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The Thirteenth Labor
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Improving Science Education
The Thirteenth Labor
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The Thirteenth Labor book
Improving Science Education
Edited ByEric J. Chaisson, Tae-Chang Kim
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 1999
eBook Published 27 July 2020
Pub. Location London
Imprint CRC Press
Pages 212
eBook ISBN 9781003078357
Subjects Politics & International Relations
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Chaisson, E.J., & Kim, T.-C. (Eds.). (1999). The Thirteenth Labor: Improving Science Education (1st ed.). CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003078357
ABSTRACT
This book is emerged from an insightful essay by the American Nobel chemist Dudley Herschbach, speculating about how the mythological Hercules might have tackled a hypothetical, monumental task, or "thirteenth labor," such as weighing the Earth's atmosphere.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 2|8 pages
Transdisciplinarity in Science Education and in Science Communication
ByWerner Arber
chapter 3|11 pages
The Neglected, But Not Negligible, Responsibility of Science to Society and to Future Generations
ByErvin Laszlo
chapter 4|9 pages
Toward an Empathic Science: The Hidden Subtext for Fundamental Educational Change
ByRiane Eisler
chapter 12|12 pages
The Guidance System of Higher Mind: Implications for Science and Science Education
ByDavid Loye
chapter 15|11 pages
Science Literacy for the 21st Century: The Role of Science Centers 1
ByDavid Ellis
chapter 16|11 pages
Networking, Interdisciplinarity, and Scientific/Technical Literacy: Perspectives from the Space Program
ByE. Julius Dasch
chapter 17|11 pages
Why Don’t Physics Students Understand Physics? Building A Consensus, Fostering Change 1
ByRonald K. Thornton
