Nurturing and Sustaining Effective Programs in Science Education for Grades K-8: Building a Village in California: Summary of a Convocation

by National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences, Steve Olson, et al.

K-8 science education in California (as in many other parts of the country) is in a state of crisis. K-8 students in California spend too little time studying science, many of their teachers are not well prepared in the subject, and the support system for science instruction has deteriorated. A proliferation of overly detailed standards and poorly conceived assessments has trivialized science education. And all these problems are likely to intensify:...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309143667
• ISBN13: 9780309143660
• Release Date: December 2009
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 154 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.9" x 8.9"