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ERIC Number: EJ538329
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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Creating Exemplary Teaching Materials To Enhance Scientific and Technological Literacy.
Holbrook, Jack; Rannikmae, Miia
Science Education International, v7 n4 p3-7 Dec 1996
Explains the need for scientific and technological literacy, the role of supplementary teaching materials specifically created for this purpose, and the successes and difficulties in creating teaching materials in a workshop. Concludes that science teaching today is not designed to promote literacy and does not assist students in becoming the decision-making adults of tomorrow. (DDR)
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Decision Making Skills, Educational Resources, Elementary Secondary Education, Literacy, Problem Solving, Professional Development, Science and Society, Scientific Literacy, Technological Literacy
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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