Examining the Scientific Argumentation Implemented Through a Social Constructivism-Based Curriculum Designed for Primary Science Education in a Confucian Heritage Culture

A Case Study in Vietnam

Bibliographic Data

ID12968598
AuthorsNgô Vũ Thu Hằng (0000-0003-2917-4648, Hanoi National University of Education, corresponding author), Astrid M W Bulte (0000-0002-5097-081X, Utrecht University), Albert Pilot (0000-0003-2168-6825, Utrecht University)
Year2020
Volume12
Issue2
Pages64-64
Publication date2020-05-25
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueReview of European Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1918-7173 • E-ISSN: 1918-7181
PublisherCanadian Center of Science and Education (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.5539/res.v12n2p64
OpenAlexW3031171953
LanguageEN
References cited9

This study describes the improvement of a science curriculum based on a social constructivist approach in order to support primary students in a Confucian heritage culture in practicing scientific argumentation. The former design is adjusted by the application of an adapted model of the learning placemat for argumentation and by the formulation of concrete teaching-learning activities which are articulated with the application of the adapted learning placemat. The practice of a designed curriculum unit reveals that the designed curriculum can support the primary students in practicing scientific argumentation and in attaining consensually agreed knowledge. Nevertheless, the study also shows that primary teachers and students in a Confucian heritage culture do not pay much attention to the activities of qualifying and rebutting in scientific argumentation. The study recommends that further developmental research needs to deal with the refined problem of how to improve qualifying and rebutting in scientific argumentation in the practice of science lessons in a Confucian heritage culture

Argumentation theory · Constructivism (international relations · Curriculum · Engineering ethics · Epistemology · Mathematics education · Pedagogy · Political science · Politics · Social constructivism · Sociology · Education and Critical Thinking Development · Educational Strategies and Epistemologies · Engineering · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Science Education and Pedagogy

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