Comments on the article 'Time to Change Drivers for Science Literacy' by Peter Fensham and addresses two issues: (1) Why is reforming the science curriculum so hard?; and (2) What are the potential possibilities of and problems with Fensham's reform proposal? (Contains 12 references.) (Author/YDS)

Explores the role of science for employees in science-based industries and members of the public interacting with science in their everyday lives. Suggests that procedural understanding is essential in higher levels of industry and in interacting effectively with everyday issues while conceptual understanding is so specific that it is acquired in…

Presents the results of a survey of (n=81) colleges of pharmacy affiliated with the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) regarding physics requirements for the pre-pharmacy major. Describes strengths and weaknesses as reported by the college representatives. (Contains 16 references.) (Author/YDS)

Focuses on whether (and if so to what extent) a multicultural approach to science education is compatible with a universalist conception of science. Concludes that the most defensible conception of science education is one in which it is conceived to be both multicultural and universal. (Author/MM)

Describes the current process of physics education in Denmark, including projects and assignments, examinations, and physics in the mathematical and language lines. (JRH)

Asserts that total restructuring of biochemistry courses and methods used for evaluation of student performance are necessary. Evaluation should have a constructive influence by integrating it with other activities. The conduct of the course should be based upon the same objectives that are uses for evaluation. Evaluation should be done by…

The "layer-cake" curriculum of yearlong science courses and the "good science" approach are outdated. A new scope sequence is warranted, in which all sciences are taught every year K-12 and instruction proceeds systematically from concrete through empirical to theoretical. (SK)

Identifies a number of possible epistemological perspectives that can be taken on the changing nature of curricular knowledge in science and considers some of the normative characteristics of each. The varieties of knowledge and value perspectives associated with each inform teachers and students how they are expected to think about the subject.…

Presents the use of the Primary Teacher as Scientist (PTAS) project as a tool for encouraging the ability and enthusiasm of students in science, especially males. Finds that Science Teacher Assessment (STA) results significantly improved and gender imbalance diminished. (Author/CCM)

Presents an overview of biochemical education for undergraduates and postgraduates at Hanoi University, including courses of instruction and teaching methods. (AIM)

Summarizes four recent documents that identify what is deemed essential in chemistry at grades 8 and 12, including: Benchmarks for Science Literacy Project 2061; 1994 National Assessment of Educational Progress; National Science Education Standards; and Scope, Sequence, and Coordination of Secondary School Science. Identifies areas of agreement…

Argues for including the concepts of "twentieth-century physics"--relativity, quantum mechanics, and chaos theory--within the National Curriculum in science for England and Wales, which almost entirely ignores them. (Contains 16 references.) (Author/ASK)

Questions the percentage of science in the college curriculum and discusses the needs of science for progress. First published in 1957. (YDS)

Although there are numerous challenges for implementing a comprehensive K-12 computer science curriculum in the United States, the need is obvious, and the time to begin is now. Computer science is a well-established academic discipline at the collegiate and postgraduate levels, as well as a distinct and important profession in the world economy.…

Field trips are opportunities to experience science in settings beyond the classroom. Much educational research has focused on effective ways of designing and planning field trips for optimal impact on the classroom and science curriculum. However, teachers are sometimes at a loss on how to design a trip that will enhance students' analytical…