Henry David Thoreau,Forest Succession & The Nature of Science;A Method for Curriculum Development

摘要

A main reason for using the history of science in classroom instruction is its utility in promoting students' understanding of the nature of science (hereafter NOS). As indicated in such documents as the National Science Education Standards, it is important to help students develop their understanding of NOS so that they will become more critical consumers of the very scientific knowledge that increasingly impacts their daily lives (National Research Council, 1996).