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> July 25, 1997 Science Education: How to teach our science teachers. Science education in America is a much-maligned field. Most people agree that it needs to be improved -- the U.S. is nowhere near being "first in the world in math and science achievement" by the year 2000, National Education Goal #5. But how, exactly, can we improve science education nationwide? One possibility is "teacher enhancement." It involves giving teachers experiences that they can later use to enrich their classroom work -- hopefully making them better teachers. In 1994, the General Accounting Office released a report critical of a Department of Energy teacher enhancement program, saying that evidence that such programs actually led to improvements in education was lacking. But today, teacher enhancement still goes on. We'll talk to a coordinator of a teacher enhancement program, a teacher that's been through one of the many programs available, and someone trying to find out just how effective the programs are at improving educational quality.
Guests: Sam Silverstein Ana Butler Books/Articles Discussed: Related links: The Carneigie Academy for Science
Education National
Renewable Energy Lab - education The National Science
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