Science educators have come to recognize children’s reasoning and problem solving skills as crucial ingredients of scientific literacy. As a consequence, ther

Educational researchers are bound to see this as a timely work. It brings together the work of leading experts in argumentation in science education. It present

This book presents the historical, theoretical and empirical foundations of educational practices involving dialogue and argumentation.

Argumentation—arriving at conclusions on a topic through a process of logical reasoning that includes debate and persuasion— has in recent years emerged as

During the last decade, argumentation has attracted growing attention as a means to elicit processes (linguistic, logical, dialogical, psychological, etc.) that