Juanita M. Cole

Friend or Foe? Common Sense in Science Education from the Perspective of History and Philosophy of Science

Chong Ho Yu & Juanita M. Cole · Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science · 2014

Currently there are two divergent views about the role of common sense in science learning. Educators who side with the notion of restructuring view science learning as an incremental process based upon the student’s prior knowledge of everyday physical phenomena. On the other ha...