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For those of you who would like to read some cogent counter
arguments to the constructivist philosphy of education, I strongly
recommend the following two books:
Uncommon Sense, The Heretical Nature of Science by Alan Cromer
(Oxford University Press, 1993) ISBN 0-19-509636-3
and
Connected Knowledge, Science, Philosophy, and Education also by
Alan Cromer (Oxford University Press, 1997) ISBN 0-19-510240-1
"Inquiry" should not be confused with "discovery". Discovery assumes aIt is clearly "discovery" in this sense that Alan Cromer has in mind in
realist or logical positivist approach to the world which is not
necessarily present in "inquiry". Inquiry tends to imply a > constructionist
approach to teaching science. Inquiry is open-ended and on-going.
Discovery concentrates upon closure on some important process, fact,
principle, or law which is required by the science syllabus.