First published in 1969, The Teaching of Science primarily deals with science teaching in secondary schools and universities but its searching discussion of criteria concerns all who have to do with education. The concise but well-documented treatments of the nature of the scientific process and of the social implications of science will be of interest to many scientists and especially useful for teachers of general studies. Professor Jevons looks first at why we should teach science and thereby sheds light on the more immediately practical problems of how it should be done. He thus does more than merely add to the already large volume of exhortation to make it more attractive and intellectually stimulating.
Author(s): F. R. Jevons
Series: Routledge Revivals
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 207
City: London
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Original Title Page
Original Copyright Page
Dedication
Foreword
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Why Teach Science?
Chapter 2: The Nature of the Scientific Process
a: Progress and cumulation
b: The myth of infallibility
c: Facets of science
d: What makes good teaching material?
e: Creativity in science
f: Internal and external factors
Chapter 3: The Social Implications of Science
a: The fundamental polarity
b: Galileo's campaign of cultural propaganda
c: Bacon's vision of science organized to give mastery over nature
d: The cultural value of science
e: Science as a way of thought
f: Science for material welfare
g: Balance between basic and applied science
h: Awareness of science outside the laboratory
i: Integrating functions
Chapter 4: Specialization
a: The nature of the problem
b: The lure of research
c: Socio-psychological considerations
d: Academic pressures
e: The meaning of depth
f: Arbitrariness of first degree standards
g: All-or-none attitudes
h: The ominous swing
i: A case for dirigisme?
Chapter 5: Reform
a: Criteria for constructing courses
b: Relevance to careers
c: A student-oriented approach
d: Style, not contents
e: The form of syllabuses
f: Is practical work overrated?
g: Integration of subject-matter
h: Up-to-dateness
i: Liberalizing science courses
j: Postgraduate courses
k: Science for non-science students
Notes and References
Index
