How to Develop Positive Attitudes towards Science and Chemistry through a New Chemistry Curriculum.

Autor/in	Hofstein, Avi
Titel	How to Develop Positive Attitudes towards Science and Chemistry through a New Chemistry Curriculum.
Quelle	(1986), (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Affective Behavior; Chemistry; Cognitive Development; Concept Formation; Foreign Countries; Humanization; Inquiry; Laboratory Experiments; Science Careers; Science Curriculum; Science Education; Science Instruction; Secondary Education; Secondary School Science; Student Attitudes; Israel + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Affective disturbance; Active behaviour; Affektive Störung; Chemie; Kognitive Entwicklung; Concept learning; Begriffsbildung; Ausland; Humanisierung; Laboratory work; Laborarbeit; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Sekundarbereich; Schülerverhalten
Abstract	In an effort to improve students' interests in science and science courses, a study was conducted in Israel to evaluate students' attitudes towards science relative to two chemistry curricula. These curricula were Chemistry for High Schools (CFH), and Chemistry--A Challenge (CAC). The CFH program was mainly designed for science-oriented students and is based on inquiry techniques, concept formation and laboratory investigation. The CAC was developed in an attempt to meet the needs of a population of students that are more heterogeneous, both in their cognitive ability and their scientific interest. Major findings of the study indicated that: (1) CAC students' tendency to choose science as a future career was significantly higher than that of CFH students; (2) CAC students appreciated scientists in general and chemists in particular more than CFH students; (3) chemistry was considered significantly more important to CAC students than to CFH students; and (4) CAC students regarded chemistry as a school subject to be more interesting, more important, and less difficult than CFH students. It was concluded that a curriculum geared to the needs and interests of students can help in developing positive attitudes toward science. (TW)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC