Amcan science and technology education into the new millennium: practice, policy and priorities pptx

[...]... examinations such as the Cambridge and London School Certificates In the early 1960s, a number of international and regional conferences drew the attention of African policy makers to the importance of science and technology © Juta & Co, Ltd I African science and technology education into the new millennium education One was the 1960 Rehovoth (Israel) Conference on Science in the Development of New States Two... girls © Juta & Co, Ltd XV African science and technology education into the new millennium Chapter 11: Research in science and technology education, by P Naidoo, South Africa The main purpose of research in science and technology education is to improve policy and practice This chapter surveys the research Some of the issues it examines are: Who defines research? What is the African researcher's reference... impact in the past, can science and technology education meet the challenges of the coming century? Can we learn from legacies of the past to better shape the future? The meeting organizers selected key areas of concern to help focus the analysis and provide guidelines for future practice, policy and priorities This book reviews and analyses the legacies of science and technology education in sub-Saharan... 7: Teacher education: Pre-service and in-service support models, by HM Dyasi and K Worth, USA The goals of science and technology education demand the implementation of good teacher development programmes This chapter examines teacher education and support models for pre-service and in-service education used in the past and present The authors analyse the curriculum for science teacher education; support... practices, and proposes suggestions for Africa in the future © Juta & Co, Ltd xiii African science and technology education into the new millennium Chapter 3: Curriculum innovations and their impact on the teaching of science and technology, by MBR Savage, Kenya This chapter examines curriculum innovations and their impact on the teaching of science and technology It uses anecdotes to examine issues such... popularizing science and technology This chapter focuses on modern mass media, traditional mass media, and their interface with informal and nonformal education in science and technology education Chapter 13: Into the next millennium by P Naidoo, South Africa, and M Savage, Nairobi, Kenya This chapter attempts to synthesize the preceding chapters and summarize discussions at the ASTE '95 meeting The synthesis... learning in science and technology education OJ Jegede, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia CHAPTER 11 Research in science and technology education 177 P Naidoo, University of Durban-Westville, Durban, South Africa CHAPTER 12 The mass media and science and technology education T Mschindi, Daily Nation, Nairobi, Kenya, and S Shankerdass, Nairobi, Kenya CHAPTER 13 Into the next... against, resulting in their poor participation in science and technology education With the advent of 'science for all', equity in science and technology education has become an imperative This chapter focuses on the challenges of access, redress, equity, and quality in science and technology education It analyses past and present trends and proposes future directions with regard to these challenges xiv... groups, including science and technology educators, scientists and technologists, industrialists, education policy makers, economists, politicians, researchers, donors, the World Bank and foreign aid, shape discourse, practice and policy in science education Chapter 5: Relevance in science and technology education, by M Rollnick, South Africa The importance of the relevance of the science curriculum to... kind of science and technology education best promotes this development? What is the relationship between science and technology and development? Do realistic or deterministic views of science and technology better suit development in Africa? The chapter provides evidence to support claims, analyses trends in the role of science and technology in development for past and current practices, and proposes . w0 h1" alt="" Amcan science and technology education into the new millennium: practice, policy and priorities Editors Prem Naidoo Mike Savage A project publication by the African . Ltd vii African science and technology education into the new millennium Education and held the positions of assistant dean, Faculty of Education, and head of Science Education . for the National Science Education Standards effort of the National Academy of Science Education and is currently co-director of the Centre for Urban Science Education Reform at the