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ERIC Number: EJ512597
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0157-244X
Conceptions of Scientific Literacy: Reactionaries in Ascendency in the State of Victoria.
Cross, Roger
Research in Science Education, v25 n2 p151-62 1995
Argues that the alliance between the government and the scientific establishment has resulted in reforms that do not help future citizens in understanding the complexities of the social relations of science and technology. Presents evidence of a return to a conception of scientific literacy in which the central mythology of value-free science is the guiding principle. (57 references) (Author/JRH)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Government School Relationship, Science and Society, Science Curriculum, Science Education, Scientific Literacy, Technology
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Australia (Victoria); Reform Efforts