Department of Physics and Astronomy: Publications and Other Research
Date of this Version
December 2003
Abstract
Robert Karplus (1927–90), who began his career as a brilliant theoretical physicist, switched to science education in the early 1960s. He made many substantial contributions to this field in addition to developing a complete K–6 hands-on science curriculum. Karplus provided his curriculum with a sound epistemological foundation, based on the work of Piaget. He developed an effective classroom teaching strategy, the learning cycle. He and his team used a scientific approach to curriculum development. They focused on teacher development. Karplus was committed to science for ALL students. Through science activities he sought to share the joy of discovery. A recent book collects some of his important papers and enables you to examine his work for yourself and see what you discover.
Comments
Published in Journal of Science Education and Technology, Vol. 12, No. 4 (December 2003), pp. 359–369. Copyright © 2003 Plenum Publishing Corporation/ Springer. http://www.springerlink.com/content/1573-1839/ Used by permission.