Scientists in the Classroom
Subtitle: The Cold War Reconstruction of American Science Education
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: May 3, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780312295011
Subjects: American history: from c 1900 -; Curriculum planning & development; European history: from c 1900 -; Science: General Issues; Secondary schools; Postwar period, 1945 to c 2000; Second World War, 1939-1945; Education / Teaching; Education; Europe; USA; Curricula; Teaching Methods & Materials - Science & Technology; History / United States / 20th Century; United States - 20th Century; 20th century; History; Koude Oorlog.; Leerplanontwikkeling.; Science; Study and teaching; United States; gtt
First sentence: As the hostilities of World War II drew to a close in the middle of the twentieth century, the war-weary nation turned its attention to long-neglected domestic concerns.