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Goals and History of Science Education |
• Design a K-12 scope and sequence of science goals. The scope and sequence should delineate elementary, middle and high school, and show the connection and articulation of goals across the three grade groupings.
• Find or create examples of science activities that illustrate each of the following goal clusters: personal needs, societal issues, academic preparation (process and content of science) , and career education.
• Find two textbooks in your field, e.g. biology, chemistry, Earth science, or physics, and examine them in light of the Project Synthesis goal clusters. To what extent is each goal cluster present? What is the relative emphasis of each goal cluster? Were there other goals apparent in the textbooks? What is your overall assessment of the two books with respect to goal emphasis? Which book would you want to use?
• Examine one textbook in one subject area from at least two different eras of science teaching in terms of the project synthesis goals clusters. To what extent is each goal cluster present? What is the relative emphasis of each goal cluster? Were there other goals apparent in the textbooks? What is your overall assessment of the two books with respect to goal emphasis? Which book would you want to use?
• Design a time line of events in the history of science teaching in the last two centuries. Plot the events on adding machine tape, or some other material.