Primary- and secondary-school environmental health science education and the education crisis: a survey of science teachers in Ohio.
There is a science education crisis in the United States, with studies showing that U.S. high school graduates are not as well-versed in science as graduates in other countries. Studies also suggest that students are better learners when the environment is used as an integrating theme. Therefore, th...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Environmental Health Vol. 63; no. 9; pp. 26 - 32 |
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National Environmental Health Association
May2001
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=107042600&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 107042600 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 00220892 EVH jtl: Journal of Environmental Health issn: 00220892 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: May2001 vid: 63 iid: 9 pid: 1160 pub: National Environmental Health Association place: Denver, Colorado artinfo: ui: 107042600 107042600 2001071448 NLM11383038 107042600 ppf: 26 ppct: 6 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Primary- and secondary-school environmental health science education and the education crisis: a survey of science teachers in Ohio. aug: au: Morrone M affil: Assistant Professor, Environmental Health Sciences, Ohio University, 416 Peden Tower, Athens, OH 45701-2979 sug: subj: School Health Education Trends Environmental Health Education Ohio Survey Research Teaching Materials Evaluation Human ab: There is a science education crisis in the United States, with studies showing that U.S. high school graduates are not as well-versed in science as graduates in other countries. Studies also suggest that students are better learners when the environment is used as an integrating theme. Therefore, the time is right to discuss opportunities for integrating environmental health science into kindergarten through 12th grade (K-12) curriculum. The research presented here takes a step toward developing the use of environmental health science as a multidisciplinary theme in the K-12 curriculum. Almost 500 K-12 science teachers in Ohio were surveyed for their opinions about the science education crisis and the role of environmental health science in their current courses of instruction. These teachers had been identified as having an interest in environmental education because of their participation in the Environmental Education Council of Ohio. Nevertheless, the results of the survey suggest that these environmentally oriented science teachers are currently not aware of existing environmental health science learning opportunities. Environmental health practitioners have work to do to educate science teachers about the field and about the ways in which studying environmental health science could alleviate the science education crisis. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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