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Bruder, Isabelle – Electronic Learning, 1993
Discusses how to reform science education in light of individual and societal needs for science literacy. Science education standards, curriculum changes, hands-on and computer-based projects, telecommunications for teacher training, and technology for student assessment are described. A sidebar article presents a model science teacher development…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Pembleton, Sil, Ed.; And Others – 1987
For several years at the Rural and Small Schools Conference, a special effort has been made to address the needs that are unique to rural science educators. This publication is a compilation of materials presented at those conferences reflecting the following themes: "In Search of Excellence" (1985); "Rural Education: A Proud…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Curriculum Development, Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textMayer, Victor J., Ed.; Fortner, Rosanne W., Ed. – 1995
Earth Systems Education (ESE) is an effort to establish within U.S. schools more effective programs designed to increase public understanding of the Earth System that surrounds and sustains us all. ESE focuses on establishing an understanding of the processes that operate within our environment and uses the science thinking and problem-solving…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedLeonard, William H.; And Others – American Biology Teacher, 1996
Describes the philosophy, development, content structure, and general instructional strategy of BioCom, an introductory biology curriculum for the heterogeneously mixed high school science classroom. Discusses recent recommendations by national commissions and science education research and similarities and differences between BioCom and ChemCom.…
Descriptors: Biology, Community, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
Peer reviewedEijkelhof, Harrie; Lijnse, Piet – International Journal of Science Education, 1988
Outlines the stages of a research-development cycle based on experiences with a Dutch physics curriculum development project (PLON). Discusses two topics: the legitimation of specific contents of the curricula and the attention to lay ideas on scientific concepts. (Author/YP)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Enrichment, Foreign Countries, Physics
Peer reviewedPaldy, Lester G., Ed. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 1989
Discusses the current status and major issues affecting the quality and size of the human resources pool of scientists, engineers, and technical personnel. Indicates the role and strategies the National Science Foundation plans to take to address the deficiences. (RT)
Descriptors: College Science, Curriculum Development, Educational Needs, Engineering Education
Kyle, William C., Jr.; And Others – 1989
In 1987, the Cheshire Public Schools initiated a science curriculum review. Teachers, parents, and students recognized that the existing textbook-based elementary science program was a dismal portrayal of such a dynamic discipline. There was community consensus that reading about science and acquiring scientific vocabulary words were not the same…
Descriptors: Community Cooperation, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Research
