Why We Teach Science - (And Why We Should)

In Why We Teach Science (and Why We Should), former high school teacher and historian of science education John L. Rudolph examines the reasons we've long given for teaching science and assesses how they hold up to what we know about what students really learn.

List of contents

• Introduction


• What We Say


• 1: The Reasons We Teach Science


• What We Do


• 2: The Science Education We Have


• 3: Should We Be Training More Scientists? The Numbers Say No


• 4: The Failure of Scientific Literacy


• 5: How Well Does the Science Education We Have Actually Work?


• 6: Science Education for Better Thinking and the Limits of "Doing" Science


• What We Need


• 7: Science Education for Building Public Trust


• 8: How to Get There

About the author

John L. Rudolph is Vilas Distinguished Achievement professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He has affiliate appointments in the Department of Educational Policy Studies and the Robert and Jean Holtz Center for Science and Technology Studies and is the past editor-in-chief of the Wiley & Sons journal Science Education. Prior to his faculty appointment, he taught physics, chemistry, and biology in middle schools and high schools across Wisconsin.

Summary

In Why We Teach Science (and Why We Should), former high school teacher and historian of science education John L. Rudolph examines the reasons we've long given for teaching science and assesses how they hold up to what we know about what students really learn.

Additional text

Why we Teach Science (and Why we Should)should be read by every science educator and teacher. The more we come to realize that change is needed, the more likely it is for this change to happen. John Rudolph is to be commended for writing a book that is a call for change.

Product details

• Authors: John L. Rudolph, John L. (Vilas Distinguished Achievement Rudolph, Rudolph John L.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.01.2023
• EAN: 9780192867193
• ISBN: 978-0-19-286719-3
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Security, RELIGION / Religion & Science, Educational strategies & policy, Teaching of a specific subject, Scientific research, Science Funding & Policy, Science funding and policy, Educational strategies and policy, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Elementary