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Goal Attainment in Science-Technology-Society (S/T/S) Education and Reality: The Case of British Columbia.
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Zoller, Uri; And Others – Science Education, 1990
Presented is a case study of a Science/Technology/Society course. Described are the specific goals and objectives of the course and the design of the study. The results of the study and the validity and transferability of this type of assessment are discussed. (CW)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Course Descriptions, Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives
Goals' Attainment in Science-Technology-Society (S/T/S) Education: Expectations and Reality. A Probe Into the Case of British Columbia.
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Zoller, Uri; And Others – 1988
Based on the belief that students should have a better understanding of technology and science and their interaction with society, the course Science and Technology 11 (ST 11), was proposed in 1984 for students in grade 11 in British Columbia (Canada) who did not elect one of the existing science courses. In September 1986, this new STS course was…
Descriptors: Course Content, Decision Making, Environmental Education, Foreign Countries
Grade 10 Students' Perceptions of and Attitudes toward Science Teaching and School Science.
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Ebenezer, Jazlin V.; Zoller, Uri – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1993
Grade 10 students (n=1,564) perceptions of classroom practices and activities, as well as their attitudes toward science teaching and school science, were assessed in British Columbia. Major findings were that students do not appreciate the most prevailing contemporary practices in science classes and that they prefer science teaching and learning…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Classroom Research, Classroom Techniques, Constructivism (Learning)
The Technology/Education Interface: STES Education for All.
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Zoller, Uri – Canadian Journal of Education, 1992
Specific recommendations are made to implement education in science/technology/environment/society (STES) issues in Canadian schools. Functional STES literacy will enable students to take positions on issues based on their cognitive analyses and value systems. Contemporary science teaching neglects the problem solving that real STES education will…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education
The No Change in Junior Secondary Students' Attitudes toward Science in a Period of Curriculum Change: A Probe into the Case of British Columbia.
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Ebenezer, Jazlin V.; Zoller, Uri – School Science and Mathematics, 1993
Compared the science attitudes of tenth-grade students from British Columbia, Canada, in 1986 with those from tenth-grade students in 1989 after a three-year science-technology-society instructional period. No positive change in students' attitudes toward science was registered. (13 references) (MDH)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Career Awareness, Computer Uses in Education, Conservation (Environment)