Ethics in the Science Classroom: An Instructional Guide for Secondary School Science Teachers

Author(s): Michael S. Pritchard, Department of Philosophy, Western Michigan University & Theodore Goldfarb, Department of Chemistry, State University of New York at Stony Brook

NOTE: This contribution appears as a featured resource in the online and printed issues of ENC Focus: A Magazine for Classroom Innovators Vol. 8 no.3, published by the Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Education-ENC.

Ethics in Science Classroom: Introduction

The instructional material and lessons included in this volume had their origins in a National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded program in which one of the present authors was the director, Theodore Goldfarb and the other the project consultant Michael Pritchard.
Section I - A Guide to Teaching the Ethical Dimensions of Science

Section I of Ethics in the Science Classroon offers background information and teaching models, including an introduction to the case study approach, to teachers who wish to integrate ethics and values into their pre-college classrooms.
Section II - Incorporating Ethics in Classroom Science Lesson Plans

Section II of Ethics in the Science Classroom offers model lesson plans and resources for teaching ethics in pre-college classrooms.

Cite this page: "Ethics in the Science Classroom: An Instructional Guide for Secondary School Science Teachers" Online Ethics Center for Engineering 9/27/2007 National Academy of Engineering Accessed: Thursday, May 23, 2013 <www.onlineethics.org/Education/precollege/scienceclass.aspx>