Essays about: "effective teaching of science in schools"

Found 2 essays containing the words effective teaching of science in schools.

1. 1. What Your Teacher Did Not Tell You About Abstinence: A Critical Analysis of the Arguments in Favor of the Teaching of Abstinence-Only Sexual Education in Public Schools

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Melissa Frödin; [2013]
   Keywords : Sexual education; Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage programs; Critical analysis of ideas; Advocacy Groups; The United States; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Although Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage programs have proven ineffective in reducing teenage pregnancy rates and the spread of STDs, thirteen states in the U.S still stress abstinence in their sexual education curricula. This in turn has created a big debate over what sexual education in public schools should contain. READ MORE

3. 2. Climate change and the importance of empowering citizens : Science teachers' beliefs about educational response in Nepal

   University essay from Tema vatten i natur och samhälle; Filosofiska fakulteten

   Author : Ramesh Maharjan; [2013]
   Keywords : climate change; curriculum; Kathmandu Valley; Science; social learning theory;

   Abstract : Educational response to climate change is one of the measures to prepare people to combat climate change. This thesis explores the lived experiences of secondary Science teachers from Kathmandu Valley on the perception of climate change, the way they handled climate change issues in the classroom setting, the problems and challenges they came across in climate change communication in the classrooms and the relevance of existing secondary Science curriculum in relation to climate change. READ MORE