Progression in school science curriculum: A rational prospect or a chimera? |
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Authors: | Professor Peter Fensham |
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Institution: | (1) Monash University, 3168 Clayton, Vic |
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Abstract: | Science in schooling has for the first time been recently considered as a verified whole for the 10 or 12 of its compulsory
years, rather than for a limited sector of schooling or for a particular group of students. This has also been occurring as
part of a wider review and plan for the whole curriculum of schooling. A framework has been provided consisting of a matrix
of strands of intended content for learning across a number of levels approximating the years of schooling. There is a sense
and expectation of continuous progression in the learning of science. Earlier notions of progression in science curricula
are explored and compared with what has now appeared in the national curricula in England and Wales, New Zealand and Australia.
The notions of curriculum opportunity and curriculum purpose for science education are introduced as factors that would lead
to a shift in the sense of progression from a focus on Science itself to an emphasis on the learners' changing need of Science
as they progress through the years of schooling.
Specializations: science curriculum, environmental education, equity in education |
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