Problematising integration in policy and practice
dc.contributor.author | Wong, V | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-10-06T08:56:06Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2023-01-27 | |
dc.date.updated | 2022-10-05T15:30:26Z | |
dc.description.abstract | Many arguments have been advanced for the integration of mathematics and science education including: economic arguments; integration being logical; being engaging; increasing transfer; increasing conceptual learning and that the real world is interdisciplinary in nature. This chapter explores some of the issues and contradictions with each of these arguments drawing on Bernstein’s theory of boundaries. An example of integration in the policy sphere (STEM policy in England) is first discussed and some of the tensions arising are explored. Crossing the boundary is more challenging than is often implied in discussions of integration with issues of epistemology, status and language needing to be addressed. Further, integration may not yield the expected benefits and could even decrease conceptual learning in the disciplines. The author argues that the policy context should be considered when advocating integration and that careful consideration be given as to whether integration is genuinely the most appropriate solution to identified educational issues. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | In: Handbook of Research on Interdisciplinarity Between Science and Mathematics in Education, edited by Bento Cavadas and Neusa Branco. Chapter 1, pp. 1 - 17 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.4018/978-1-6684-5765-8.ch001 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/131121 | |
dc.identifier | ORCID: 0000-0002-1735-0045 (Wong, Victoria) | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | IGI Global | en_GB |
dc.rights | © 2023 IGI Global. This version is made available under the CC-BY 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en_GB |
dc.subject | science | en_GB |
dc.subject | mathematics | en_GB |
dc.subject | STEM | en_GB |
dc.subject | interdisciplinary | en_GB |
dc.title | Problematising integration in policy and practice | en_GB |
dc.type | Book chapter | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2022-10-06T08:56:06Z | |
dc.contributor.editor | Cavadas, B | |
dc.contributor.editor | Branco, N | |
dc.identifier.isbn | 9781668457658 | |
dc.description | This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from IGI Global via the DOI in this record | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Handbook of Research on Interdisciplinarity Between Science and Mathematics in Education | |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en_GB |
rioxxterms.version | AM | en_GB |
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate | 2022-10-06 | |
rioxxterms.type | Book chapter | en_GB |
refterms.dateFCD | 2022-10-05T15:30:28Z | |
refterms.versionFCD | AM | |
refterms.dateFOA | 2023-01-31T15:13:49Z |
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