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Mutegi, Jomo W. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2011
"Science for All" is a mantra that has guided science education reform and practice for the past 20 years or so. Unfortunately, after 20 years of "Science for All" guided policy, research, professional development, and curricula African Americans continue to participate in the scientific enterprise in numbers that are staggeringly low. What is…
Descriptors: African American Students, Scientific Enterprise, Educational Change, Science Education
Wadness, Michael J. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This dissertation addresses the research question: To what extent do secondary school science students attending the U.S. Particle Physics Masterclass change their view of the nature of science (NOS)? The U.S. Particle Physics Masterclass is a physics outreach program run by QuarkNet, a national organization of secondary school physics teachers…
Descriptors: Investigations, Secondary Education, Scientific Methodology, Outreach Programs
Hoy, Sarida P. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Reform initiatives such as "Science for All Americans" (AAA, 1989) and "National Science Education Standards" (NRC, 1996) argue for making science accessible to all children regardless of age, sex, cultural and/or ethic background, and disabilities. One of the most popular and prevailing phrases highlighting science education reform in the last…
Descriptors: Science Education, Access to Education, Equal Education, Science Teachers