What Science Should Contribute to Cultural Literacy.

Yager, Robert E.

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Publication Date: 1989

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What Science Should Contribute to Cultural Literacy.

Yager, Robert E.

Clearing House, v62 n7 p297-302 Mar 1989

Substitutes "science attentive" for "cultural literacy" in science education, urging that students (1) have an interest in basic science, (2) know basic science, and (3) be able to deepen such interest and knowledge on their own. Outlines four cluster goals for science teaching from Project Synthesis of 1979-81. (NH)

Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Course Content, Creativity, Curriculum Design, Educational Research, Process Education, Science Education, Scientific Literacy, Secondary Education, Student Attitudes, Teaching Methods

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