期刊名称：Electronic Journal of Literacy through Science
电子版ISSN：1934-6670
出版年度：2001
卷号：1
出版社：University of California, Davis
摘要：We propose that an understanding of some of the historical roots of "scientific literacy" can help contemporary science educators to better address current and future controversies associated with the concept. Through a selective historical overview of the idea of scientific literacy, we show that modern controversies about the goal actually revolve around much older and more general debates about the broader importance of science in society, the purposes of science in education, and the means for achieving understanding of science through schooling, in which current scientists as well as educators are still participating.
