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This work is about the stunning and turbulent history of an academic department at a large university during fascinating times in the United States. It traces events that transpired in the science education department at Florida State University, from its humble beginnings in 1958 to its meteoric rise in the wake of the post-Sputnik era (1957-1969) becoming of the top three departments in the nation, to its tragic downfall as the result of a cultural war between those focused on traditional science versus new age educators (1976-1985), and finally to its rebirth and stabilization beginning in…mehr

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This work is about the stunning and turbulent
history of an academic department at a large
university during fascinating times in the United
States. It traces events that transpired in the
science education department at Florida State
University, from its humble beginnings in 1958 to
its meteoric rise in the wake of the post-Sputnik
era (1957-1969) becoming of the top three
departments in the nation, to its tragic downfall as
the result of a cultural war between
those focused on traditional science versus new age
educators (1976-1985), and finally to its rebirth
and stabilization beginning in the late 1980s. This
work illuminates the heady days of the 1960s during
a boon in funding for both science and science
education, the drop-off in national interest in
science and science education in the wake of the
successful Apollo 11 moon landing, counter-culture
and anti-establishment movements in the 1970 s,
student protests during the Vietnam War, and a legal
challenge to the university that ended up in the
United States Supreme Court in Washington. All of
these events reveal dramatic changes in American
society during dynamic times.
Autorenporträt
Dr. Martin Balinsky, educational administrator and adjunct
professor of earth science, oceanography, and geography in
Tallahassee, Florida. Balinsky has also authored the
book "Forging an Identity - Negotiating the Cultures of Science
and Education" (VDM, 2008).