The aim of the work presented here was to devise an activity associated with factors affecting boiling points. The intervention used a four-step constructivist-based teaching strategy, which was subsequently evaluated by a cohort of students. Data collection consisted of application of a purpose designed questionnaire consisting of four open-ended…

The Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), the IFT Foundation, and Discovery Education partnered to create and distribute food science information to science department and school counselor chairs in all 18,000 U.S. high schools in January 2006. Two multimedia "kits" were generated for teachers and counselors, each consisting of DVDs with food…

This article draws on two research studies concerned with student teachers' learning of subject-specific pedagogical knowledge: a naturalistic study within two secondary school science departments and a collaborative action research project focused on two contested aspects of the history curriculum. Both confirmed the complexity of the process by…

This article employs the concept of community to interpret teacher professional learning in the context of the school science department. Using the transcripts of staff meetings, lesson observations and the conversations of school administrators, the departmental community is examined in terms of three metaphors: subject, relationships and…

The role of science division chairmen in regionally accredited public and private junior colleges is derived from the results of a national survey. Personal data and background, official job title, and teaching demands are the major aspects of the position discussed. (AL)

To examine how school characteristics are tied to science and engineering views and aspirations of students who are underrepresented in science and engineering fields, this mixed-methods study explores relationships between aspects of students' science identities, and the representation of women among high school science teachers. Quantitative…

Constructed a longitudinal database to examine how basic science departments have been reorganized at U.S. medical schools. Found that there were fewer basic science departments in the traditional disciplines of anatomy, biochemistry, microbiology, pharmacology, and physiology in 1999 than in 1980. But as biomedical science has developed in an…

Quotes several sections of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, and discusses how these sections will affect science teaching at all levels in Great Britain. (MLH)

UNITED STATES AND CANADIAN COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES THAT OFFER COURSE WORK AND/OR DEGREES IN GEOSCIENCE ARE LISTED IN THIS DIRECTORY. IN SECTION I, DEGREE-GRANTING INSTITUTIONS ARE LISTED BY GEOGRAPHICAL AREA. FOR EACH INSTITUTION, INFORMATION CONCERNING (1) THE HIGEST DEGREE OFFERED AND (2) THE AVAILABILITY OF TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND…

The role of science division heads in regionally accredited public and private junior colleges was examined in terms of personal data and background; role definition; selection, appointment, and status; general activities and responsibilities; administration; teaching; instructional evaluation; greatest obstacles to effective role fulfillment; and…

Provides an introduction to the chemical engineering department at North Carolina State University. (BB)

Recommendations regarding junior college curriculum development, content, and transfer policies for science credit. Suggestions are also given for the preparation, teaching loads, technical assistance, leave, research and improvement programs for faculty. (AL)