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Article Title
Document Type
Article
Abstract
Before making curricular decisions, science educators should study diverse schools of philosophy, explore their implications and adopt that philosophy which best meets the needs of the students and community for which the curriculum is designed. The curriculum developed should provide the understanding, skills and attitudes necessary to fulfill the philosophical goals selected. In this paper, four schools of philosophy are explored and their implications to science education are discussed. In all cases, the curriculum designed should promote the recommended principles of the psychology of teaching and learning. Each philosophy proposed assumes an active rather than passive involvement of students.
Publication Date
April 1978
Journal Title
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
Volume
15
Issue
1
First Page
32
Last Page
34
Copyright
© Copyright 1978 by the Iowa Academy of Science
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Ediger, Marlow
(1978)
"Thoughts on Philosophy and Science Curriculum,"
Iowa Science Teachers Journal: Vol. 15:
No.
1, Article 21.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/istj/vol15/iss1/21