This book argues that modelling should be a component of all school curricula that aspire to provide ‘authentic science education for all’. The literature o

This book sets out the necessary processes and challenges involved in modeling student thinking, understanding and learning. The chapters look at the centrality

Models and modelling play a central role in the nature of science, in its conduct, in the accreditation and dissemination of its outcomes, as well as forming a

The book takes a closer look at the theoretical and empirical basis for a competence-based view of models and modeling in science learning and science education

This book is the culmination of over twenty years of work toward a pedagogical theory that promotes experiential learning of model-laden theory and inquiry in s