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ERIC Number: EJ303345
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1984
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Science Teaching for the Citizen of the Future.
Miller, Ralph M.
Science Education, v68 n4 p403-10 Jul 1984
Discusses reasons why good teaching of science is indispensible to the education of people to continue their quest for a more meaningful and more benevolent life. Areas explored include the role of science, misuses of science, and "science" in Verlikovsky's "Worlds in Collision" and Von Daniken's "Chariots of the Gods." (JN)
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, Futures (of Society), Higher Education, Science Education, Science Instruction
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Speeches/Meeting Papers; Journal Articles
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Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers: Canada
Note: Originally prepared as a keynote address to the Alberta Conference on Future Directions in Canadian Science Education, sponsored by the Science Council of Canada, June 1983.