Option 3: reform or repeat? science curriculum reform movement(s)

Read these articles from the 60's and 70's and find out about all the "new ideas" being touted in the 90's.

What's new in the curriculum reform business ? Not much. These ancient articles say the same same things current authors do about the "science curriculum reform."

We still claim to be "reforming" and while the authors of the prose are new, their words are old -- akin to these classic articles.

Since these readings establish a rational rationale for teaching hands-on science as a daily part of the curriculum, why can't we "reform the curriculum ?"

reading 1
the tyranny of words --- s&c -- sep 1971 --- perkes

reading 2
wings for a dinosaur ---bios-- oct 1970 --- renner; et. al

reading 3
a different point of view things --- nsta --- 1975-ish -- swartz

reading 4
rising to the challenge --- s&c -- feb 1976 -- ankney / rogers

reading 5
flying circus of physics --- preface of book --- 1977 -- walker

reading 6
messing about in science --- s&c-- V2 #5 ---1965 pp 5-9 -- hawkins

reading 7
messing about in science: revisited -- ssm apr -- 1980 -- pp339-42 -- debruin

reading 8
you don't have time NOT to teach --- science s&c n-d --- 1974 -- neuman

reading 9
you graduate more criminals than scientists --- tst mar --- 1984 -- leyden

in your reaction paper -- perhaps you could focus on your school -- state goals -- and, gulp -- your classroom

on my own:

find two more articles that echo "reform, reform" from a 1990's perspective.

summarize and react to these papers.

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