American science education has faltered, from just about everyone's perspective. American
students rank near or at the bottom in international surveys of science achievement. Science …

Current reforms in sCienCe eduCation emphasize teaching science for all, with the ultimate
goal of developing scientific literacy. In this view, science instruction must go beyond simply …

In this article we develop a fundamental rationale for teaching science to all children. We
justify the teaching of science by linking scientific ways of thinking with the advancement of …

Argues that the failure of modern courses to achieve their declared goals in relation to
children's understanding of science has two causes, namely teachers views about the …

In this paper, we examine the goals and methods of science education from the standpoint
of recent trends in the philosophy of science. Specifically, we consider the implications for …

Americans agree that our students urgently need better science education. But what should
they be expected to know and be able to do? Can the same expectations be applied across …

In spite of a renewed interest in establishing the nature of science as a major element of the
science cumculum we fear that the current reform emphasis relative to the nature of science …

In this paper, we contend that what to teach about scientific reasoning has been bedeviled
by a lack of clarity about the construct. Drawing on the insights emerging from a cognitive …

This paper has two major objectives. The first is to examine a broad" umbrella" goal for
school science programs, commonly referred to as" scientific literacy," which has evolved in …

THERE IS A MAJOR MISMATCH BETWEEN OPPORTUNITY AND ACTION IN MOST
EDUCATION SYSTEMS today. It revolves around what is meant by “science education,” a …