Science Education

Science Education

Revised: July 2008

That lyf so short/the craft so long to learne/Th' assay so hard/so sharp the conquerynge.
The Parliament of Fowls, Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1343-1400).

Science education and scientific literacy are concepts that are easily confused. Scientific literacy is a familiarity with the concepts and processes of science. Science education is the means by which one attains scientific literacy. One can use the analogy of water, two tanks, and plumbing:

Scientific literacy is the water, which is transferred from a teacher's mind (one of the tanks) to a student's mind (the other tank), by science education (the plumbing). This bibliography covers methods of science education in primary and secondary schools, the time when a child's curiosity is at its peak. The Headquarters Library also has bibliographies on science fair projects, childrens' space resources, and ways to encourage minorities and women to seek careers in science and technology, which will also have useful resources in this field.

All items are available at the Headquarters Library, except as noted. NASA Headquarters employees and contractors: call (358-0172) or email Library@hq.nasa.gov for information on borrowing or in-library use of any of these items. Members of the public, contact your Local Library for the availibilty of these items. NASA Headquarters employees can request additional materials or research on this topic. The Library welcomes your comments or suggestions about this webpage.

Contents:	Books	Articles and Reports	Internet Resources

Books

Cajete, Gregory. Igniting the Sparkle: An Indigenous Science Education Model. Skyand, NC: Kivaki Press, 1999.: Q183.3 .A1 C33 1999 BOOKSTACKS
Committee on Prospering in the Global Economy of the 21st Century. Rising Above the Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future. Washington, DC: National Academies Press, 2007.: LC1087 .R57 2007 BOOKSTACKS
Duschl, Richard A. Taking Science to School: Learning and Teaching Science in Grades K-8. Washington, DC: National Academies Press, 2007.: LB1585.3 .T35 2007 BOOKSTACKS
Fisher, Arthur. Fragile Future: Science and Math Education in America. New York, NY: Times Mirror Magazines, 1999.: LB1585.3 .P65 1999 BOOKSTACKS
Krueger, Alice. EDthoughts: What We Know About Science Teaching and Learning. Aurora, CO: Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning, 2001.: LB1585.3 .E34 2001 BOOKSTACKS
Menicucci, D. How to Implement the Science Fair Self-Help Development Program in Schools. Albuquerque, NM: Sandia National Laboratories, 1994.: LB1532 .M46 1994 BOOKSTACKS; Note: Also available through ERIC as document no. ED368555.

National Research Council. Committee on How People Learn, A Targeted Report for Teachers. How Students Learn: Science in the Classroom. Washington, DC: National Academies Press, 2005.: LB1060 .N38 2005 BOOKSTACKS
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science. K-12 Science and Math Education Across the Federal Agencies: Hearing Before the Committee on Science, House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, second session, March 30, 2006. Washington, DC: US GPO: For sale by the Supt. of Docs., US GPO, 2006.: KF27 .S32 E38 2006C BOOKSTACKS
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Subcommittee on Technology, Innovation, and Competitiveness. Fostering Innovation in Math and Science Education: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Technology, Innovation, and Competitiveness of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One Hundred Ninth Congress, second session, April 26, 2006. Washington, DC: US GPO: For sale by the Supt. of Docs., US GPO, 2006.: KF26 .C67 E38 2006 BOOKSTACKS
__________. Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space. NASA and Education: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One Hundred Seventh Congress, second session, June 19, 2002. Washington, DC: US GPO: For sale by the Supt. of Docs., US GPO, 2005.: KF26 .C65 N37 2005 BOOKSTACKS

Articles and Reports

Caton, Randall H., et al. Evaluating the Effectiveness of the 2003–2004 NASA SCIence Files^TM Program, NASA/TM-2005-213756, Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, May 2005.: (20050170455: (2005) NTRS)
Hix, Billy. "Learning Effectiveness of the NASA Digital Learning Network", in: The 2004 NASA Faculty Fellowship Program Research Reports, NASA/CR-2005-213847, Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL, Jan. 2005.: (20050215319: (2005) NTRS)
McCarthy, Marianne C., Barbara L. Grabowski, and Tiffany Koszalka. Web-Enhanced Instruction and Learning: Findings of a Short- and Long-Term Impact Study and Teacher Use of NASA Web Resources, NASA/TP-2003-212038, Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA, Oct. 2003.: (20030106576: (2005) NTRS)
McCarthy, Marianne, et al. Web-Based Instruction and Learning: Responding to K-14 Customer Needs, NASA/CP-2003-210722, Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA, Dec. 2003.: (20030113157: (2005) NTRS)
Menicucci, D. Development and Testing of a Science and Engineering Fair Self-Help DevelopmentProgram: Results of the Pilot Program in Three Middle Schools, SAND92-1442, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, Oct. 1992.: (ED359056: (1992) ERIC)
"The NASA Education Enterprise: Inspiring the Next Generation of Explorers", Spinoff, 2003, p. 117-129.: Note: Also available through NTRS as document no. 20030099673. The entire issue of Spinoff is available as a PDF file online.
Odell, Michael R. L. "KSC Education Technology Research and Development Plan", in: 2003 Research Reports: NASA/ASEE Fellowship Program, NASA/CR-2003-211527, Kennedy Space Center, FL, 15 Dec. 2003.: (20040121098: (2005) NTRS)
Strauss, Jeff, Richard E. Shope III, and Susan Tereby. "Science Communication versus Science Education: The Graduate Student Scientist as a K-12 Classroom Resource", in: College Teaching and Learning Conference, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, March 2005.: (20060051700: (2006) NTRS)

Internet Resources

NASA Resources

Alston, Bernice. NASA Central Operation of Resources for Educators (CORE). 12 April 2007 [5 Dec. 2007]: http://education.nasa.gov/edprograms/core/home/index.html
__________. NASA Office of Education. 9 Nov. 2007 [5 Dec. 2007]: http://education.nasa.gov/home/index.html
Coe, Liza. NASA Quest. June 2007 [5 Dec. 2007]: http://quest.nasa.gov/
Colon, Gilberto. Stargazers. 12 Feb. 2007 [5 Dec. 2007]: http://stargazers.gsfc.nasa.gov/index.htm
Dunbar, Brian. NASA - For Educators. 29 Nov. 2007 [5 Dec. 2007]: http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/index.html
Montana State University. Center for Educational Resources (CERES) Project. 23 July 2004 [5 Dec. 2007]: http://btc.montana.edu/ceres/default.htm; Note: This is a NASA-supported program.
Formal Education Group of the Space Telescope Science Institute's Office of Public Outreach. Amazing Space. 5 Dec. 2007 [5 Dec. 2007]: http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/eds/
Rosendhal, Jeff. Space Science Education Resource Directory. 5 Dec. 2007 [5 Dec. 2007]: http://teachspacescience.org/cgi-bin/ssrtop.plex
Sylvester, Andre. Space Educators' Handbook. 28 June 2007 [5 Dec. 2007]: http://er.jsc.nasa.gov/seh/seh.html
Wheeling Jesuit University. Classroom of the Future. 2005 [5 Dec. 2007]: http://www.cotf.edu/; Note: This is a NASA-supported program.

Other Resources

American Association for the Advancement of Science. Education Programs. 2007 [11 Dec. 2007]: http://www.aaas.org/programs/education/
Association for Multicultural Science Education. 2006 [11 Dec. 2007]: http://amse.edhost.org/index.php
Association of Science Materials Centers. 1 Oct. 2007 [11 Dec. 2007]: http://www.kitsupport.org/
Association for Science Teacher Education. 9 June 2007 [11 Dec. 2007]: http://theaste.org/
Association of Science-Technology Centers. Nov. 2007 [11 Dec. 2007]: http://www.astc.org/index.htm
Challenger Center for Space Science Education. 2007 [11 Dec. 2007]: http://www.challenger.org/
Council of State Science Supervisors. 2005 [11 Dec. 2007]: http://www.csss-science.org/index.shtml
International Technology Education Association. 5 Dec. 2007 [11 Dec. 2007]: http://www.iteaconnect.org/
The National Academies. Education. 2007 [11 Dec. 2007]: http://www7.nationalacademies.org/dbasse/Education.html
National Association for Research in Science Teaching. 2007 [11 Dec. 2007]: http://www.narst.org/
National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science. 2 Dec. 2007 [11 Dec. 2007]: http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/projects/cases/case.html
National Science Digital Library. Dec. 2007 [11 Dec. 2007]: http://nsdl.org/
National Science Education Leadership Association. 2007 [11 Dec. 2007]: http://www.nsela.org/index.html
National Science Foundation. Directorate for Education and Human Resources. 11 Dec. 2007 [11 Dec. 2007]: http://www.nsf.gov/dir/index.jsp?org=EHR
National Science Resources Center. 28 Nov. 2007 [11 Dec. 2007]: http://www.nsrconline.org/
National Science Teachers' Association. 2007 [11 Dec. 2007]: http://www.nsta.org/
National Youth Science Foundation. 15 Nov. 2007 [11 Dec. 2007]: http://www.nysf.com/index.html
TERC. 2006 [11 Dec. 2007]: http://www.terc.edu/


	July 2008