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Aikenhead, Glen S. – Science Education, 1987
As the third in a four-part series on issues related to science-technology-society (STS), this article discusses Canadian high school graduates' viewpoints on the characteristics and limitations of scientific knowledge. Responses indicated students harbored diverse and contradictory beliefs about scientific knowledge. (ML)
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Foreign Countries, High School Graduates, National Surveys
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Ryan, Alan G. – Science Education, 1987
As the fourth in a four-part series on issues related to science-technology-society, this article discusses Canadian high school graduates' viewpoints of the characteristics of scientists. Responses addressed the relationship between scientists and their work, gender distribution of scientists, and perceptions of scientists. (ML)
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Foreign Countries, High School Graduates, National Surveys
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Ross, John A.; Robinson, Floyd G. – Science Education, 1987
This study was developed to provide advice to teachers on how to use rules in teaching experimental design in science classes. A review is presented on the use of rule in science teaching and the effects of instructional treatments are assessed on Canadian high school students' skills of experimental design. (ML)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Logical Thinking, Problem Solving, Process Education
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Aikenhead, Glen S.; And Others – Science Education, 1987
This article is the first of a four part series of a study of Canadian high-school graduates' views on science-technology-society (STS) topics. It describes the research scope and methodology and discusses research issues associated with use of the specially constructed survey instrument, Views on Science-Technology-Society (VOSTS). (ML)
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Foreign Countries, Graduate Surveys, High School Graduates
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Fleming, Reg W. – Science Education, 1987
This is the second article of a four part series of a study of Canadian high-school graduates' views on science-technology-society topics. It reports student perceptions of the interaction of science technology and society. Science and technology were viewed as a unified enterprise and their roles were indistinguishable. (ML)
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Graduate Surveys, High School Graduates, National Surveys
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Kilbourn, Brent – Science Education, 1986
Explores the relationship between teaching and socialization through a case study report of the classrooms of three junior-high science teachers. Provides a brief characterization of socialization and the substance of science teaching and discusses the factors which appear to be relevant to these characterizations. (ML)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Environment, Learning Strategies, Naturalistic Observation
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Stronck, David R. – Science Education, 1987
Discusses a study which sought to determine which form of district-level science coordination is perceived to be most satisfactory by science teachers of British Columbia. Presents survey results which support the need for a science coordinator. (ML)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Instructional Improvement, Role Perception, Science Education
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Miller, Ralph M. – Science Education, 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…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, Futures (of Society), Higher Education
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Hart, E. Paul – Science Education, 1989
This paper describes how the Canadian province of Saskatchewan responded to demands for science curriculum renewal. Eleven topics for discussion in the science education field study were posed and reactions from teachers and administrators are reported. (YP)
Descriptors: Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education