. Drawing upon a review of science education, developmental psychology, and the science studies literatures, this article examines what it means to observe within a disciplinary framework. In addition, everyday observers are characterized and a framework is proposed that hypothesizes how everyday observers could develop practices that are more like scientific observers.
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- Authors
- Eberbach, C., & Crowley, K.
- Venue
- Review of Educational Research
- Published
- 2009-03
- Volume
- 79
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 39-68
- ISSN
- 0034-6543 (ISSN-L)
- 1935-1046
- OpenAlex
- W2155900818
- Cited by
- 284
- References
- 133
- FWCI
- 39.44
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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