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A Rationale for Using Personal Relevance as a Science Curriculum Focus in Schools.
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Yager, Robert E. – School Science and Mathematics, 1989
Reviews evidence in support of the primacy of the personal relevance orientation in science education. Provides a quick review of four other orientations and their shortcomings for curriculum planning. Orientation reviews focus on: (1) the development of cognitive processes; (2) social adaptation and reconstruction; (3) academic rationalism; and…
Descriptors: Course Selection (Students), Curriculum Development, Educational Improvement, Educational Needs