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1 online resource (168 pages) |
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Fulfilling the Promise -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Where Are We Now? The Motivation for Change -- EDUCATION IN SCIENCE FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY -- BIOLOGY IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL -- BIOLOGY IN THE MIDDLE GRADES -- The Rationale for Middle Schools -- Early Adolescence Today -- Science Curricula in Today's Middle Grades -- Teacher and Student Perspectives on Life-Science Courses -- Textbooks for Life-Science Courses -- Conclusions -- BIOLOGY IN HIGH SCHOOL -- The Importance and Teaching of Fundamental Concepts -- Textbooks |
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TeachersConclusions -- 3 Curricular Goals for the Near Future -- ELEMENTARY SCHOOL -- Time for Science -- Natural History as One Focus -- The Need to Explore -- Achievement Tests -- Science Education of Elementary-School Science Teachers -- Conclusions -- Recommendations -- MIDDLE SCHOOL -- Human Biology as a Focus -- Course Structure -- Conclusions -- Recommendations -- HIGH SCHOOL -- Examples of What Is Needed -- Development and Reproduction -- Energy and Metabolism -- Cell and Molecular Biology -- Evolution -- Ecology |
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CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS: THE SCOPE OF CHANGE4 Impediments to Implementing Curricular Change: Texts, Tests, and Classroom Practice -- TEXTBOOKS -- The Present Situation -- Forces That Shape Textbooks -- How Can Things Change? -- Recommendations -- LABORATORY ACTIVITY -- The Importance of Laboratory Activity -- Current Failures of Laboratory Instruction -- Conclusions -- Recommendations -- TESTS AND TESTING -- Current Perceptions of Student Performance -- Standardized Tests -- Teacher-Made Tests -- The Educational Impact of Tests -- Conclusions |
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RecommendationsOTHER FACTORS THAT HINDER EFFECTIVE EDUCATION -- Recommendations -- 5 Impediments to Implementing Curricular Change: Training and Support of Teachers -- PRESERVICE EDUCATION: TEACHING THE TEACHERS -- Preservice Education of High-School Biology Teachers -- Preservice Education of Elementary-School, Middle-School, and Junior-High-School Teachers -- The Process of Induction in the Education of Precollege Teachers -- Currents of Reform and Their Possible Impact -- Conclusions -- Recommendations -- LICENSING AND CERTIFICATION OF TEACHERS -- Licensing |
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CertificationConclusions -- Recommendations -- INSERVICE EDUCATION: HOW TEACHERS CONTINUE TO LEARN -- Background -- Reform Movements and Inservice Programs -- The Concept of Mentors -- The Role of Mentors -- Identification of Mentors -- Benefits to the Mentors -- Conclusions -- Recommendations -- 6 Recruiting Scientists, Teachers, Technicians, and Physicians -- THE GENERALITY OF BASIC EDUCATIONAL GOALS IN SCIENCE -- AN IMPORTANT ROLE FOR UNIVERSITIES AND UNIVERSITY SCIENTISTS -- Recommendations |
| Notes |
""The need for a national fellowship program to attract outstanding young people into teaching"" |
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Print version record |
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Biology -- Study and teaching -- United States
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Life sciences -- Study and teaching -- United States
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Biology -- Study and teaching
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Life sciences -- Study and teaching
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780309556347 |
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0309556341 |
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