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Viewing Science Learning Through an Ecosystem Lens: A Story in Two Parts

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Viewing Science Learning Through an Ecosystem Lens: A Story in Two Parts

Abstract/Description

Studying the multidimensional, dynamic and complex qualities of a community-wide science education system must begin by creating an expanded definition of what constitutes a public science education system. A system-wide approach recognises that formal education entities (early childhood, elementary, secondary and post-secondary schools) are critical and necessary components to life-long, life-wide and life-deep science understanding and participation, but even collectively they represent only a small part, both physically and functionally, of the entire system. In a community-wide science education system the entire array of possible science education resources must be considered as equal contributors to public science education. Such community-wide science education system can be likened to a science learning ecosystem.

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1-29

Publisher

Springer International Publishing

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Research/Scholarly Media

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Published Text

Scholarship genre

Empirical

Open access/full-text available

No

Peer reviewed

Yes

ISBN

978-3-319-89761-5

Citation

Falk, J. H., & Dierking, L. D. (2018). Viewing Science Learning Through an Ecosystem Lens: A Story in Two Parts. In D. Corrigan, C. Buntting, A. Jones, & J. Loughran (Eds.), Navigating the Changing Landscape of Formal and Informal Science Learning Opportunities (pp. 9–29). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-89761-5_2

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