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National Science Education Standards: A political document
Author(s) -
Collins Angelo
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
journal of research in science teaching
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.067
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1098-2736
pISSN - 0022-4308
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1098-2736(199809)35:7<711::aid-tea3>3.0.co;2-o
Subject(s) - learning standards , national science education standards , politics , science education , context (archaeology) , academic standards , political science , process (computing) , standards based assessment , higher education , engineering ethics , pedagogy , sociology , mathematics education , public relations , educational assessment , education policy , psychology , computer science , engineering , curriculum , law , paleontology , biology , operating system
The National Science Education Standards provides a vision teaching and learning science for the science education system and criteria to measure progress toward that vision. The document contains standards for content, teaching, assessment, three major levers of change identified by policy analysts. The Standards also include program standards for schools and districts and system standards. This article describes how the Standards were developed within a political context, through a process with political aspects and includes political intents. It closes with recommendations about why and how science education researchers might engage in the political process. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Res Sci Teach 35: 711–727, 1998.