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Takemura, Shigekazu – 1986
Considering the rapid advancements in scientific knowledge and technological improvements, this paper calls for a reorientation of the curriculum and instruction of science education in Japan. The document encourages the development of a science education program which focuses on a few major concepts and then teaches children how to think…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education
Nakayama, Genzo – 1988
Today, on the eve of the 21st century, Japan is becoming an internationalized, information centered civilization. The sophistication of modern science and technology will create a demand for people who are highly productive in handling knowledge and sensitive in their manipulation of it. This advance of science and technology will also require an…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Trends, Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education
Cutcliffe, Stephen H., Ed. – Science, Technology & Society, 1991
This document contains issues 83-93 of the curriculum newsletter of Lehigh University's Science, Technology, and Society (STS) program. Each issue contains articles addressing issues relative to STS, course syllabi, reader responses, and announcements. Issue No. 83 discusses establishing an interdisciplinary minor in technology studies at…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Cultural Influences, Educational Change, Foreign Countries
