Project 2061 Standards
Compared to the four subject dimensions:
process, knowledge, attitude, and perspective
| Four subject dimensions | Categories in Project 2061 Standards |
|---|---|
Process and Inquiry knowledge Or Inquiry and process skills The system of actions and procedures that are used to create knowledge in the subject or discipline. |
Common Themes: systems, models, constancy, scale Nature of science: world view, inquiry skills, science enterprise |
Content knowledge The ideas (facts, concepts, generalizations, principles, theories, and or laws) that are created by doing the subject. |
Physical setting: universe, Earth, processes shape earth, structure of matter, energy transformations, motion, forces of nature Living Environment: diversity of life, heredity, cells, interdependency of life, flow of matter and energy, evolution of life, Human organism: human identity, human development, basic functions, learning, physical health, mental health The Nature of Mathematics The Mathematical World |
Perspective The relationship of the different dimensions of a subject or discipline to its other dimensions and to its whole as well as the subject's or discipline's relative significance for explaining and understanding the world. |
Nature of science Nature of technology and science, design and systems, issues of technology Human organism: human identity, human development, basic functions, learning, physical health, mental health Human Society The Designed World Historical perspective Common Themes: systems, models, constancy, scale |
| Attitude The diposition and values that people have that increase their likelihood of success in the subject or discipline. |
Habits of mind: values and attitude |