Exploring the Relevance of Science Education

Eric Brunsell <> Sean Schuff

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Time Magazine Cover – 2/13/2006

Time Magazine Cover – 2/13/2006

Relevance of Science Education

International data on the following slides is from the following presentation.

Sjøberg, Svein (2007, 12 June) Reaching the minds and hearts of young people: What do we know about their interests, attitudes, values and priorities? What about the interest for space science? International Space Science Institute, Bern.

Relevance of Science Education

U.S. data in this presentation collected by Brunsell in Spring 2007.

Approximately 850 9th grade students representing geographical diversity.

Add-on engineering perceptions survey given to approximately 400 9th grade students.

U.S. Boys

U.S. Girls

U.S. Girls

U.S. Boys

U.S. Boys

U.S. Girls

U.S. Girls

U.S. Boys

So What? Review the data Brainstorm questions Large group

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Now What? Tesla Engineering Charter School

Small Group: How do you make science more relevant?

Yeah, but…

standards?

and testing?

Donavan & Bransford (2005) How students learn history, mathematics and science in the classroom, National Academies Press, Washington D.C.

Donavan & Bransford (2005) How students learn history, mathematics and science in the classroom, National Academies Press, Washington D.C.

U.S. NSES & Scottish CFE

NSES 9-12 ES: The origin of the universe remains one of the greatest questions in science. The “big bang” theory places the origin between 10 and 20 billion years ago, when the universe began in a hot dense state; according to this theory, the universe has been expanding ever since.

CFE LVL 4: I can apply my knowledge of electromagnetic waves and their detection to explain how images and information from space help us understand the structure of the Universe and how it has changed over time.

U.S. NSES & Scottish CFE

NSES 9-12 ES: The origin of the universe remains one of the greatest questions in science. The “big bang” theory places the origin between 10 and 20 billion years ago, when the universe began in a hot dense state; according to this theory, the universe has been expanding ever since.

CFE LVL 4: I can apply my knowledge of electromagnetic waves and their detection to explain how images and information from space help us understand the structure of the Universe and how it has changed over time.

Content Driven – “Final Form Science”

Content, Process and Learner Driven

Exploring the Relevance of Science Education

Eric Brunsell <> Sean Schuff

http://stemnow.wikispaces.com