Open Access“Hidden” threats to science education
Author(s) -
Huntoon J. E.,
Buchanan R.,
Buhr S. M.,
Kirst S.,
Newton S.,
Van Norden W.
Publication year - 2012
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 - 10.1029/2012eo170002
Subject(s) - bureaucracy , nothing , political science , quality (philosophy) , science education , politics , public relations , engineering ethics , sociology , engineering , epistemology , law , philosophy
Many readers of Eos are involved with education. Most would agree that what happens at precollege levels will ultimately affect the geoscience profession; after all, future scientists are today's precollege students. While a growing number of scientists are working to improve the quality of precollege programs, only a few are addressing what we term the “hidden” threats to science education. Hidden threats have nothing to do with scientific content; rather, they result from social, political, and bureaucratic forces operating within and outside of schools and universities.