What do teachers really want to know
- Riverview High School, Sarasota, FL (United States)
The key to public acceptance and understanding of nuclear energy and power in the US is in the hands of the teachers in the thousands of public schools across the country. Teachers reach many students during their careers, and those students become the policymakers of the future. The attitudes they develop in school shape their beliefs and responses to the social and technical issues that they will encounter in their adult lives. This paper describes a successful radiation education program in a public high school and the way it is used to inspire teachers in the state of Florida and throughout the nation to teach more radiation concepts in their existing classes and encourage them to formulate strategies to establish radiation courses at their schools. It presents areas of particular interest to teachers and provides suggestions to members of the nuclear industry on how to organize and sponsor a successful teacher workshop.
- OSTI ID:
- 5760669
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-910603--
- Journal Information:
- Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States), Journal Name: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States) Vol. 63; ISSN TANSA; ISSN 0003-018X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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