Fulfilling the Promise:

Biology Education in the Nation's Schools

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Publication Year:1990

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Committee on High-School Biology Education, National Research Council
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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 ...
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Front Matter	i-xii
Contents	xiii-xvi	(skim)
1. Introduction	1-4	(skim)
2. Where Are We Now? The Motivation for Change	5-12	(skim)
3. Curricular Goals for the Near Future	13-26	(skim)
4. Impediments to Implementing Curricular Change: Texts, Tests, and Classroom Practice	27-52	(skim)
5. Impediments to Implementing Curricular Change: Training and Support of Teachers	53-71	(skim)
6. Recruiting Scientists, Teachers, Technicians, and Physicians	72-80	(skim)
7. Other Modes and Contexts For Teaching Science	81-93	(skim)
8. Achieving National Goals: Dilemma and Resolution	94-101	(skim)
Executive Summary	102-114	(skim)
References	115-122	(skim)
Appendix A: Principles and Guidelines for the Use of Animals in Precollege Education	123-126	(skim)
Appendix B: NABT Biology Teaching Standards	127-127	(skim)
Appendix C: Standards for the Preparation and Certification of Secondary School Teachers of Science	128-130	(skim)
Appendix D: State Alternative Certification Programs (As of June 1987)	131-132	(skim)
Appendix E: Special Science Programs and Schools	133-136	(skim)
Appendix F: Programs Targeted to Women and Members of Minority Groups	137-140	(skim)
Appendix G: Strategies for Implementing Report Recommendations	141-144	(skim)
Committee Members	145-146	(skim)
Index	147-152	(skim)

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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 be--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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Biology Education in the Nation's Schools

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