Open Letter to Science Teachers: Society in the Science Classroom

Authors

Darrel Hoff, University of Northern IowaFollow

Document Type

Article

Abstract

In a speech given to a group of scientists and science educators last spring, Paul deHart Hurd repeated a remark made earlier by Bentley Glass that "a serious mistake has been made in the development of our national curricula in not stressing the social implications of science". Indeed this is true. You will search in vain for a reference to atomic weapons in the index of the Chem Study text. You will find no listing for hydrogen fusion weapons in the index of the PSSC text. DDT goes unlisted in the CBA index. You will find no reference to the effect of phosphates on algae growths in the BSCS texts.

Publication Date

December 1970

Journal Title

Iowa Science Teachers' Journal

Volume

8

Issue

2

First Page

2

Last Page

3

Copyright

© Copyright 1970 by the Iowa Academy of Science

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Hoff, Darrel (1970) "Open Letter to Science Teachers: Society in the Science Classroom," Iowa Science Teachers Journal: Vol. 8: No. 2, Article 2.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/istj/vol8/iss2/2