The schooling of science as a deterrent to democracy in Australia: the example of benzene

References

• Apple , M. W. 1992 . Educational reform and educational crisis . Journal of Research in Science Teaching , 29 (8) : 779 – 89 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Armstrong , H. E. 1903 . The Teaching of Scientific Method and Other Papers on Education , London : Macmillan .
   Google Scholar
• Australian Academy of Science . 1979 . Chemistry for Australian Secondary School Students: A Recommended Course of Study , Report no. 23 Canberra : AAS .
   Google Scholar
• Australian Academy of Science . 1995 . Primary Investigations: Books 1‐7 , Canberra : AAS .
   Google Scholar
• Bazelon , D. L. 1979 . Risk and responsibility . Science , 205 : 277 – 80 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Birch , C. 1993 . Confronting the Future , Ringwood : Penguin .
   Google Scholar
• Bita , N. 1995 . Car fumes a costly health risk . The Age , 2 August : 3
   Google Scholar
• Bucat , R. B. , ed. 1983 . Elements of Chemistry: Earth Air Fire & Water, Vol. 1 , Canberra : AAS .
   Google Scholar
• Castles , I. 1993 . Survey of Motor Vehicle Use Australia 30 September 1991 , Canberra : Australian Bureau of Statistics . ABS catalogue no. 9208.0.
   Google Scholar
• Chomsky , N. 1981 . Radical Priorities , Edited by: Otero , Carlos P. Montreal : Black Rose Books .
   Google Scholar
• Chomsky , N. 1989 . Necessary Illusions , Boston : South End Press .
   Google Scholar
• Chomsky , N. 1992 . Deterring Democracy , New York : Hill and Wang .
   Google Scholar
• Clark , R. W. 1962 . The Rise Of The Boffins , London : Phoenix House .
   Google Scholar
• Collins , H. and Pinch , T. 1993 . The Golem: What Everyone Should Know About Science , Cambridge : Cambridge University Press .
   Google Scholar
• Cribb , J. 1995 . We lack faith to prosper: scientist . The Australian , 2 August : 5
   Google Scholar
• Cristopherson , C. 1995 . Ranger contamination . Chain Reaction , 73‐74 : 12 – 13 .
   Google Scholar
• Cross , R. T. 1995a . Conceptions of scientific literacy: reactionaries in ascendency in the State of Victoria . Research in Science Education , 25 (2) : 151 – 62 .
   Google Scholar
• Cross , R. T. 1995b . ‘Let thy tongue tang arguments of state’ (Twelfth Night) . Lab Talk , 39 (1) : 23 – 24 .
   Google Scholar
• Cross , R. T. in press . Ideology and science teaching: teachers’ discourse . International Journal of Science Education ,
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Cross , R. T. and Price , R. F. 1992 . Teaching Science for Social Responsibility , Sydney : St. Louis Press .
   Google Scholar
• Dahl , R. A. 1970 . After the Revolution? , Stanford : Stanford University Press .
   Google Scholar
• Dalton , L. 1991 . Radiation exposures: The Hidden Story of the Health Hazards Behind Official ‘Safety’ Standards , Newham, Vic : Scribe .
   Google Scholar
• Department of Employment, Education and Training . 1989 . Discipline Review of Teacher Education in Mathematics and Science , vol. 1 , Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service .
   Google Scholar
• Dewey , J. 1927 . The Public and its Problems , Denver : Alan Swallow .
   Google Scholar
• Ellerton , N. F. and Clements , M. S. 1994 . The National Curriculum Debacle , West Perth : Meridan .
   Google Scholar
• EPA (Environmental Protection Authority) . 1992, 1993 . Benzene Concentrations in the Melbourne Metropolitan Region , Melbourne : EPA . SRS91/007.
   Google Scholar
• EPA (Environmental Protection Authority) . 1994 . Motor Vehicle Emissions in Melbourne: Their Environmental Impact , Melbourne : EPA . Publication No. 392.
   Google Scholar
• Finar , I. L. 1951 . Organic Chemistry , London : Longmans Green .
   Google Scholar
• Fleming , M. 1988 . “ Technology and the problem of democratic control: the contribution of Jürgen Habermas ” . In Democratic Theory and Technological Society , Edited by: Day , R. B. , Beiner , R. and Masciulli , J. Armonk : M. E. Sharpe .
   Google Scholar
• Forbes , H. D. 1988 . “ Dahl, democracy and technology ” . In Democratic Theory and Technological Society , Edited by: Day , R. B. , Beiner , R. and Masciulli , J. Amonk : M. E. Sharpe .
   Google Scholar
• Galison , P. and Helvy , B. 1992 . Big Science: The Growth of Large‐Scale Research , Stanford : Stanford University Press .
   Google Scholar
• Gibson , R. 1995 . EPA warns on smog from cars . The Age , 22 July : 10
   Google Scholar
• Greenpeace . 1991 . The Environmental Impact of the Car , Amsterdam : Greenpeace International .
   Google Scholar
• Home , R. W. 1988 . Australian Science in the Making , Cambridge : Cambridge University Press .
   Google Scholar
• Hurd De Hart , P. 1992 . ‘First in the world by 2000’: what does it mean? . Education Week , 16 Sept
   Google Scholar
• Jaeger , C. C. and Zehnder , A. J. J. “ Informing the public about environmental issues ” . In The Role of the Media in Science Communication , Edited by: Ackrill , K. and Morris , A. London : Ciba Foundations .
   Google Scholar
• Jenkins , E. 1994 . Public understanding of science and science education for action . Journal of Curriculum Studies , 26 (6) : 601 – 11 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Johnson , J. J. 1988 . “ Automotive emissions ” . In Air Pollution, the Automobile and Public Health , Edited by: Watson , A. Y. , Bates , R. R. and Kennedy , D. Washington : National Academy Press .
   Google Scholar
• Jones , B. 1982 . Sleepers, Wake! Technology & the Future of Work , Melbourne : Oxford University Press .
   Google Scholar
• Layton , D. , Jenkins , E. , Macgill , S. and Davey , A. 1993 . Inarticulate Science? Perspectives on the Public Understanding of Science and Some Implication for Science Education , Nafferton, , UK : Studies in Science Education .
   Google Scholar
• Levine , A. 1982 . Love Canal: Science, Politics, and People , Lexington, MA : Lexington Books .
   Google Scholar
• Lothigius , J. 1994 . Exhausts kill! . Enviro , 18 : 14 – 15 .
   Google Scholar
• Macpherson , R. J. J. 1993 . The distribution of power in Australian education and implications for schools . Curriculum Perspectives , 13 (4) : 31 – 36 .
   Google Scholar
• McTigue , P. T. 1979, 1986 . Chemistry: Key to the Earth , Melbourne : Melbourne University Press .
   Google Scholar
• Mahlab , B. 1991 . Benzene air level sparks cancer fears . The Sunday Age , 26 May
   Google Scholar
• Marsh , C. J. 1994 . Producing a National Curriculum: Plans and Paranoia , St Leonards, , NSW : Allen & Unwin .
   Google Scholar
• Morgan , D. 1967 . Biological Science: The Web of Life , Canberra : Australian Academy of Science .
   Google Scholar
• National Research Council . 1994 . National Science Education Standards: Draft , Washington : National Academy of Sciences .
   Google Scholar
• Office of Technology Assessment, Congress of the United States . 1989 . Catching Our Breath: Next Steps for Reducing Urban Ozone , Washington : US Government Printing Office .
   Google Scholar
• Patel , T. 1995 . Paris chokes while officials fiddle . New Scientist , 29 July : 9
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Phillips , D. 1994 . “ Can vehicle pollution cause cancer? ” . In How Vehicle Pollution Affects Our Health , Edited by: Read , C. London : Ashden Trust .
   Google Scholar
• Ramsey , J. 1993 . The science education reform movement: implication for social responsibility . Science Education , 11 (2) : 235 – 58 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ravetz , J. R. 1986 . “ Usable knowledge, usable ignorance incomplete science with policy implications ” . In Sustainable Development of the Biosphere , Edited by: Clark , W. C. and Munn , R. E. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press .
   Google Scholar
• Ronayne , J. 1984 . Science in Government: A Review of the Principles and Practice of Science Policy , Caulfield East, , Victoria : Edward Arnold .
   Google Scholar
• Rose , H. and Rose , S. 1969 . Science and Society , Harmondsworth : Penguin .
   Google Scholar
• Rose , S. , Lewontin , R. C. and Kamin , L. J. 1984 . Not in Our Genes: Biology, Ideology and Human Nature , Harmondsworth : Penguin .
   Google Scholar
• Schwab , J. 1963 . Biology Teachers’ Handbook , New York : Wiley .
   Google Scholar
• Schott , K. 1987 . “ The challenge to equity and fairness ” . In The New Right's Australian Fantasy , Edited by: Goghill , K. Ringwood : Penguin .
   Google Scholar
• Smithers , R. and Erlichman , J. 1994 . Inquiry points to end of car culture . Guardian Weekly , 151 (19) : 10
   Google Scholar
• Wade , N. 1984 . “ Background paper ” . In In the Twentieth Century Fund Task Force The Science Business , New York : Priority Press .
   Google Scholar
• Winner , L. 1978 . Autonomous Technology: Technics‐out‐of Control as a Theme in Political Thought , Cambridge : MIT Press .
   Google Scholar
• World Health Organization . 1993 . Environment Health Criteria 150: Benzene , Geneva : WHO .
   Google Scholar
• Ziman , J. 1968 . Public Knowledge: The Social Dimension of Science , Cambridge : Cambridge University Press .
   Google Scholar
• Ziman , J. 1980 . Teaching and Learning about Science and Society , Cambridge : Cambridge University Press .
   Google Scholar