NDLI: Changing Images of the Inclined Plane: A Case Study of a Revolution in American Science Education

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Turner, Steven C.
Copyright Year	2010
Abstract	Between 1880 and 1920 the way science was taught in American High Schools changed dramatically. The old “lecture/demonstration” method, where information was presented to essentially passive students, was replaced by the “laboratory” method, where students performed their own experiments in specially constructed student laboratories. National leadership in education was generally weak during this period, and the new method required significant investments by the schools, but within a few decades American science education was rapidly and completely transformed. Previous studies of this fundamental change have concentrated on the activities of organizations like the NEA, the Bureau of Education and a few major universities, but the way in which these groups were able to effect actual changes in classroom practice is not completely clear. This article attempts to broaden the existing narrative by integrating the rich and largely ignored material culture of science education—such things as textbooks, lab manuals, student notebooks, science teaching instruments and scientific instrument catalogs. Surprisingly, much of this story can be seen in changes to the depiction of a single, venerable and otherwise unremarkable teaching instrument: the inclined plane.
Starting Page	245
Ending Page	270
Page Count	26
File Format	PDF
ISSN	09267220
Journal	Science & Education
Volume Number	21
Issue Number	2
e-ISSN	15731901
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2010-11-30
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Interdisciplinary Studies Science Education Philosophy of Science History
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Education

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1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
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