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High-School Biology Today and Tomorrow

By: National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Commission on Life Sciences,Committee on High-School Biology Education

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High-School Biology Today and Tomorrow

By: National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Commission on Life Sciences,Committee on High-School Biology Education

Biology is where many of science's most exciting and relevant advances are taking place. Yet, many students leave school without having learned basic biology principles, and few are excited enough to continue in the sciences. Why is biology education failing? How can reform be accomplished? This book presents information and expert views from curriculum developers, teachers, and others, offering suggestions about major issues in biology education: what should we teach in biology and how should it be taught? How can we measure results? How should teachers be educated and certified? What obstacles are blocking reform?

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0309040280

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High-School Biology Today and Tomorrow

By: National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Commission on Life Sciences,Committee on High-School Biology Education

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By: National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Commission on Life Sciences,Committee on High-School Biology Education

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Fulfilling the Promise

Biology Education in the Nation's Schools

By: National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Commission on Life Sciences,Committee on High-School Biology Education

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Biology Education in the Nation's Schools

By: National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Commission on Life Sciences,Committee on High-School Biology Education

Why are students today not learning biology, appreciating its importance in their lives, or pursuing it as a career? Experts believe dismal learning experiences in biology classes are causing the vast majority of students to miss information that could help them lead healthier lives and make more intelligent decisions as adults. How can we improve the teaching of biology throughout the school curriculum? Fulfilling the Promise offers a vision of what biology education in our schools could beâ€"along with practical, hard-hitting recommendations on how to make that vision a reality. Noting that many of their recommended changes will be controversial, the authors explore in detail the major questions that must be answered to bring biology education to an acceptable standard: how elementary, middle, and high-school biology education arrived at its present state; what impediments stand in the way of improving biology education; how to properly prepare biology teachers and encourage their continuing good performance; and what type of leadership is needed to improve biology education.

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0309051479

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9780309051477

National Science Education Standards

By: National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Board on Science Education,National Committee on Science Education Standards and Assessment

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National Science Education Standards

By: National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Board on Science Education,National Committee on Science Education Standards and Assessment

Americans agree that our students urgently need better science education. But what should they be expected to know and be able to do? Can the same expectations be applied across our diverse society? These and other fundamental issues are addressed in National Science Education Standardsâ€"a landmark development effort that reflects the contributions of thousands of teachers, scientists, science educators, and other experts across the country. The National Science Education Standards offer a coherent vision of what it means to be scientifically literate, describing what all students regardless of background or circumstance should understand and be able to do at different grade levels in various science categories. The standards address: The exemplary practice of science teaching that provides students with experiences that enable them to achieve scientific literacy. Criteria for assessing and analyzing students' attainments in science and the learning opportunities that school science programs afford. The nature and design of the school and district science program. The support and resources needed for students to learn science. These standards reflect the principles that learning science is an inquiry-based process, that science in schools should reflect the intellectual traditions of contemporary science, and that all Americans have a role in improving science education. This document will be invaluable to education policymakers, school system administrators, teacher educators, individual teachers, and concerned parents.

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0309053269

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9780309053266

America's Lab Report

Investigations in High School Science

By: National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Center for Education,Board on Science Education,Committee on High School Laboratories: Role and Vision

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America's Lab Report

Investigations in High School Science

By: National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Center for Education,Board on Science Education,Committee on High School Laboratories: Role and Vision

Laboratory experiences as a part of most U.S. high school science curricula have been taken for granted for decades, but they have rarely been carefully examined. What do they contribute to science learning? What can they contribute to science learning? What is the current status of labs in our nationÃ¯Â¿Â½s high schools as a context for learning science? This book looks at a range of questions about how laboratory experiences fit into U.S. high schools: What is effective laboratory teaching? What does research tell us about learning in high school science labs? How should student learning in laboratory experiences be assessed? Do all student have access to laboratory experiences? What changes need to be made to improve laboratory experiences for high school students? How can school organization contribute to effective laboratory teaching? With increased attention to the U.S. education system and student outcomes, no part of the high school curriculum should escape scrutiny. This timely book investigates factors that influence a high school laboratory experience, looking closely at what currently takes place and what the goals of those experiences are and should be. Science educators, school administrators, policy makers, and parents will all benefit from a better understanding of the need for laboratory experiences to be an integral part of the science curriculum-and how that can be accomplished.

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0309139341

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What Is the Influence of the National Science Education Standards?

Reviewing the Evidence, A Workshop Summary

By: National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Center for Education,Committee on Science Education K-12,Steering Committee on Taking Stock of the National Science Education Standards: The Research

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What Is the Influence of the National Science Education Standards?

Reviewing the Evidence, A Workshop Summary

In 2001, with support from National Science Foundation, the National Research Council began a review of the evidence concerning whether or not the National Science Education Standards have had an impact on the science education enterprise to date, and if so, what that impact has been. This publication represents the second phase of a three-phase effort by the National Research Council to answer that broad and very important question. Phase I began in 1999 and was completed in 2001, with publication of Investigating the Influence of Standards: A Framework for Research in Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education (National Research Council, 2002). That report provided organizing principles for the design, conduct, and interpretation of research regarding the influence of national standards. The Framework developed in Phase I was used to structure the current review of research that is reported here. Phase II began in mid-2001, involved a thorough search and review of the research literature on the influence of the NSES, and concludes with this publication, which summarizes the proceedings of a workshop conducted on May 10, 2002, in Washington, DC. Phase III will provide input, collected in 2002, from science educators, administrators at all levels, and other practitioners and policy makers regarding their views of the NSES, the ways and extent to which the NSES are influencing their work and the systems that support science education, and what next steps are needed.

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0309087430

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9780309087438

Learning and Understanding

Improving Advanced Study of Mathematics and Science in U.S. High Schools

By: National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Center for Education,Committee on Programs for Advanced Study of Mathematics and Science in American High Schools

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Learning and Understanding

Improving Advanced Study of Mathematics and Science in U.S. High Schools

This book takes a fresh look at programs for advanced studies for high school students in the United States, with a particular focus on the Advanced Placement and the International Baccalaureate programs, and asks how advanced studies can be significantly improved in general. It also examines two of the core issues surrounding these programs: they can have a profound impact on other components of the education system and participation in the programs has become key to admission at selective institutions of higher education. By looking at what could enhance the quality of high school advanced study programs as well as what precedes and comes after these programs, this report provides teachers, parents, curriculum developers, administrators, college science and mathematics faculty, and the educational research community with a detailed assessment that can be used to guide change within advanced study programs.

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0309074401

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Fulfilling the Promise

Biology Education in the Nation's Schools

By: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on High-School Biology Education

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Biology Education in the Nation's Schools

By: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on High-School Biology Education

Some experts believe that dismal learning experiences in biology classes cause the vast majority of students to miss information that could help them lead healthier lives and make more intelligent decisions as adults. This book offers a vision of what biology education in the schools could be along with practical recommendations on how to make the vision a reality. Chapters include: (1) "Where are We Now? The Motivation for Change"; (2) "Curricular Goals for the Near Future"; (3) "Impediments to Implementing Curricular Change: Texts, Tests, and Classroom Practice"; (4) "Impediments to Implementing Curricular Change: Training and Support of Teachers"; (5) "Recruiting Scientists, Teachers, Technicians, and Physicians"; (6) "Other Modes and Contexts for Teaching Science"; and (7)"Achieving National Goals: Dilemma and Resolution." Appended are an executive summary, a list of 127 references, a set of guidelines for use when handling animals, the "NABT Biology Teaching Standards," the National Science Teachers Association recommendations for teacher preparation and certification, a list of state alternative certification programs, a list of some special science programs, a list of targeted programs for women and minority groups, a list of recommended strategies, and a list of committee members. (CW)

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0309042437

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Understanding the Educational and Career Pathways of Engineers

By: National Academy of Engineering,Committee on Understanding the Engineering Education-Workforce Continuum

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Understanding the Educational and Career Pathways of Engineers

By: National Academy of Engineering,Committee on Understanding the Engineering Education-Workforce Continuum

Engineering skills and knowledge are foundational to technological innovation and development that drive long-term economic growth and help solve societal challenges. Therefore, to ensure national competitiveness and quality of life it is important to understand and to continuously adapt and improve the educational and career pathways of engineers in the United States. To gather this understanding it is necessary to study the people with the engineering skills and knowledge as well as the evolving system of institutions, policies, markets, people, and other resources that together prepare, deploy, and replenish the nation's engineering workforce. This report explores the characteristics and career choices of engineering graduates, particularly those with a BS or MS degree, who constitute the vast majority of degreed engineers, as well as the characteristics of those with non-engineering degrees who are employed as engineers in the United States. It provides insight into their educational and career pathways and related decision making, the forces that influence their decisions, and the implications for major elements of engineering education-to-workforce pathways.

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0309485606

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Thinking Evolutionarily

Evolution Education Across the Life Sciences: Summary of a Convocation

By: National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Life Sciences,Planning Committee on Thinking Evolutionarily: Making Biology Education Make Sense

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Evolution Education Across the Life Sciences: Summary of a Convocation

By: National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Life Sciences,Planning Committee on Thinking Evolutionarily: Making Biology Education Make Sense

Evolution is the central unifying theme of biology. Yet today, more than a century and a half after Charles Darwin proposed the idea of evolution through natural selection, the topic is often relegated to a handful of chapters in textbooks and a few class sessions in introductory biology courses, if covered at all. In recent years, a movement has been gaining momentum that is aimed at radically changing this situation. On October 25-26, 2011, the Board on Life Sciences of the National Research Council and the National Academy of Sciences held a national convocation in Washington, DC, to explore the many issues associated with teaching evolution across the curriculum. Thinking Evolutionarily: Evolution Education Across the Life Sciences: Summary of a Convocation summarizes the goals, presentations, and discussions of the convocation. The goals were to articulate issues, showcase resources that are currently available or under development, and begin to develop a strategic plan for engaging all of the sectors represented at the convocation in future work to make evolution a central focus of all courses in the life sciences, and especially into introductory biology courses at the college and high school levels, though participants also discussed learning in earlier grades and life-long learning. Thinking Evolutionarily: Evolution Education Across the Life Sciences: Summary of a Convocation covers the broader issues associated with learning about the nature, processes, and limits of science, since understanding evolutionary science requires a more general appreciation of how science works. This report explains the major themes that recurred throughout the convocation, including the structure and content of curricula, the processes of teaching and learning about evolution, the tensions that can arise in the classroom, and the target audiences for evolution education.

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0309256925

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The Role of Scientists in the Professional Development of Science Teachers

By: Committee on Biology Teacher Inservice Programs,Commission on Life Sciences,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council

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The Role of Scientists in the Professional Development of Science Teachers

By: Committee on Biology Teacher Inservice Programs,Commission on Life Sciences,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council

Scientists nationwide are showing greater interest in contributing to the reform of science education, yet many do not know how to begin. This highly readable book serves as a guide for those scientists interested in working on the professional development of K-12 science teachers. Based on information from over 180 professional development programs for science teachers, the volume addresses what kinds of activities work and why. Included are useful examples of programs focusing on issues of content and process in science teaching. The authors present "day-in-a-life" vignettes, along with a suggested reading list, to help familiarize scientists with the professional lives of K-12 science teachers. The book also offers scientists suggestions on how to take first steps toward involvement, how to identify programs that have been determined effective by teachers, and how to become involved in system-wide programs. Discussions on ways of working with teachers on program design, program evaluation, and funding sources are included. Accessible and practical, this book will be a welcome resource for university, institutional, and corporate scientists; teachers; teacher educators; organizations; administrators; and parents.

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0309586275

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Book's by Committee on High-School Biology Education

High-School Biology Today and Tomorrow

High-School Biology Today and Tomorrow

High-School Biology Today and Tomorrow

High-School Biology Today and Tomorrow

Fulfilling the Promise

Fulfilling the Promise

National Science Education Standards

National Science Education Standards

America's Lab Report

America's Lab Report

What Is the Influence of the National Science Education Standards?

What Is the Influence of the National Science Education Standards?

Learning and Understanding

Learning and Understanding

Fulfilling the Promise

Fulfilling the Promise

Understanding the Educational and Career Pathways of Engineers

Understanding the Educational and Career Pathways of Engineers

Thinking Evolutionarily

Thinking Evolutionarily

The Role of Scientists in the Professional Development of Science Teachers

The Role of Scientists in the Professional Development of Science Teachers

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