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Afterschool Alliance, 2006
The 21st century's information economy is creating more jobs that require not only a college education but also at least some expertise in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math, collectively known as STEM. Across the country, schools and communities are finding that the hours after school are particularly conducive to…
Descriptors: Classrooms, Young Adults, Science Projects, Museums

Ray, Christopher – Science Education, 1991
Science educators are encouraged to avoid the temptation to select just one view of science and construct science programs around its inevitable prejudices. Author suggests that education departments should emphasize philosophy and the history of science. (15 references) (PR)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Science Curriculum, Science Education, Science Instruction

Ahlgren, Andrew; Wheeler, Soren – Science and Education, 2002
Describes strand maps in general and in relation to the Benchmarks for Science Literacy. Examines three draft maps entitled "Evidence and Reasoning", "Scientific Investigations", and "Scientific Theories" which together represent one section of Benchmarks Chapter 1 on scientific inquiry. (Author/MM)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Inquiry, National Standards, Science Curriculum
Soviet Education, 1987
Provides a rationale for the Soviet chemistry curriculum and offers guidelines for teaching methodology. Details the goals and tasks for students in the Soviet chemistry curriculum for grades six through eleven. (RKM)
Descriptors: Chemistry, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries, Science Curriculum

School Science Review, 1987
This section of the journal includes several short notes related to the teaching of science in secondary schools in Great Britain. Notes are included on ways of presenting science, rural science, designing experiments in chemistry, science for students with special needs, knowledge of the metric and imperial systems, and the use of spreadsheets.…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Computer Software, Measurement, Science Curriculum

Stefanich, Greg P. – Journal of Elementary Science Education, 1992
The author predicts trends in science education in the 1990s and gives suggestions to science educators. The four suggestions deal with the following: (1) organization, (2) guided discovery and multimodality instructional approaches, (3) time spent on science instruction, and (4) integration. (18 references) (PR)
Descriptors: Educational Trends, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Science Curriculum

Goldsmith, Lynn T.; Pasquale, Marian M. – Science Educator, 2002
Explains the failing efforts in science education to develop scientifically literate students and argues that reforming science education requires changes throughout the system with clearly defined goals by schools and districts. Recommends professional development of teachers and administrators as the major key to education reform. (Contains 31…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Professional Development, Science Curriculum
Nous, Albert P. – 1997
Imaging and visualization tools have assisted Earth scientists in answering age old questions by changing their orientation while reshaping the questions they ask. Imaging and visualization are powerful instructional tools still in the early phases of curricular infusion in the science education setting. This paper calls for a collaboration…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Educational Change, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education
Arizona State Department of Education, 2004
The goal in the development of this Arizona standard was to assure that the six strands and five unifying concepts are interwoven into a fabric of science that represents the true nature of science. Students have the opportunity to develop both the skills and content knowledge necessary to be scientifically literate members of the community.…
Descriptors: State Standards, Academic Standards, Kindergarten, Science Curriculum

Yarden, Anat; Brill, Gilat; Falk, Hedda – Journal of Biological Education, 2001
Adopts primary literature as a means of developing scientific literacy among high-school biology majors. Reports on the development and implementation of a primary literature-based curriculum in developmental biology. Discusses the process of adapting original research articles to the high-school level, as well as a conversational model developed…
Descriptors: Biology, High Schools, Innovation, Journal Articles

Wellington, Jerry – Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education, 2001
Attempts to make explicit the recurrent tensions in debates about the purpose of science education and considers past frameworks for the aims of science education, arguing that no one element of the range of goals of science education should be over-emphasized at the expense of others. (Author/MM)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Science Curriculum, Science Education History
National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC. – 1984
Five central scientific issues are critical to consideration of the treatment in school curricula of the origin and evolution of the universe and of life on earth. These issues are: (1) the nature of science; (2) scientific evidence on the origin of the universe and the earth; (3) the consistent and validated scientific evidence for biological…
Descriptors: Biology, Creationism, Elementary Secondary Education, Evolution
Lillis, Kevin M.; Lowe, John – Compare: A Journal of Comparative Education, 1987
Reviews problems associated with implementing the School Science Project (SSP) in Kenya, and the subsequent downfall of the project in the late 1970s. Concludes that the SSP experience raises fundamental questions about secondary science education in Kenya and the rest of the developing world. (BSR)
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Educational Change, Educational Development, Foreign Countries
Ivanova, R. G. – Soviet Education, 1987
Reviews the recently established curriculum for teaching chemistry in the Soviet Union. Examines guidelines for teaching methodology. Also looks at basic pupil knowledge and skills in several different areas of chemistry. (RKM)
Descriptors: Chemistry, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries, Interdisciplinary Approach

Eliot, John; Hauptman, Anna – Studies in Science Education, 1981
Indicates that spatial ability describes a variety of different behaviors and briefly reviews efforts to define intelligence factors and identify processes involved in solving tasks requiring spatial ability. (DS)
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Perceptual Development