Title:
Issues in science education : science competence in a social and ecological context
Publication Information:
Oxford: Pergamon, 1991
ISBN:
9780080408019
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Summary
Summary
This book presents a collection of papers from an international symposium on Science and Education in the 21st Century held at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences as part of a celebration of their 250th anniversary. The papers, written by leading scientists and educators, review the competence achieved by science teaching in secondary schools as well as the issues facing science education. The book also gives the first overview of what we know about sex differences in science achievement and attitudes, and analyses the factors behind these differences. Ecological aspects in science teaching are also discussed as are recommendations about science teaching for the future.
Table of Contents
| PrefaceT. Huseacute;n |
| Science Education in Response to Technological Development |
| Welcoming statementK. Lindahl-Kiessling |
| Opening statementT. Huseacute;n |
| AddressF. Mayor |
| Scientific literacy and the future labour forceH. Brooks |
| CommentsS.B. Lundstedt |
| School Science Achievement: International Comparisons |
| Achievement in science education in 1984 in 23 countriesT.N. Postlethwaite |
| CommentsG. Grimvall and N.G.J. Gralen |
| Specialization in science: 1970 and 1984J.P. Keeves |
| CommentsD.J. Waddington |
| Girls in science and technologyU. Riis |
| CommentsK. Niblaeus and A.M. Israelsson |
| Science Education in a Social and Ecological Context |
| Teaching youth about the environmental impact of science and technologyA.V. Baez |
| CommentsR.F. Edberg and A. Jansson |
| Science in society: impact on science educationJ.L. Lewis |
| CommentsG. Marx |
| Issues in the education of professional scientists, engineers and technologistsS.B. Hagstrom |
| CommentsK. Lindahl-Kiessling |
| Issues in the scientific education of the citizen in the high technology eraA. Wijkman |
| CommentsH. Kida |
| Educational effectiveness: psychological problems and possibilitiesH.J. Walberg |
| CommentsY. Lindberg |
| Forum: Problems of Science Education and their Solutions |
| A technologist's viewpointG. Grimvall |
| A psychologist's viewpointB. Lomov |
| A social scientist's viewpointS.B. Lundstedt |
| A science teacher's viewpointH. Pilstrom |
| A science writer's viewpointF.W.G. 'Mike' Baker |
| Concluding commentsT. Hagerstrand |
| Appendix: list of participants |
| Name index |
| Subject index |
