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Science in school and society Tytler, Russell and Symington, David 2006, Science in school and society, Teaching science : the journal of the Australian Science Teachers Association, vol. 52, no. 3, pp. 10-15. Title Science in school and society Author(s) Tytler, Russell Symington, David Journal name Teaching science : the journal of the Australian Science Teachers Association Volume number 52 Issue number 3 Start page 10 End page 15 Publisher Australian Science Teachers Association Place of publication Canberra, ACT Publication date 2006 ISSN 1449-6313 Summary This article describes the insights generated from a series of focus groups conducted around significant areas of science research and development, with practitioners of science and technology, and policy and education people from industry and government. The participants in these groups had a great deal to say about how important the understandings and attitudes of members of the community were to their field of activity, as well as the way science is practiced in contemporary settings. On the basis of the evidence we argue that school science should take as its focus the development of understandings of, and attitudes to, science for citizens generally. We suggest that this means, for both future citizens and scientists, that practice in school science needs to change to better represent contemporary science practice. Language eng Field of Research 130212 Science, Technology and Engineering Curriculum and Pedagogy Socio Economic Objective 970113 Expanding Knowledge in Education HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal HERDC collection year 2006 Copyright notice ©2006 Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30004073 Document type: Journal Article Collection: School of Education Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Wed, 04 Mar 2009, 15:27:36 EST Wed, 01 Apr 2009, 15:59:34 EST Wed, 01 Apr 2009, 16:02:35 EST Thu, 16 Feb 2012, 13:56:27 EST Filtered Full Access Statistics: 507 Abstract Views, 7 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 07 Jul 2008, 09:11:19 EST

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