Details an activity designed to motivate students by incorporating science-related issues into a classroom debate. Includes "The Acid Rain Bill" and "Position Guides" for student roles as committee members, consumers, governors, industry owners, tourism professionals, senators, and debate directors. (DKM)

Suggests that an understanding of the historical roots of scientific literacy can help contemporary science educators better address current and future controversies. Shows that modern controversies about this goal actually revolve around much older and more general debates about the broader importance of science in society, science in education,…

Investigates what novice teachers think has an impact on their confidence to teach science and technology. Findings indicate that preservice methodology, practicum units, and teaching science and technology during the first year were important considerations and that constructivism as a learning theory that could impact teaching and learning…

Describes a four-step ethics course for students. The following steps are discussed: (1) show that moral dilemmas exist; (2) assign weights to arguments; (3) cost-benefits analysis; and (4) examine known biases. (ZWH)

Considers what level of understanding of the nature of science students should experience to become both intelligent consumers of scientific information and effective citizens. Proposes that most precollege teachers should attempt to teach students how to use scientific descriptors to judge the relative merits of knowledge claims instead of…

Reviews instructional practices in the classroom environment and science teaching in special education. Recommends science-technology-society (STS) as a way of teaching science to meet the academic and social needs of disabled students. Contains 32 references. (DDR)

The play Copenhagen has attracted the attention of a large audience in several countries. The hypothetical discussion between two of the giants in physics, Niels Bohr and Werner Heisenberg, has inspired us to start a theoretical and experimental exploration of quantum physics. This theme has been used in Stockholm Science Laboratory for audiences…

The 20th century brought great changes. Scientific advances have improved transport, communication, and information for millions but the development of nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction has threatened us all. Now we must continue our first steps towards a war-free world by developing a loyalty to humanity. Scientists must accept…

Describes a multidisciplinary action research project to develop a theoretical framework and four exemplary teaching modules for elementary and secondary school that promote a pluralistic view on nature. Presents the theoretical framework that was developed during the project. Describes the teaching modules and delineates one of the modules.…

Discusses problems in the creation and implementation of environmental science/studies programs. Suggests that environmental science students must be trained to examine the emerging global environmental predicament in a cultural context. (MM)

Discusses how science, technology, and science education (STS) was introduced to Taiwan. Provides an overview of the status quo of STS in Taiwan. Presents possible implementation strategies. (CCM)

Described is a science program being developed at a high school in Great Britain to cater to the particular needs of females. Curriculum was modified in third, fourth, and fifth examination years to emphasize social nature of science and relevance of science to pupils' lives. Some of the problems encountered with program and selected parts of…

This paper addresses contemporary concerns with the disintegration of meaning and fragmentation of knowledge. It appeals to interdisciplinary curricula, where an effort is made to reveal the interactive relationships among different fields of knowledge. The paper proposes Photography as an interdisciplinary theme, which involves Chemistry,…

Discusses the ethical implications of research and the need for educating people to evaluate the impact of any research project. Describes a course at the University of Arizona which aims to ensure that students become knowledgeable and conversant about the many ethical, social, and legal dilemmas raised by current research in biology. Contains 16…

Elaborates on the components of five domains of a taxonomy for science educators' concerns for teaching and curriculum development: information, process, creativity, attitude, and applications domain. (YP)