Examining the social and scientific roles of invention in science education |
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| Authors: | Angela Calabrese-Barton |
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| Institution: | (1) 412A Main Hall, Teachers College Columbia University, 525 W. 120th Street, Pox 210, 10027 New York, NY, USA |
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| Abstract: | I have been drawn to the construct of “invention” and “inventive acts” because in my research involving how homeless children
construct science and the self-in-science, an overwhelming theme has been the multiple ways in which self-identity in science
has been described by the children through a language of invention. Using post-modern feminism and science and technologies
studies, I examine the multiple uses and definitions of “invention” in science in order to develop a theory of invention and
inventive acts around the themes: invention as a social act, invention as a recursive and socially linked process, and embodied
agency. I use this framework to examine the construct of “invention” in two different case studies involving the science education
of urban homeless children. Finally, I link this discussion of invention and inventive acts with current international reform
initiatives revolving around constructivist science teaching and learning. |
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