Thirteenth Labor: Improving Science Education

ISBN-13: 9789057005398 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 212 str.

Eric J . Chaisson;Eric J . Chaisson

Opis

Written to explore how we might improve science literacy among future citizens - and generally how we can foster a more humane, globally oriented society - given the technological democracy in which most of us live, this book addresses topics such as the importance of transdiciplinarity in science education, the role of science centres in improving science literacy, and the importance of creating an "empathetic science".

Spis treści

1. Toward a Scienceless Society? 2. Transdisciplinarity in Science Education and in Science Communication 3. The Neglected, but Not Negligible, Responsibility of Science to Society and to Future Generations 4. Toward an Empathic Science: The Hidden Subtext for Fundamental Educational Change 5. Cosmological Education for Future Generations 6. Tolstoy, Napoleon and Gompers 7. The Thirteenth Labor of Hercules 8. Science Education and the Crisis of Gullibility 9. False Experts, Valid Expertise 10. Confronting Complexity: A New Meaning to World Literacy 11. Sciences and the Future of Human Culture 12. The Guidance System of Higher Mind: Implications for Science and Science Education 13. A Question of Will, Not Knowledge 14. Some Remarks about Education 15. Science Literacy for the 21st Century: The Role of Science Centers 16. Networking, Interdisciplinarity, and Scientific/Technical Literacy: Perspectives from the Space Program 17. Why Don't Physics Students Understand Physics? Building a Consensus, Fostering Change 18. Toward a Science-Friendly Society

O autorze

Eric J. Chaisson