Teachers in particular are essential members of science reform efforts . Teachers who have specialized in one science discipline may resist breaking down the traditional walls between disciplines. Sustained professional development is an important way to help teachers accept and implement new approaches and ideas. Education programs for science teachers currently foster specialization. Efforts to change the way science is taught will fail without systemic reform , including changes in preservice and administrative preparation programs.
Educational reform takes time .
Administrators, teachers, parents, and students may be slow in changing their attitudes relating to science education. In order to succeed, reform efforts must be comprehensive . Community support and political leadership are essential to any educational reform movement. Some educators defend the boundaries between science disciplines as logical. They prefer learners to connect elements of knowledge into larger concepts one discipline at a time.