1st Edition

Innovation in the Science Curriculum

Edited By John Olson Copyright 1982
190 Pages
by Routledge

190 Pages
by Routledge

190 Pages
by Routledge

Of all the subjects in the school curriculum, science has been a most common target of the reformer’s zeal. As a consequence, school science has featured frequently in studies of change in evaluation exercises and has also attracted the interest of social scientists. There have been others who have studied the effects of innovation in this field not as evaluators, nor as scientists, but as... Read more

Foreword.  1. Classroom Knowledge and Curriculum Change: An Introduction John Olson  2. The School, the Community and the Outsider: Case Study of Case Study Rob Walker  3. The Programme, the Plans and the Activities of the Classroom: The Demands of Activity-Based Science Edward L. Smith and Neil B. Sendelbach  4. Costs and Rewards of Innovation: Taking Account of the Teachers’ Viewpoint Sally Brown and Donald McIntyre  5. Dilemmas of Inquiry Teaching: How Teachers Cope John Olson.  Notes on Contributors.  Index.

Biography

John Olson