Date of Award

Spring 4-2-2024

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts in Classical Studies

Thesis Advisor

Anita Simpkins, Ph.D.

Committee Professor

Alisa DeBorde, Ph.D.

Abstract

Though science education is important, science scores are on the decline in the United States. Both public school and home educators generally feel ill-equipped to teach science to their elementary students. This is an expository paper researching how elementary science is taught in modern education and classical Christian education models and the perceived benefits of each model. Research was conducted on the goals, methodologies, and time spent on science instruction as well as class sizes and assessment. Findings show both modern and classical Christian educational models strive to provide the best science instruction they can. The educational models differ concerning the integration of subjects, the relationship between student and teacher, time constraints, and group sizes. The research also showed there is a lack of data on assessment for the classical Christian model.

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