Changing Images of the Inclined Plane: A Case Study of a Revolution in American Science Education

Autor/in	Turner, Steven C.
Titel	Changing Images of the Inclined Plane: A Case Study of a Revolution in American Science Education
Quelle	In: Science & Education, 21 (2012) 2, S.245-270 (26 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0926-7220
DOI	10.1007/s11191-010-9322-3
Schlagwörter	Textbooks; Laboratory Manuals; Science Instruction; Science Education; Teaching Methods; Case Studies; Educational Trends; Educational Change; High Schools; Educational Policy; Science Laboratories; Content Analysis; Instructional Materials; Science Materials; Laboratory Equipment; Science Equipment; Science Experiments; Science Education History + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Textbook; Text book; Schulbuch; Lehrbuch; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Bildungsentwicklung; Bildungsreform; High school; Oberschule; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Inhaltsanalyse; Lehrmaterial; Lehrmittel; Unterrichtsmedien; Laborausstattung
Abstract	Between 1880 and 1920 the way science was taught in American High Schools changed dramatically. The old "lecture/demonstration" method, where information was presented to essentially passive students, was replaced by the "laboratory" method, where students performed their own experiments in specially constructed student laboratories. National leadership in education was generally weak during this period, and the new method required significant investments by the schools, but within a few decades American science education was rapidly and completely transformed. Previous studies of this fundamental change have concentrated on the activities of organizations like the NEA, the Bureau of Education and a few major universities, but the way in which these groups were able to effect actual changes in classroom practice is not completely clear. This article attempts to broaden the existing narrative by integrating the rich and largely ignored material culture of science education--such things as textbooks, lab manuals, student notebooks, science teaching instruments and scientific instrument catalogs. Surprisingly, much of this story can be seen in changes to the depiction of a single, venerable and otherwise unremarkable teaching instrument: the inclined plane. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10