Reforming Science Education: The Search for a New Vision. Occasional Paper 33.

Autor/in	Hurd, Paul DeHart
Institution	Council for Basic Education, Washington, DC.
Titel	Reforming Science Education: The Search for a New Vision. Occasional Paper 33.
Quelle	(1984), (24 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Cognitive Processes; Comprehension; Curriculum Development; Decision Making; Educational Objectives; Educational Trends; Elementary Secondary Education; Science Curriculum; Science Education; Science Education History; Science Instruction; Technological Literacy; Vocational Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Verstehen; Verständnis; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel; Bildungsentwicklung; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Technisches Wissen; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung
Abstract	Several issues in science education are examined, including those related to the current concern about science education in schools, the basis for a reform in science education, technology in the science curriculum, redirection of the science curriculum, uses of knowledge, decision making in human affairs, organization of the curriculum, and science and vocational education. It is suggested that much of the confusion on these and other issues arises from a failure to recognize that the purposes of science education are changing, that new subject matter is being introduced, and that the context of the curriculum is shifting from that of the disciplines to human affairs. This new view of science education as a common education in science and technology is compared with prevailing views of science education programs as they exist in schools today. Areas compared include rationale and goals of science education, subject matter, cognitive processes, value and ethical considerations, textbook role, and the type of understanding fostered by instructional strategies. For example, current goals for teaching science are internal to scholarly fields of scientific research while goals related to the new view are based on scientific and technological systems in social, cultural, and individual contexts. (JN)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC