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The period since the 1960s has seen dramatic change in the nature and practice of science, science education and secondary school education itself. This paper examines changes in the Science for All movement, setting these changes in the context of the societal shift towards market liberalism and the advancement of a new style of individualism. We argue that the climate of today requires a re-focusing of the priorities of secondary school science education, with a new emphasis on what Science for All implies for the education of those who will go on to be our scientific elite.
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Smith, D.V., Gunstone, R.F. Science Curriculum in the Market Liberal Society of the Twenty-first Century: ‘Re-visioning’ the Idea of Science for All. Res Sci Educ 39, 1–16 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11165-007-9069-2
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