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Achieving Scientific Literacy : From Purposes to Practices by Rodger W. Bybee (1997, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherHeinemann

ISBN-100435071343

ISBN-139780435071349

eBay Product ID (ePID)785606

Product Key Features

Number of Pages265 Pages

Publication NameAchieving Scientific Literacy : from Purposes to Practices

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1997

SubjectEducational Policy & Reform / General, Study & Teaching, Teaching Methods & Materials / Science & Technology

TypeTextbook

AuthorRodger W. Bybee

Subject AreaEducation, Science

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight17.6 Oz

Item Length9.5 in

Item Width7.3 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN96-045221

Reviews"[This book] is important reading for policymakers in science education, science educators, and those interested in reading a carefully crafted book about scientific literacy." The Science Teacher, "[This book] is important reading for policymakers in science education, science educators, and those interested in reading a carefully crafted book about scientific literacy."-The Science Teacher

Dewey Edition21

Dewey Decimal507.1/073

Table Of ContentContents Looking at the Past Fifty Years Contemporary Reform of Science Education Searching for Scientific Literacy Defining Scientific Literacy Establishing National Standards Creating a Vision of Scientific Literacy Enriching the Science Curriculum Improving Instruction Implementing a Standards-Based Systemic Reform The Year 2000 and Beyond

SynopsisSome contend that the value of science education has declined and our goal of scientific literacy is an unrealized and unrealizable myth. And others simply declare that our efforts to reform have failed. Rodger Bybee, one of the nation's foremost science educators, responds to these charges, offering new insights into the issues surrounding contemporary reform. Achieving Scientific Literacy offers a broad vision for improving science education that is at times historical and philosophical and also concrete and practical. It extends and elaborates on several themes, including: a clarification of scientific literacy a systemic perspective on reform a standards-based approach to improving science education an emphasis on science teaching and student learning Bybee maintains that although the rhetoric of reform is national, the actual reform must occur at state and local levels. His book addresses the critical challenge of transforming issues from national standards to state and local practices, and ultimately to the classroom, with the aim of developing greater coherence and consistency in science education. Achieving Scientific Literacy is a book anyone concerned about the future of science education should own. It will help classroom teachers, science supervisors, and administrators with both the larger perspective of reform and the practical issues of improving their programs and practices. Undergraduates who are entering the profession, scientists and engineers who support and influence school science programs, and teachers and policymakers who identify and address critical issues of educational reform will find the book just as valuable., Some have said that the value of science education has declined and our goal of scientific literacy is an unrealized and unrealizable myth. Others have simply declared that our efforts to reform have failed. Rodger Bybee responds to these charges, offering insights into the issues surrounding contemporary reform.

LC Classification NumberQ183.3.A1B92 1997