Fulfilling the Promise : Biology Education in the Nation's Schools.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Staff, National Research Council
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington : National Academies Press, 1990.
Temas:
Biology > Study and teaching > United States.
Life sciences > Study and teaching > United States.
Biologie > Étude et enseignement > États-Unis.
Sciences de la vie > Étude et enseignement > États-Unis.
Biology > Study and teaching
Life sciences > Study and teaching
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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

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