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Describes a study designed to assess how students felt and behaved towards science, mathematics, scientists and mathematicians. Measuring instruments were used to describe the affective, cognitive, and behavioral components of student attitudes. Reliabilities and validities of the instruments are presented. (GS)

Presents assumptions relevant to the preparation of science teachers including the character and direction of the educative process, the nature and role of science as a subject, and the degree of involvement and responsibility of the teacher. On the basis of these assumptions, sixteen guidelines for teacher education are listed. (GS)

Students with prior experience of biology courses increased their scores on the Test of Understanding Science. There was a general increase in scientific reasoning ability, no change in critical thinking, and a decrease in Enjoyment of Biology." (AL)

Examines the evolving relationship of man with his environment and the role which science plays in this process. Particular emphasis is placed upon Australian resources and scientific development and the contributions of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO). (JR)

Questions whether the stated attitudinal aims in secondary science subjects actually reflect the attitudes that scientists develop and profess. In particular, objectivity, open-mindedness, and the desirability of possessing "scientic" attitudes are seriously questioned. (JR)