Using Social Issues as Contexts for K-16 Science Education

Autor/in	Yager, Robert E.
Titel	Using Social Issues as Contexts for K-16 Science Education
Quelle	In: Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, 5 (2004) 1, (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1609-4913
Schlagwörter	Science and Society; Social Problems; Science Education; Educational History; Elementary Secondary Education; Higher Education; Academic Standards; National Standards; Educational Change + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Social problem; Soziales Problem; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Bildungsreform
Abstract	Social issues provide real life and motivational questions which are successful in engaging the minds of many people (especially students). When dealing with social issues, students see the importance of so-called basic concepts and skills in dealing with them. For most persons, real mind engagement rarely occurs in educational settings. One important effort in science education to illustrate the advantages of the use of social issues as organizers for instruction has been termed the science-technology-society (STS) approach. A history of this approach in the U.S. is presented along with a fifty year history of its discovery and development highlighting the experiences of the author. This history includes major happenings in science and technology education, the challenges encountered, milestones identified, and an envisioned future. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Hong Kong Institute of Education. 10 Lo Ping Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. Tel: +011-852-2948-7650; Fax: +011-852-2948-7726; e-mail: apfslt@sci.ied.edu.hk; Web site: http://www.ied.edu.hk/apfslt
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01