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ERIC Number: EJ361731
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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Science Education and the Science-Technology-Society (S-T-S) Theme.
Bybee, Rodger W.
Science Education, v71 n5 p667-83 Oct 1987
Aims to clarify the relationship between science education and the science-technology-society (STS) theme and to develop a justification for the inclusion of the STS theme. Examines the current debate over definitions in science education, and provides an historical perspective of science education's purpose as a social institution. (TW)
Descriptors: Controversial Issues (Course Content), Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education, Models, Science and Society, Science Education, Science Education History, Scientific Methodology, Secondary School Science, Social Problems, Technology
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Opinion Papers; Historical Materials
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Audience: Practitioners; Researchers
Language: English
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