Science curriculum and instruction in K-12 settings in the United States is currently dominated by an emphasis on the science standards movement of the 1990s and the resulting standards-based high-stakes assessment and accountability movement of the 2000s. We argue that this focus has moved the field away from important philosophical…

Featuring an increased emphasis on the way today's changing science and technology is shaping our culture, this Second Edition of "Teaching Science in Elementary and Middle School" provides pre- and in-service teachers with an introduction to basic science concepts and methods of science instruction, as well as practical strategies for the…

Description of the Laboratory School, its objectives, and how it provided a testing ground for Dewey's philosophy that history is useful as an analytical tool. Examines Dewey's belief that children gain insight into the principles and complexities of their own society by tracing historical origins and development through the process of…