Leadership in Science Education: Focusing on the Unknown and Moving to Knowing

Autor/in	Yager, Robert E.
Titel	Leadership in Science Education: Focusing on the Unknown and Moving to Knowing
Quelle	In: Science Educator, 13 (2004) 1, S.21-28 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1094-3277
Schlagwörter	Personality Traits; Elementary Secondary Education; Science Education; Department Heads; Administrators; National Standards; Educational Objectives; Leadership + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel; Führung; Führungsposition
Abstract	The National Science Education Standards (NSES) articulates four goals (justifications) for requiring science in K-12 schools. An argument is made that science leaders must take the goals of science education seriously and use them to frame their teaching and staff development efforts. In this article, the author discusses the four NSES goals for science education and describes what school leaders need to do to meet the goals. For many the first goal is the most important since it ensures that every student will have a firsthand personal experience with science. This means exploring nature with a natural curiosity, which all humans enjoy. It means asking questions, identifying the unknown, proceeding to knowing--even if it is a personally constructed answer or explanation of the original question arising from personal curiosity. The first and overarching goal for science education for the decade following the 1996 publication of the NSES provides a direction for the field--every school science coordinator, supervisor, curriculum leader, and department head must internalize and work diligently toward meeting it. The other three goals focus upon experiences in school science which will affect the daily lives of students that can help them make better scientific and societal decisions and lead them to increased economic productivity. (Contains 4 tables.) (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	National Science Education Leadership Association. P.O. Box 99381, Raleigh, NC 27624-9381. Tel: 919-848-8171; Fax: 919-848-0496; Web site: http://nsela.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=51&Itemid=85
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10