What UTeach and the Current Replication Initiative Mean for the History of Science

August 13, 2010

UTeach and the programs modeled on it offer a promising avenue for the expansion of the field of history of science.

From the start, a special course in the history of science has been an integral part of the UTeach program, and is now a required component of the replication efforts. The course, “Perspectives on Science and Mathematics,” is designed to introduce future teachers to the history of their subject, to encourage them to think about how science and mathematics have developed over time, and to give them ways to
incorporate historical issues and materials into their future classroom teaching.

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