High School Science: What Is It, Who Decides, and How Does It Matter?

摘要：这种对科学课程、政策及其关系的民族志和历史研究描述和分析了学校实际教授的科学，以及公立学校及其周围的不同成分如何、在什么情况下、以及在什么样的私人和公共后果下努力定义它。它以“综合科学”为具体案例，“这是州和国家系统改革的一个关键组成部分，旨在重新定义传统的“分层蛋糕课程”。“研究的地点是加州南部最大学区之一的两所综合高中，以及该州的政策竞技场。 这项研究将提供一个全面的模型，学校科学，它的政治，并在更广泛的科学文化，定义现代美国文化的地方。 通过为读者提供具体的和概念性的资源，以了解研究地点的学校科学，并认识到他们所知道的其他研究和学校的可比结果，该项目旨在促进公众对高中科学的审议。

Abstract: This ethnographic and historical study of science curriculum, policy, and their relationship describes and analyzes the science that schools actually teach, and how, in what circumstances, and with what private and public consequences diverse constituents in and around public schools struggle to define it. It takes as its specific case, "integrated science," a key component in state and national systemic reforms aimed at redefining the traditional "layer-cake curriculum." The locus for the research is two comprehensive high schools in one of southern California's largest school districts, and the policy arena in the state. The study will provide a comprehensive model of school science, its politics, and its place in the broader scientific culture that defines modern American culture. By providing readers the concrete and conceptual resources to understand school science in the research sites and to recognize comparable findings in other studies and schools that they know, the project is designed to foster public deliberation about high school science.