Science Unscrambled: A Framework for K-12 Science Education - By Lumos Learning
| 00:05 | I'm Heidi Schwein River . I'm the deputy director for | |
| 00:08 | the Board on Science Education at the National Research Council | |
| 00:18 | . The framework is a document that offers a vision | |
| 00:21 | for K 12 science education that all students should be | |
| 00:24 | able to achieve . It outlines the things that students | |
| 00:27 | should know and the things they should be able to | |
| 00:29 | do in science , starting from kindergarten and going through | |
| 00:31 | 12th grade . The framework is important because the previous | |
| 00:38 | sets of standards for science education came out in the | |
| 00:40 | mid nineties , and since then we've learned an awful | |
| 00:43 | lot about how students learn science and better ways for | |
| 00:46 | teaching science . We want to employ those to improve | |
| 00:48 | science education . In addition , in the 21st century | |
| 00:52 | , science really suffuses every aspect of our lives . | |
| 00:55 | And it's really important that all students have access to | |
| 00:57 | good science education . And finally , states currently are | |
| 01:01 | really interested in developing common standards for education , and | |
| 01:04 | we're hoping that the framework can be a basis for | |
| 01:06 | that effort . In science , the framework lays out | |
| 01:12 | a vision but also articulates what students should know and | |
| 01:15 | be able to do in science . So there are | |
| 01:16 | three dimensions scientific and engineering practices which are the things | |
| 01:20 | you do in science , like analyzing data or asking | |
| 01:24 | questions . Crosscutting concepts which are the broad themes that | |
| 01:27 | go across all the disciplines and science , like causing | |
| 01:30 | a factor systems and then the core ideas in the | |
| 01:32 | disciplines that's in the physical sciences , life sciences , | |
| 01:36 | earth and space sciences and engineering technology . And those | |
| 01:39 | are really things like human impacts on the Earth . | |
| 01:43 | The Structure and function of Living things framework was developed | |
| 01:49 | by a committee of 18 experts . Half of them | |
| 01:52 | were sort of outstanding world class scientists and the other | |
| 01:55 | half were experts in learning and teaching science . They | |
| 01:58 | worked over a period of a year and a half | |
| 02:01 | to develop the document . They also solicited input from | |
| 02:04 | many stakeholder groups in education , and the resulting document | |
| 02:07 | is the consensus of that group of 18 about what | |
| 02:10 | students should know and be able to do in science | |
| 02:13 | . The framework builds on elements from previous standards documents | |
| 02:19 | , but it also offers some new elements . For | |
| 02:22 | example , it identifies a small set of core ideas | |
| 02:26 | and practices across K 12 to provide greater coherence to | |
| 02:29 | how students learn science across all of the grades . | |
| 02:32 | It also better specifies scientific practices . That is what | |
| 02:36 | students should do in science beyond a general emphasis on | |
| 02:39 | inquiry . And finally , it really stresses that the | |
| 02:42 | best way for students to learn science is through doing | |
| 02:45 | science . So through engaging in the practice , is | |
| 02:47 | so there's no more memorizing lists of discrete facts . | |
| 02:51 | Framework is currently being used by states to design a | |
| 02:57 | common set of standards for science education . In addition | |
| 03:01 | , we also hope that it will be used to | |
| 03:03 | guide improvements in different parts of science education , including | |
| 03:06 | the curriculum , instruction and assessment . The goal of | |
| 03:09 | the framework is that all these aspects of the K | |
| 03:12 | 12 science education system will be aligned so that we | |
| 03:16 | can achieve the vision that the framework articulates okay . |
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Science, engineering, and technology permeate nearly every facet of modern life and hold the key to solving many of humanity's most pressing current and future challenges. The United States' position in the global economy is declining, in part because U.S. workers lack fundamental knowledge in these fields. To address the critical issues of U.S. competitiveness and to better prepare the workforce, A Framework for K-12 Science Education proposes a new approach to K-12 science education that will capture students' interest and provide them with the necessary foundational knowledge in the field.
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