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1 Introduction
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Second, Americans are confronted increasingly with questions in their lives that require scientific information and scientific ways of thinking for informed decision making. And the col lective judgment of our people will determine how we manage shared resources -- such as air, water, and national forests.
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nity for students to learn science; the quality Implementation of the National Science of science teaching; the quality of the system Education Standards will highlight and pro that supports science teachers and pro- mote the best practices of those extraordi grams; and the quality of assessment prac- nary teachers and give them the recognition tices and policies. Science education stan- and support they deserve.
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Implementation The goals for school science that underlie of the Standards will require a sustained, the National Science Education Standards are long-term commitment to change. to educate students who are able to s experience the richness and excitement of knowing about and understanding the natural world; Hi s to ry of the s use appropriate scientific processes and National Science s principles in making personal decisions; engage intelligently in public discourse Ed u ca t i o n and debate about matters of scientific and technological concern; and St a n d a rd s s increase their economic productivity Setting national goals and developing through the use of the knowledge, national standards to meet them are recent understanding, and skills of the scientifi- strategies in our education reform policy.
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In addition, the Chair's Science,the National Science Resources Advisory Committee was formed, consisting Center (NSRC) ,and the Technical of representatives from NSTA,AAAS, ACS, Education Resources Center all developed NSRC,the American Association of Physics innovative science curricula.
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The standards for the profesreviewed this draft were again collated and sional development of teachers are presentanalyzed; these were used to prepare the ed next: Chapter 4 focuses on how teachers final National Science Education Standards develop professional knowledge and skill. that are presented here.
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The program standards focus on skills being assessed. issues that relate to opportunities for stu- The National Sci en ce Edu c a ti o n dents to learn and teachers to teach science Standards are standards for all Americans: as described in the Standards.
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NRC (National Research Council)
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observe Learn Change Lifelong scientific l i te ra cy begins with attitudes and values established in the earliest years.
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