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Teo, Tang Wee – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2012
"Potemkin schools" is used as the phrase to capture what a US science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) public speciality high school becomes as a result of its institutional branding. By way of an examination of the efforts of one teacher drawn into school branding through his "inquiry-based reform" of an Advanced Chemistry course,…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Science Instruction, Science Curriculum
Hoffman, Kenneth M.; Stage, Elizabeth K. – Momentum, 1993
Describes three programs designed to attract students to science education: Project 2061, developing curriculum models and blueprints for science teacher education; the Scope, Sequence, and Coordination Project, recommending that science be taught each year in grades 6-12; and the National Science Education Standards project, developing standards…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Curriculum Design, Educational Change, Educational Objectives