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Yager, Robert E.; Akcay, Hakan – Science Educator, 2007
The Iowa Chautauqua Program was developed in 1983 with support from National Science Foundation (NSF) which awarded the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) a major grant to study an inexpensive in-service model for stimulating reform in K-12 science classrooms. Iowa was one of the six Chautauqua sites which were modeled after a program…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Science Teachers, Science and Society, Program Effectiveness
Duckworth, Eleanor – 1978
The philosophy underlying the African Primary Science Program, according to the author, is that the essence of science is not merely the statement of principles; it involves the struggle to find out about the material world. This program sought to develop the intellectual alertness of the children, and improve their questioning, and problem…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Objectives, Elementary Education