Argumentation in Science Education

• Argumentation Foundations.- Argumentation in Science Education: An Overview.- Cognitive Foundations of Learning Argumentation.- Methodological Foundations in the Study of Argumentation in Science Classrooms.- What Can Argumentation Tell Us About Epistemology?.- Research on Teaching and Learning Argumentation.- Designing Argumentation Learning Environments.- Social Aspects of Argumentation.- Analysis of Lines of Reasoning in Written Argumentation.- Quality Argumentation and Epistemic Criteria.- Argumentation in Context.- Argumentation in Science Education: An Overview.- The Role of Moral Reasoning in Argumentation: Conscience, Character, and Care.- Technology-Enhanced Learning Environments to Support Students' Argumentation.- Science Teacher Education and Professional Development in Argumentation.

From the reviews:“Argumentation in Science Education … is a comprehensive and authoritative handbook on ‘school scientific argumentation’ … . The book is principally aimed at researchers in didactics of science … . The book comprises theoretical, empirical, and practical approaches that have clear implications both for analyzing and for fostering argumentation processes in the science classrooms of all educational levels, including teacher education. … provides the readers with many powerful ideas that could eventually be inspected in subsequent investigations.” (A. Adúriz-Bravo, Science & Education, September, 2010)