Everyday Practice of Science Where Intuition and Passion Meet Objectivity and Logic By Frederick Grinnell

Framing the conversation Q: Why study actual practice? Authentic Inquiry In Science Inquiry In the Science Classroom

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Framing the conversation If one goal of science education is to provide a relatively authentic image of scientific investigations, then we need to understand what really happens in science (i.e., how scientific knowledge is constructed). A debate we will have: general vs. discipline-specific For now: Let’s just look at science-in-the-making and figure out how to approximate is in a classroom later.

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What’s the important take-home message about how science works? 3 Groups: ▫Chapter 1 ▫Chapter 2 ▫Chapter 3

1 – Practicing Science World to be studied Individual scientists Research community Discovery Credibility

2 - Discovery

3 - Credibility

4, 5, 6 – Integrity, Informed consent & risk, Faith

Examining Brenner, Jacob, & Meselson Grinnell – pp Contrasting paper with Jacob’s The Statue Within Linear model of science DNA Learning Center Videos

Putting it all together… The scientific method Objectivity Credibility Real vs. School Science Transformation of “discovery claims” The scientific paper Peer-review The role of the scientific community