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ERIC Number: EJ512608
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0926-7220
The Knowledge Most Worth Having: Otis W. Caldwell (1869-1947) and the Rise of the General Science Course.
Heffron, John M.
Science and Education, v4 n3 p227-52 Jul 1995
Examines the rise of the general science course and its implications for the reform of secondary science education. Concludes that while recent reforms emphasize the personal and social character of science and the use of the scientific method, they will not necessarily make students more scientifically literate or train them to think about problems as scientists do. (120 references) (Author/JRH)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, General Science, Problem Solving, Science and Society, Science Education, Science Education History, Science Instruction, Scientific Literacy, Scientific Methodology, Secondary Education
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Historical Materials; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Researchers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Reform Efforts