Beliefs of Science Teachers Toward the Teaching of Science/Technological/Social Issues: Are We Addressing National Standards?

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dc.contributor.authorJon E. Pedersen
dc.contributor.authorSamuel Totten
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-14T19:53:04Z
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-30T15:36:56Z
dc.date.available2016-01-14T19:53:04Z
dc.date.available2016-03-30T15:36:56Z
dc.date.issued2001-10-01
dc.description.abstractAs science educators, we must view the changing nature of society brought on by technology and the global nature of society as an impetus to reexamine the nature of science instruction. We have been bestowed with the responsibility to educate students on a variety of topics that less than two decades ago did not exist. Many of these social issues are controversial in nature and are directly linked to the local, regional, national, and global communities in which we exist. However, including these social issues in the extant curriculum of science has, at best, been limited. This is true even though the National Science Education Standards specifically indicate that science and technology, as well as science in personal and social perspectives, are integral to science education. The following study examines a group of science teachers’ beliefs about the implementation of controversial social/technological issues in the extant science curriculum. Indications are that teachers believe that social issues are important to study, yet lack the support from their communities to teach social issues.en_US
dc.description.peerreviewYesen_US
dc.description.peerreviewnoteshttps://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/manuscript-submission-guidelinesen_US
dc.identifier.citationPedersen, J. E., & Totten, S. (2001). Beliefs of Science Teachers Toward the Teaching of Science/Technological/Social Issues: Are We Addressing National Standards? Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society, 21(5), 376-393. doi: 10.1177/027046760102100507en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/027046760102100507en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11244/25052
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherBulletin of Science, Technology & Society
dc.rights.requestablefalseen_US
dc.subjectscience/technology/societyen_US
dc.subjectsocial issuesen_US
dc.subjectcontroversial issuesen_US
dc.subjectscience educationen_US
dc.subjectstandardsen_US
dc.titleBeliefs of Science Teachers Toward the Teaching of Science/Technological/Social Issues: Are We Addressing National Standards?en_US
dc.typeResearch Articleen_US

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