The editorial judges science teaching inadequate or misdirected at every school level, with nature study and geography declining in the elementary school.¶

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q1 i? The teaching of natural science presents inadequacy or misdirected effort across elementary school, high school, and college. → J. C. B 1915 q1 i? In the elementary school, nature study has stood still or declined in popularity and geography receives relatively less time than formerly. → J. C. B 1915

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J. C. B 1915¶

J. C. B. (1915). Editorial. The Journal of Educational Psychology, Volume VI, Number 10. Warwick & York. https://archive.org

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Editorial survey of science teaching across school levels, presented as the author's assessment with no supporting data. It reports that "nature study has stood still or even declined in popularity" and that physiology is taught largely in the interests of prohibition propaganda.

"the teaching of natural science presents a sorry spectacle of inadequacy or misdirected effort all along the line."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• The editorial holds that the formal disciplinary idea of science as developing accuracy of method dominates science instruction and underlies claims of elementary pupils' immaturity. — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• The editorial argues that among four fundamental subjects, natural science should rank second only to English in importance for education. — related