Tom Jonard's Science Literacy Page

Being concerned about Science Illiteracy is not enough.  If you are really concerned you must be compelled to do something about it.  This page is all about efforts to improve Science Literacy.

Sites of programs that address the issue:

• National Science Education Standards, National Academy of Science
• American Association for the Advancement of Science's Project 2061
• American Museum of Natural History's National Center of Science Literacy, Education and Technology
• Science and Numeracy Special Collection, National Institute for Literacy Special Collections
• National Science Teachers Association
• Physical Sciences Resource Center, American Association of Physics Teachers
• The Science Integration Institute
• National Geography Standards, National Geographic Society
• Science Literacy in Illinois
• Science Matters -- A Science Literacy Program of the Santa Cruz Public Libraries
• Summit of Science's Science Literacy page
• SciScript, Inc.'s Science Literacy and Education page

Articles that address the issue:

• Science Literacy, Getry Lee, space.com, August, 2000
• Science Education Paradox, David Goodstein, Technology Review, September, 2001 (Technology Review charges for access to this article)
• Nation's Science Teachers Register Concern over U.S. Science Education in New Survey, National Science Teachers Association website, 1999
• Scientists in the Classroom:  An Experiment that Works, Mae C. Jemison, The Scientist, Spetember 13, 1999
• The Importance of Science Literacy in a Computing World, Sid Karin, Director, National Patnership for Advanced Computational Infrastructure Online,  April-June, 1999
• Cargo Cult Science, Richard Feynman (adapted from a Caltech commencement address given in 1974 and Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character, Richard Feynman & Edward Hutchings (Editor), W.W. Norton & Company, 1985)

Books that address the issue:

• Benchmarks for Science Literacy, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Oxford University Press, 1993
• Designs for Science Literacy, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Oxford University Press, 2001
• Atlas of Science Literacy, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2001
• Science Guidelines for Nonformal Education, Stephan Carlson, Ph.D & Sue Maxa, M.Ed, Cooperative Extension Service Children, Youth and Family Network, 1997
• Science Matters: Achieving Scientific Literacy, Robert M. Hazen with James S. Trefil (contrib.), Anchor, 1991
• The Demon-Haunted World: Science As a Candle in the Dark, Carl Sagan, Random House, 1996
• The Myth Of Scientific Literacy, Morris H. Shamos, Rutgers University Press, 1995

 
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Created July 20, 2002,