Challenging Science Standards A Skeptical Critique of the Quest for Unity

Through analyses of disciplinary knowledge, school curricula, and classroom learning, the book uncovers flaws in the unifying dimensions of the science standards. It proposes respect for disciplinary diversity and attention to questions of value in choosing what science to teach.

About the author

Charles R. Ault, Jr. (“Kip”), professor emeritus, Lewis & Clark Graduate School of Education and Counseling, coordinated the school’s Master of Arts in Teaching program for science teachers for more than two decades. Kip began his career teaching primary grades and middle school science in Connecticut and Colorado. Author of Do Elephants Have Knees? and Challenging Science Standards, his writing reflects an interest in paleontology and the value of subject diversity in the reform of school science.

Summary

Through analyses of disciplinary knowledge, school curricula, and classroom learning, the book uncovers flaws in the unifying dimensions of the science standards. It proposes respect for disciplinary diversity and attention to questions of value in choosing what science to teach.

Product details

• Authors: Charles R. Ault, Charles R. Jr. Ault, Charles R Jr. Ault, Ault Charles R., Charles R. Ault Jr.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 13.08.2015
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology
• EAN: 9781475818482
• ISBN: 978-1-4758-1848-2
• Pages: 218
• Subjects: Science, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / General, Teaching of a specific subject, Educational: Sciences, General Science, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / General, Education;Science