Parents' and Grandparents' Evaluation of Science Class

Abstract

Parents' and grandparents' attitudes to the science curriculum were studied. The investigation yielded the following observations. 1. Parents and grandparents do not have a high opinion of science. In particular their evaluation of science in the high school is low. 2. Parents' and grandparents' expectation that science relates to home and society, is relatively low. 3. Parents and grandparents would like to see traditional-style science classes. 4. Parents and grandparents wish that the science curriculum be balanced in content allocation to each of the following:physics," "chemistry," "biology," "earth science" and "integrated topics."