Scientists in the Classroom: The Cold War Reconstruction of American Science Education - Brossura

Rudolph, J.

 
9781349387939: Scientists in the Classroom: The Cold War Reconstruction of American Science Education
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ISBN 10: 1349387932 ISBN 13: 9781349387939
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Sinossi

During the 1950s, leading American scientists embarked on an unprecedented project to remake high school science education. Dissatisfaction with the 'soft' school curriculum of the time advocated by the professional education establishment, and concern over the growing technological sophistication of the Soviet Union, led government officials to encourage a handful of elite research scientists, fresh from their World War II successes, to revitalize the nations' science curricula. In Scientists in the Classroom , John L. Rudolph argues that the Cold War environment, long neglected in the history of education literature, is crucial to understanding both the reasons for the public acceptance of scientific authority in the field of education and the nature of the curriculum materials that were eventually produced. Drawing on a wealth of previously untapped resources from government and university archives, Rudolph focuses on the National Science Foundation-supported curriculum projects initiated in 1956. What the historical record reveals, according to Rudolph, is that these materials were designed not just to improve American science education, but to advance the professional interest of the American scientific community in the postwar period as well.

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JOHN L. RUDOLPH is Assistant Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Wisconsin- Madison.

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Editore
Palgrave Macmillan
Data di pubblicazione
2015
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
1349387932
ISBN 13 
9781349387939
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Copertina flessibile
Numero edizione
1
Numero di pagine
276
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9780312295714: Scientists in the Classroom: The Cold War Reconstruction of American Science Education

Edizione in evidenza

ISBN 10:  0312295715 ISBN 13:  9780312295714
Casa editrice: Palgrave Macmillan, 2002
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