Science in the Middle School Revisited: Contrasting 1965 with 1990

Authors

David P. Butts, University of Georgia
Rosalina V. Hairston, University of Southern MississippiFollow
Wyatt Anderson, University of Georgia

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

3-1-1992

Department

Educational Studies and Research

Abstract

Describing science as middle school students experience it continues to be a challenge. The science that students experience in the classroom is that which their teachers have selected and organized for them. This selection/organization process is itself guided by the teacher's knowledge base and the expectations of the schooling context. Presented here is a contrast practiced in the middle school in 1990 with 1965. The findings show that while teachers today may be better prepared in terms of academic courses, they are still not being adequately prepared to work with the emerging adolescent in the middle school.

Publication Title

Education

Volume

112

Issue

3

First Page

474

Last Page

480

Recommended Citation

Butts, D. P., Hairston, R. V., Anderson, W. (1992). Science in the Middle School Revisited: Contrasting 1965 with 1990. Education, 112(3), 474-480.
Available at: https://aquila.usm.edu/fac_pubs/6773