Focuses on student awareness of careers in the geosciences. Provides an example of an instructional situation that motivated a student to pursue such a career. Includes a career-oriented poster and a list of geoscience careers. (DDR)

Describes the Pupil Researcher Initiative, a group of educators attempting to provide science teachers with resources aimed at supporting experimental and investigative science as defined in England's GCSE syllabi. Units were developed to reflect the different ways that real science research is carried out. (MKR)

Presents findings of a survey designed to identify the range of elements that currently constitute courses in Initial Teacher Education (ITE) for science and activities and materials that support these courses. Findings indicate there is consensus among most tutors of ITE courses that half of the elements listed are essential and published…

Discussion of science education focuses on Internet resources for teachers, including lesson plans, as well as for students. Highlights include museum Web sites; NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) sites; curriculum resources for science education; sites about gender equity; and links to other resources. (LRW)

Presents an annotated bibliography of books in favor of evolution and opposed to creationism. (MM)

Presents resources for finding young adult (YA) reading material. Lists and describes 19 websites and mentions several print resources. Annotates 11 new or overlooked YA books worth reading. (SG)

To help build the capacity to serve culturally diverse communities, Pennsylvania extension professionals developed Diverse Issues, a quarterly newsletter. The newsletter is mailed to Extension professionals across the state. Responses from 136 extension personnel indicated that the newsletter has increased the knowledge, awareness, and…

Describes eight conditions that facilitate implementation of the technology-based change process: dissatisfaction with the status quo, existence of knowledge and skills, availability of resources, availability of time, existence of rewards or incentives, participation, commitment, and leadership. Highlights several sources in the literature that…

Discusses literature presenting an alternative to capitalist globalist discourse: "Revolutionary Social Transformation" and "Critical Education against Capitalism" (Allman); "Radical Heroes" (Coben); "Gramsci, Freire, and Adult Education" (Mayo); "Che Guevara, Paulo Freire, and the Pedagogy of…

Examines which current A-level syllabuses include which bits of particle physics and surveys the many different types of resource available to teachers and students. (Author)

This article addresses the stubborn and persistent underrepresentation of African American and Chicano-Latino in California higher education by examining the academic resources, performance, and postsecondary outcomes of students from public high schools with different racial compositions. The results from this study provide evidence for the…

GIS requires training to use it to its potential. In 1996, ESRI began exploring ways to expand its successful educational programmes to a worldwide audience via the Web. The ESRI Virtual Campus (VC) opened in July 1997. The paper discusses a few of the many lessons learned during the operation of VC, related to content, community and…

This article presents an annotated bibliography of recently published books, news briefs, and videos about adolescent pregnancy, HIV/AIDS, and sexual health.

This article provides a brief description of the PREP (Practical Resources for Education Professionals) Center and the practical tools and resources it offers. The PREP Center does not compete with school or district staff development efforts. Its purpose is to collaborate with schools and school districts to create a network of professionalism,…

This is the second of two reports commissioned by the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) intended to address the dire need for teacher preparation policy and programs to reflect recent advances in scientific knowledge of child and adolescent development. In the first report, "Principles and Exemplars for…