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There is one thing we can say about scientific education as it existed 100 years ago: Certainly as far as America is concerned, the scientific education of the 19th century—taken almost as a whole—did not produce great scientists… There was som...

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Recruiting and the Economic Status of the Science Teacher

Our schools are threatened by a drastic shortage of teachers. The facts about our teacher shortage are deeply disquieting and altogether convincing to thoughtful parents and discerning citizens. Many teachers are leaving our classrooms—over 600,000...

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Enquiry, the Science Teacher, and the Educator

What our teachers need to teach is determined, first, by the first that our national need is a dual one. There is an urgent pressing need for an increasing number of fluid enquirers and original engineers. There is also need for a voting and supporti...

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Teachers Who Care

This article is one of a series that grew out of the question: Just what does educational research have to say to science teachers? In the case of the topic dealt with here, however—the effects of caring teachers on student learning—the question ...

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Multicultural Science Education

There are many definitions of multicultural education. One of the most comprehensive definitions describes multicultural education as at least three things: an idea or concept, an educational reform movement, and a process. Multicultural education in...

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Instructional Diversity

Teachers who successfully use diverse learning modes in their instructional approaches accomplish several remarkable things. First, they create a climate where the ways of knowing central to the different modalities are all seen as legitimate, accept...

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Dissecting Classroom Ethics

When an ethical issue is still being debated publically, it is inappropriate for schools to advocate a particular position—either explicitly or implicitly. Nevertheless, we can and should prepare students to integrate values and scientific knowledg...

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Secondary Performance

It is the authors hope that the science education community will use the results of the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) to explore current issues in science education. Among these issues are the balance between breadth and d...

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Charles W. Eliot’s Legacy to Science Education

Had Charles W. Eliot—a young Harvard graduate trained in chemistry—accepted an offer in 1865 to become a superintendent of the Merrimac Mills in Lowell, Massachusetts, the history science teaching in American high schools might have been very dif...

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Student-centered Scheduling

Last year the authors embarked on a study to find out whether more student-centered instruction was occurring in block-scheduled biology classes than in those of traditional duration and whether the student-centered strategies recommended by the Stan...

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Teaching Toward 2000

Science education reform is a topic that has gained increased exposure with such headline-making proposals as SS&C and Goals 2000. While these are only two of the many recent reform initiatives, efforts to maximize science teaching and learning exper...

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A Permanent Agenda for Science Teachers

It may seem a singular act of arrogance for us to suggest that a permanent agenda for science teaching exists. Trends come and go, and veteran professionals have seen the recurrence of familiar ideas. But the persistence of learning as a motivating f...

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Conceptually Speaking . . .

When the mathematical structure of physics is used instead to show the relationships between ideas and concepts, without the algebraic manipulations and computations, students are not intimidated. This type of physics—taught in their own language w...