Science for Students Today and Tomorrow

Authors

Robert E. Yager, University of IowaFollow

Document Type

Article

Abstract

Teaching science as a body of peculiar knowledge which exists for students to learn is still a common approach in American secondary schools. This is true today even with the so-called "new" science programs and their added impetus to the idea of teaching and emphasizing the processes of science in addition to the traditional content of a given discipline. The last ten years have seen great advances. However, much more is needed before we can talk of science in in our schools that is relevant for students both presently and in the future. We have too often accepted new ideas because they are new and not because we have any real understanding of them. We too often merely give "lip service" to acceptance of a given curriculum design, a kind of teaching strategy, and/or a new evaluation technique concerning certain student learnings.

Publication Date

December 1969

Journal Title

Iowa Science Teachers' Journal

Volume

7

Issue

2

First Page

26

Last Page

30

Copyright

© Copyright 1969 by the Iowa Academy of Science

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Yager, Robert E. (1969) "Science for Students Today and Tomorrow," Iowa Science Teachers Journal: Vol. 7: No. 2, Article 9.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/istj/vol7/iss2/9