The Experiences and Challenges of Science and Ethics Proceedings of an American-Iranian Workshop (2003) / Chapter Skim
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Ethics and Education
Ethics and Education
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Most teachers are employed by the Ministry of Education, and all textbooks for use by public and private schools are authorized by the Ministry. Iranian science textbooks are written by Iranian authors, based in part on similar texts used in France, Canada, the United States, and Germany.
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Primary and secondary schools extend through 12 grades in the United States, with the majority of graduating students enrolling in some type of post-secondary school, usually a two-year community college or a four-year college or university. As in Iran, vocational students are less than 30 percent of high school students.
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As previously noted, an important difference in the educational systems of Iran and the United States is the centralization of Iranian primary and secondary educational policy within a central Ministry of Education and guided by an appointed High Council on Education. In the United States, in contrast, state governments and, even more importantly, local school districts control curricula, textbooks, testing policies, and employment of teachers.
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In the United States, ethics and values education should be incorporated into the current curricular areas. The introduction of values education in public school curricula should be independent of and apart from any religious education.
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This strategy could promote mutual student understanding of each other as members of a single global community and could help counter negative views and stereotypes among American and Iranian youth about each other's nations. In conclusion, the participants agreed that science is best learned through projects, that is, through the practice of science, and joint projects between Iranian and American scientists, educators, and students should be encouraged.
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