ABSTRACT
The chapter places itself in the field of science- and cross-curricular education research, also including culinary education. Taking its departure from perspectives in molecular gastronomy, it has sought and met some major challenges in education. These challenges include argumentation skills, inquiry in scientific and everyday contexts, and source awareness and critical thinking. In educational research, Toulmin’s argumentation pattern (“TAP”) developed by the British philosopher Stephen Toulmin as a tool/heuristic within informal reasoning, has gained a foothold as an analytical tool for researchers studying argumentative discourse among learners. In 2009, a project was started at Volda University College to approach inquiry and argumentation in a more explicit manner than previously for undergraduate pre-service teacher students in science and home economics.
