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Beware of Societal Issues As Organizers for Science Education.
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Kromhout, Robert; Good, Ron – School Science and Mathematics, 1983
Avi Hofstein and Robert E. Yager recently published "Societal Issues as Organizers for Science Education in the 80's" (EJ 273 207). Objections to their thesis are discussed indicating, among others, that their suggestions would be counterproductive to their stated goals and open to dangerous manipulation by anti-scientific factions and social…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
In Defense of Societal Issues as Organizers for School Science.
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Yager, Robert E. – School Science and Mathematics, 1983
Offers a defense of societal issues as organizers for school science programs in response to criticisms of this thesis discussed in SE 534 649. Indicates that there appears to be no evidence that using nontraditional topics as organizers will make science more subject to manipulation and perversion. (JN)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education