Talking Their Way Into Science: Hearing Children's Questions and Theories, Responding with Curriculum

by Karen Gallas

Book Overview

Karen Gallas provides us with a window into children's thinking about the world, enabling us to see how students build complex theories, identify important questions, and begin to enter the world of science, all within the naturalistic setting of the classroom. As the title suggests, this book treats classroom science as a particular type of discourse, with its own set of language and thinking practices. Gallas describes the content, structure, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807734357
• ISBN13: 9780807734353
• Release Date: June 1995
• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.3" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Talking to learn/ An excellent method

Karen Gallas does extensive research into the method of letting children talk to learn as a learning technique. This book can be used as a handbook on how to integrate this type of teaching method into your own classroom. This is an excellent resource for any teacher wanting to really let their students interact with the content that you are teaching.