Improving science education in the United States: A paper presented at the commonwealth conference on the teaching of science in schools. Ceylon, December 9–21, 1963

Abstract

AbstractAt the invitation of the Commonwealth Education Liaison Committee of the United Kingdom, Dr. Claude Gatewood and Dr. Ellsworth Obourn of the National Science Foundation and the United States Office of Education, respectively, prepared a major document describing science education in the United States for presentation at the Commonwealth Conference on the Teaching of Science in Schools. Their paper is a remarkably complete statement of the situation in the United States at the present time and as such it will be of great interest to students of science education throughout the world. The Editorial Advisory Board, in view of the unusual nature of the document and of the world‐wide importance of the Ceylon Conference at which it was presented, has agreed to make it possible for this paper to be brought to the attention of science educators throughout the world. In this way, the Journal can help to fulfill one of the purposes for which it was established—that of promoting increased understanding of science education and, through this, the improvement of science teaching. Reprints will be available from the Editor, Journal of Research in Science Teaching, Department of Science Education, Florida Slate University, Tallahassee, Florida, at a cost of $0.50 per copy.