General Education in Science / / ed. by I. Bernard Cohen, Fletcher G. Watson.

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• MitwirkendeR: Castle, Edward S.,; Cohen, I. Bernard,; Coudsmit, S. A.,; Dubos, René J.,; Dyer, Henry S.,; Erikson, George E.,; Frank, Philipp,; French, Sidney J.,; Fuller, Edward C.,; Kemble, Edwin C.,; Kflgour, Frederick G.,; Le Corbeiller, Philippe,; Nash, Leonard K.,; Sears, Paul B.,; Watson, Fletcher G.,
• HerausgeberIn: Cohen, I. Bernard,; Watson, Fletcher G.,
• TeilnehmendeR: Conant, James Bryant.
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013]; ©1952
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: Reprint 2013
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (217 p.)

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Preface
• FOREWORD
• Contents
• Science for the Nonscientist
• SCIENCE AND THE LAYMAN
• GENERAL EDUCATION AND SPECIAL EDUCATION IN THE SCIENCES
• THE ASSIMILATION OF SCIENCE INTO GENERAL EDUCATION
• The Philosophy of Science and the Teaching of Science
• THE ROLE OF PHILOSOPHY IN A GENERAL EDUCATION COURSE IN PHYSICAL SCIENCE
• WHAT TEACHERS OF GENERAL EDUCATION COURSES IN THE SCIENCES SHOULD KNOW ABOUT PHILOSOPHY
• The History of Science and the Teaching of Science
• THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE AND THE TEACHING OF SCIENCE
• THE USE OF HISTORICAL CASES IN SCIENCE TEACHING
• ACQUIRING A KNOWLEDGE OF THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE
• The Sciences in a Technical Civilization
• APPLICATIONS OF SCIENCE AND THE TEACHING OF SCIENCE
• WHAT THE LAYMAN NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT SCIENCE
• EDUCATION FOR CITIZENSHIP IN A TECHNICAL CIVILIZATION
• Some Problems in the Teaching of Biology
• AN APPROACH TO THE TEACHING OF BIOLOGY TO NONSCIENTISTS
• THE GENERAL EDUCATION COURSE IN BIOLOGY: LABORATORY WORK AND GENERAL OBJECTIVES
• The Evaluation Problem
• CAN GENERAL EDUCATION COURSES IN THE SCIENCES BE EVALUATED?
• WHAT THE INSTRUCTOR CAN DO ABOUT EVALUATION: TECHNIQUES AND EXAMPLES