ABSTRACT
This chapter develops a way to make sense of events involved in shaping the content for science education. Many people contribute to this shaping. Committees appointed by government departments and ministries of education do so, when they formulate curriculum policy for science education. Writers and publishers of science textbooks and curriculum innovations do so, when they produce materials for student and teacher use. Science teachers’ associations do so, when they formulate and promote position statements about science education. Curriculum committees in schools and school systems do so, when they develop science course guides and other resources. University professors do so, when they teach science and science education to beginning and experienced teachers. And science teachers, in their turn, do so, when they teach.
