Systemic oppression includes inequitable education that historically does not fully prepare students for comprehensive participation in society. The tools of science education, however, uniquely enable students to explore social inequities as well as the natural world. Thus, a role of education can be to embed social justice in science curricula.…

The study analyses the extent to which the sociological message transmitted by the Official Pedagogic Discourse of the curriculum for Portuguese middle schools contains the ideological and pedagogical principles of its authors. The research is epistemologically and sociologically grounded, placing particular emphasis on Bernstein theory of…

Students need to reflect on the practice of science to fully understand the nature of science (NOS), which is an important component of scientific literacy. In this paper, the authors describe how to implement an explicit and reflective pedagogy in college science laboratories and share examples from their implementation in a multiple-section…

Textuality is often thought of in linguistic terms; for instance, the talk and writing that circulate in the classroom. In this paper I take a multimodal perspective on textuality and context. I draw on illustrative examples from school Science and English to examine how image, colour, gesture, gaze, posture and movement--as well as writing and…

There is an increase in school-community linked initiatives in school science. A substantial proportion of these involve rural schools. This article asks the question: In what ways do these initiatives offer possibilities for better engaging rural students with school science? The paper draws on information from a number of school-community linked…

The investigation was designed to evaluate the Basic Electricity and Electronics Individualized Learning System (BEEINLES) course in terms of its training effectiveness and of its technical, operational, and financial feasibility. The available evidence indicates that BEEINLES achieves its purported learning goals at least as effectively as the…

Describes the development of a science program in a New York high school to make the study of science more humanistic. (RH)

Discusses the conflict of creation versus evolution in education and challenges biology teachers in building a learning environment. Investigates the beliefs and ways of managing conflict of conservative Christians who were science teachers, future science teachers, science teacher educators, and scientists. Warns teachers against using strong…

Outlines the first South-East Asian conference on university physics education held in Penang, Malaysia, May 16-21, 1977, to identify, analyze, and compare physics curricula and to improve physics education in developing countries. (SL)

Outlines the science courses taught in year 11 at Sacred Heart College in Australia. A feature of these classes is that all periods in all classes may be taken in laboratories designed and equipped for the particular subject. (MLH)

Describes the development of a minicourse organization for an introductory biology course at the University of Northern Colorado. Optional experiences and evaluation procedures are discussed. (RH)

Describes a certain procedure, devised by the instructor, to speed up his grading of homework assignments for a general physics course. (GA)

Reviews a one-credit hour undergraduate inorganic chemistry course. (SL)