New Trends in Integrated Science Teaching: Education of Teachers. Volume III.

This publication is the third work in the UNESCO series "The Teaching of Basic Sciences," and is based on the proceedings of the international conference on "The Education of Teachers for Integrated Science." The views of all the working groups of the conference, together with edited texts of the papers presented, form the text of this volume, to which is added an extensive bibliography of relevant books and articles prepared for the use of conference members. The document is arranged in four parts. The first section looks at general questions relating to teacher education for integrated science, the second at particular issues of pre-service and in-service education, the third at ways of improving science teaching programs and evaluating results and the fourth raises questions about the relationship of science and science teacher education to wider issues in society. Each section ends with a commentary on the discussions following the presentation of papers and the findings of the working groups. (Author/EB)