Assessment of scientific literacy in Danish upper secondary education

One purpose of the ‘Gymnasiereform’ from 2005 is to strengthen the science subjects contribution to pupils and students general education. In the spring of 2014 the Department of Science Education conducted an evaluation of how this intention is realized in stx and hf.

The assessment investigated how the concept of scientific literacy (in the special Danish version called ’naturfaglig dannelse’-’scientific bildung’) is found in the teaching of science and in the students’ outcome of the teaching in the general upper secondary education, and which barriers could be identified for realizing the curricular goals of scientific literacy.

The evaluation was completed in July 2014 and the evaluation report is made available on the website in the fall of 2014.

For more information see the Danish website.

Project-group: Head of Department Jens Dolin, Post.Doc. Bjørn Friis Johannsen,  research assistant Sofie Birch Jensen, consultant Lærke Bang Jacobsen and consultant Christian Jacobsen.