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Preparing K–12 Students for the New Interdisciplinary World of Science

University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas 75083; and Princeton University, Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton, New Jersey 08544

To whom requests for reprints should be addressed at ¹ University of Texas at Dallas, Mail Stop MP15, 2601 North Floyd, Richardson, TX 75083-0688. E-mail: Russell.hulse{at}utdallas.edu

Abstract

The increasing importance of interdisciplinary science brings with it the need to consider what impact this has on the educational process. Such considerations extend even to the earliest educational years of K–12, and also exhibit a strong overlap with many issues involved in improving science education across the board. I will offer some general remarks, followed by a focus on three educational objectives of importance to interdisciplinary science as well as to improved science education as a whole. I will close with a brief discussion of the challenges involved in implementing such ideas in the educational system.

Key Words: science education • interdisciplinary science