Open AccessPromoting Climate Science in K–12 Education: An Interview With Eugenie Scott
Author(s) -
Balcerak Ernie
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1002/2013eo260004
Subject(s) - position (finance) , executive director , state (computer science) , political science , center (category theory) , public administration , climate science , science education , sociology , management , climate change , pedagogy , business , chemistry , finance , algorithm , computer science , economics , crystallography , ecology , biology
Over the course of 26 years at the National Center for Science Education (NCSE), Eugenie Scott has worked to defend the teaching of evolution and climate science in public schools by providing resources to teachers, schools, and citizens and by working on legal aspects of these issues at the local, state, and national levels. Scott, who was appointed as executive director of NCSE in 1987, recently announced her intention to retire from that position .