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Direct linkPerorazio, Thomas E. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Given the need to compete for sponsored research funding, do university faculty believe they retain the freedom to research what is of most interest to them? The higher education literature frequently asserts that faculty research agendas are being subjugated to the demands of sponsors. An alternate perspective, from the science studies…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Research Universities, Behavior Standards, Social Behavior
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
