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.
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 1839-2946
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
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