Open AccessUsing Popper’s Philosophy of Science to Build Pre-Service Teachers’ Knowledge
Author(s) -
Stephanie Chitpin,
Colin W. Evers
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
international journal of education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1948-5476
DOI - 10.5296/ije.v4i4.2757
Subject(s) - karl popper , sociology of scientific knowledge , mathematics education , order (exchange) , epistemology , service (business) , psychology , sociology , philosophy , economy , finance , economics
Over a series of influential publications, the philosopher of science, Karl Popper, developed an account of how scientific knowledge grows. This article explores the use of Popper’s account, referred to here as the Objective Knowledge Growth Framework (OKGF), in order to guide the growth of professional knowledge among a group of pre-service teachers. The evidence from the study shows that this method of critical self-learning does facilitate a useful trajectory for professional knowledge growth.