Looking Back at the Sputnik Era and Its Impact on Science Education

Wissehr, Cathy; Concannon, Jim; Barrow, Lloyd H.

doi:10.1111/j.1949-8594.2011.00099.x

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“…Chemistry curricula typically align with global trends in science education. In particular, the reform in science education in the 1960s had a major influence on shaping the curricula that are dominant now . This reform shifted the focus of science courses from covering descriptive aspects of empirical disciplinary knowledge and techniques to the presentation and discussion of fundamental scientific theories, laws, and principles in a discipline.…”

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Thinking and Learning in Nested Systems: The Classroom Level

Talanquer,

Cole,

Rushton

2024

J. Chem. Educ.

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Teaching and learning in college chemistry classrooms is affected by a variety of structural and psychosocial factors that influence classroom dynamics. In this second part of a two-part perspective [Talanquer et al. J. Chem. Educ. 10.1021/acs.jchemed.3c00838], we review and discuss the results from research that has helped us understand the complex social and knowledge dynamics that emerge in interactive learning environments. We use this analysis to make explicit major insights about curriculum, instruction, assessment, teachers, and students gained in the past 25 years and to summarize their implications for chemistry education.

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Section: Structural Factorsmentioning

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Thinking and Learning in Nested Systems: The Classroom Level

Talanquer,

Cole,

Rushton

2024

J. Chem. Educ.

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“…In addition, McCarthyism and the red scare promoted a virulent form of conservatism that propagated falsehoods about the motivations and activities of academics, educators, government employees, politicians, union activists, and other groups (Schrecker, 1999). Further, the launching of the USSR's Sputnik satellite tarnished America's prestige and raised serious concerns about the possibility of an existential threat posed by the Soviet's technological accomplishments (Wissehr et al, 2011). In addition, Sputnik heightened concerns about the goals of education, the preparation of educators, and the educational system's capacity to provide for the scientific and technological training needed to succeed in an increasingly competitive world.…”

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When the Truth Doesn’t Seem to Matter: The Affordances of Disciplinary Argument in the Era of Post-truth

Ferretti

2023

Written Communication

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A disquieting aspect of some contemporary public discourse is its seeming indifference to or abandonment of any pretense to truth. Among other things, unsubstantiated and misleading claims have been made about the efficacy of vaccines and other purported treatments for SARS-COVID, the 2020 U.S. presidential election, and the January 6, 2021, insurrection on the U.S. Capitol. In addition, a spate of legislation restricting classroom discussion and instruction related to race, bias, privilege, and discrimination has been or is pending passage in U.S. state legislatures. These restrictions are antithetical to core functions of education, which are to inculcate the values, virtues, and advanced literacy skills that support democratic deliberation about controversial issues. This article discusses the increasing political polarization and partisan attacks on the processes of education and the threats to liberal democracy posed by this disregard for the truth. In addition, it reviews the cultural and psychological factors that increase our susceptibility to misinformation and presents a perspective about the pursuit of truth that highlights the educational affordances of disciplinary inquiry, democratic deliberation, and reasonable argumentation. The contemporary challenges are manifestations of long-standing political and cultural divisions, and their mitigation will depend on developing communities of informed citizens that are committed to the values and virtues that are foundational to liberal democracy.

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“…-Modern and contemporary history and the paradigm shift in scientific thinking. The world's first artificial satellite was launched on October 4, 1957, it was Sputnik I, which led to a reform in science teaching [75]. There are many recent anecdotes linking scientific and economic development: the race for the space for being the first colonizer of the moon, or the global Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union that brought the world to a standstill.…”

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Emotional Performance of a Low-Cost Eco-Friendly PBL Methodology for Science Education. Approach in Prospective Teachers

Ma¹,

Sánchez-Martín²,

Cañada-Cañada³

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The emotional dimension in education has become increasingly important in recent decades. Enhancing the emotional dimension of prospective teachers in science subjects is higher education stuff responsibility. The implementation of active methodologies could modify the traditional student-teacher roles that are encouraged by the educational policies implemented in the Bologna Process. The principal aim of this work is to describe a Project Based Learning methodology and to introduce it as potential resource for the emotional and cognitive improvement of 19 prospective primary teachers enrolled in a scientific subject. This is a qualitative study with a transversal sustainability approach in the context of a research line focused on Higher Education for Sustainable Development. A questionnaire was designed and filled by the students at two different times, before and after implementation of the activity. The initial feedback from students was surprisingly enthusiastic by the fact that they were working with rockets, despite of this is not a common emotion in the science field. The results show the emotional improvement of prospective teachers after the implementation. It is concluded that a correct science education is necessary during the training of teachers taking into account their emotional dimension and the social repercussion due to the future transmission.

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Looking Back at the Sputnik Era and Its Impact on Science Education

Cited by 40 publications

References 11 publications

Thinking and Learning in Nested Systems: The Classroom Level

Thinking and Learning in Nested Systems: The Classroom Level

When the Truth Doesn’t Seem to Matter: The Affordances of Disciplinary Argument in the Era of Post-truth

Emotional Performance of a Low-Cost Eco-Friendly PBL Methodology for Science Education. Approach in Prospective Teachers

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