Useful Websites
Chapter 4. On the History of Science Education
Project 2061
http://www.project2061.org/default.htm
Visit the home page of Project 2061 and connect to links that allow you to read their publications online, including Science for All Americans, Benchmarks and Blueprints for Reform.
The National Science Education Standards Online
http://books.nap.edu/html/nses/html/index.html
This site will enable you to have access to the complete published version of the Standards.
Scope, Sequence and Coordination Project
http://www.nsta.org
At this site you will teach and learning resources that emerged as a result of the project. You will find detailed lesson plans, investigations, and student handouts for activities in life and physical science.
The History of Education and Childhood
http://www.socsci.kun.nl/ped/whp/histeduc/index2.html
This powerful site will bring you resources on the history of education and childhood in most countries around the world.
Thinkers in Education
http://www.ibe.unesco.org/International/Publications/Thinkers/thinhome.htm
A series of profiles of 100 famous educators-philosophers, statesmen, politicians, journalists, psychologists, poets, men and women of religion-drawn from many parts of the world.
Gallery of Educational Theorists
http://www.newfoundations.com/GALLERY/Gallery.html
This gallery of profiles on educational thinkers will provide you with insight on theorists including Adler, Confucius, Dewey, Gardner, Piaget, Plato, Sartre, and Vygotsky.