Understanding the Scientific Enterprise: A Conversation with Alan Leshner

Autor/in	Perkins-Gough, Deborah
Titel	Understanding the Scientific Enterprise: A Conversation with Alan Leshner
Quelle	In: Educational Leadership, 64 (2007) 4, S.8-15 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-1784
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Science and Society; Scientific Principles; Instructional Leadership; Elementary Secondary Education; Classrooms; Scientific Enterprise; Science Instruction; Interviews; Scientific Literacy; Science Education; Science Teachers; Problem Solving; Federal Legislation; Textbooks; Scientists; Teacher Recruitment; Teacher Shortage + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Instruction; Leadership; Bildung; Erziehung; Führung; Classroom; Klassenraum; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Science; Teacher; Teachers; Science teacher; Wissenschaft; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Problemlösen; Bundesrecht; Textbook; Text book; Schulbuch; Lehrbuch; Scientist; Wissenschaftler; Lehrerrekrutierung; Lehrermangel
Abstract	Understanding the nature of science is even more important than mastering its details, says Alan Leshner, Chief Executive Officer of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, in an interview with Educational Leadership. In this article, Leshner discusses the controversy about teaching evolution, and he asserts that demands to include "intelligent design" in high school science classrooms are based on flawed understanding of "what is and isn't science." Tensions between science and society, he suggests, may be increasing because scientific advances in many fields are beginning to encroach on issues of core human values. Leshner also emphasizes the importance of showing students the excitement and fun of science by getting them involved in scientific problem-solving as early as possible. His most important piece of advice for K-12 educators: "Make sure that whatever science content you're teaching, you are also teaching about the scientific enterprise--its methods, limits, benefits, perils, and pitfalls." (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10