Teaching Relevant Science for Scientific Literacy: Adding Cultural Context to the Sciences.

Hobson, Art

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ERIC Number: EJ622152

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Publication Date: 2001

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Teaching Relevant Science for Scientific Literacy: Adding Cultural Context to the Sciences.

Hobson, Art

Journal of College Science Teaching, v30 n4 p238-43 Dec 2000-Jan 2001

Discusses how to convert a socially irrelevant science course into a relevant one. Presents reasons for doing this and evidence that relevant science is pedagogically effective and popular. (SAH)

Descriptors: Higher Education, Instruction, Relevance (Education), Science Education, Scientific Literacy, Social Sciences

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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