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Publication Date: 1992
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A Vision of Biology Education for the 21st Century.
Wright, Emmett L.; Govindarajan, Girish
American Biology Teacher, v54 n5 p269-74 May 1992
In 1987, National Science Teachers Association commissioned the Search for Excellence in Biology Teaching Task Force. This article is a distillation of the task force report, highlighting the criteria for excellence in biology teaching, grades 7-12. The criteria for excellence are in five subsections: Goals, Criteria for Curriculum, Criteria for Instruction, Criteria for Evaluation, and Criteria for Instructional Staff. (PR)
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Biology, Critical Thinking, Educational Improvement, Higher Education, Holistic Approach, Problem Solving, Science Activities, Science and Society, Science Curriculum, Science Education, Science History, Science Instruction, Science Laboratories, Science Teachers, Secondary Education, Student Evaluation
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
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Language: English
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