Why did the Titanic sink? – bridging two disciplines to teach epistemic insight with lower secondary school students

Billingsley, B; Simpson, S; Abedin, Manzoorul

Why did the Titanic sink? – bridging two disciplines to teach epistemic insight with lower secondary school students

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Billingsley, B, Simpson, S and Abedin, Manzoorul ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6616-0953 (2020) Why did the Titanic sink? – bridging two disciplines to teach epistemic insight with lower secondary school students. School Science Review, 101 (376). pp. 25-29.

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Abstract

This article describes a workshop to develop students’ understanding of how to investigate a cross-disciplinary question that bridges science and history. The question ‘Why did the Titanic sink?’ is interpreted scientifically and then historically to help students to better appreciate the strengths and limitations of each discipline’s methods, language and norms of thought. Finally, students are encouraged to consider how this question could be further informed by additional disciplinary perspectives to provide a deeper and fuller answer. The results of the intervention, although in the early stages, have been encouraging, working towards the learning outcomes of the Epistemic Insight Curriculum Framework.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Education Education > Teaching and learning
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Date Deposited:	15 Oct 2020
Dates:	Date Publication status April 2020 Published 13 March 2020 Published Online 21 January 2020 Accepted
School, department or research centre:	School of Human and Social Sciences
URI:	https://repository.uwl.ac.uk/id/eprint/7396