SCHOOL SCIENCE AS A RITE OF PASSAGE - A NEW FRAME FOR FAMILIAR PROBLEMS

被引:14
作者
COSTA, VB
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[1] Department of Secondary Education, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California
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10.1002/tea.3660300705
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G40 [教育学];
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040101 ; 120403 ;
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The purpose of this article is twofold: to characterize and describe school science as a rite of passage, and to expose problems in school science that are made visible through the use of this metaphor. Like other rite-of-passage studies by van Gennep, Turner, and White, school-science-as-a-rite-of-passage follows the classic model: First, science students are separated from other students through their enrollment in introductory science classes and laboratory (the phase of separation). Science students are then secluded in the classroom and laboratory where a specialized body of knowledge unique to the scientific community is transmitted to them (the phase of transition). Eventually, students are presented via graduation ceremonies to the ordinary world with accompanying changes in their status and rights (the phase of reincorporation). However, unlike traditional passage rites, school science is a lengthy and ambiguous process that muddles the points of separation and reincorporation and fails to clarify the value of transition rituals.
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