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ERIC Number: EJ584681
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0036-8326
Teachers' Perspectives of Teaching Science-Technology-Society in Local Cultures: A Sociocultural Analysis.
McGinnis, J. R.; Simmons, P.
Science Education, v83 n2 p179-211 Mar 1999
Employs the concepts of taboos and noas to investigate the perceptions of science teachers of controversial topics and curriculum infusion. Describes and analyzes teachers' (n=5) Science-Technology-Society (STS) classroom practices after an STS inservice experience. Teachers' coverage of controversial STS topics appears related to perceptions of job security and standing in local school culture. Contains 50 references. (Author/WRM)
Descriptors: Controversial Issues (Course Content), Elementary Secondary Education, Science and Society, Science Curriculum, Science Instruction, Social Problems, Teacher Attitudes, Values
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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