OBJECTIVES OF SCIENCE TEACHING


 e. The most desirable outcome-a determination to make
 the most of a life from the standpoint of usefulness and
 citizenship.

 SECTION 2. THE OBJECTIVES OF SCIENCE TEACHING
 Science teachers should know what they are trying to do.
They should have reasons for their topics and their methods.
They should understand what is desired in the development of
young people who study science.
 Science in the secondary school will play a significant role in
preparing the individual for understanding the social, economic,
and political aspect of an age which obviously is to be dominated
by atomic energy.
 The broad objectives of science teaching may be stated in
a few well-expressed principles, even though the more detailed
purposes and by-products of this instruction may be numbered
by the hundreds. The following objectives, in five statements
of the first order and twenty-six of the second order, seem
worthy of earnest consideration by each science teacher in
Florida. Science in the secondary high school should:
 1. Present factual information:
 (1) To illustrate the laws of nature, the principles and
 processes at work in the environment, thus imple-
 menting the maxim: "Knowledge is power."
 (2) To train in accurate, selective observation, and pre-
 cise methods of arranging and interpreting data.
 (3) To show how data may be translated into maps,
 graphs, charts, and tables for clear interpretation.
 (4) To give practice in the expression of scientific
 ideas in clear and correct English speech and writ-
 ing.
 (5) To encourage reading of scientific books and maga-
 zines at each student's level of understanding.
 (6) To show that the accomplishments of science are
 limited by its laws, and that science is not magic.