...mathematics, and technology are interdependent human enterprises with strengths and Imitations; . . . .and uses scientific knowledge and scientific ways of thinking for individual and social purposes." Reconi.nendatlons A reasonable question to ask is, with all this activity, why are there so few students...

...interdependent human enterprises with strengths and limitations; understands key concepts and principles of science; is familiar with the natural world and...ways of thinking for individual and social purposes." This definition clearly positions scientific literacy as a life skill that should be woven into the...

...understands key concepts and principles of science; is familiar with the natural world and recognises both its diversity and unity; and uses scientific...ways of thinking for individual and social purposes. (AAAS 1989, p. 4) The early pages establish its distinctive orientation, saying: To ensure the scientific...

...interdependent human enterprises with strengths and limitations; understands key concepts and principles of science; is familiar with the natural world and...ways of thinking for individual and social purposes (AAAS 1990, pp. xvi-xvii). Use of the word "literacy" by Project 2061 is noteworthy. The term was not...

...understands key concepts and principles of science; is familiar with the natural world and recogni/es both its diversity and unity: and uses scientific...ways of thinking for individual and social purposes. AA AS. l989. p. 4 The pendulum fits beautifully into this scheme of contextual and liberal education;...

...interdependent human enterprises with strengths and limitations; understands key concepts and principles of science; is familiar with the natural world and...ways of thinking for individual and social purposes" (p. ix). SFAA includes a clarion call that science is for all students, "regardless of their social...

...interdependent human enterprises with strengths and limitations; understands key concepts and principles of science; is familiar with the natural world and...ways of thinking for individual and social purposes." "During 14 years at NIH," Leshner says, "I was repeatedly confronted with how many people have genuinely...

...interdependent human enterprises with strengths and limitations; understands key concepts and principles of science; is familiar with the natural world and...ways of thinking for individual and social purposes. More recently, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's (OECD) Programme for International...

...understands key concepts and principles of science; is familiar with the natural world and recognizes hoth its diversity and unity; and uses scientific knowledge...ways of thinking for individual and social purposes. More recently, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's (OECDl Programme for 1nternational...

...interdependent human enterprises with strengths and limitations; understands key concepts and principles; is familiar with the natural world and recognizes both its diversity and unity; and uses knowledge and ways of thinking for individual and social purposes. Science for All Americans softens...