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Empowering Teachers to Build a Better World

Author : Fernando M. Reimers
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 9811521379
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (115 download)

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Download or read book Empowering Teachers to Build a Better World written by Fernando M. Reimers and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-03-23 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book presents a comparative study on how large-scale professional development programs for teachers are designed and implemented. Around the world, governments and educators are recognizing the need to educate students in a broad range of higher order cognitive skills and socio-emotional competencies, and providing effective opportunities for teachers to develop the expertise needed to teach these skills is a crucial aspect of effective implementation of curricula which include those goals. This study examines how large-scale efforts to empower teachers for deeper instruction have been designed, how they have been implemented, and their outcomes. To do so, it investigates six programs from England, Colombia, Mexico, India, and the United States. Though all six are intended to broaden and deepen students’ curricular aspirations, each takes this expansion of curricular goals in a different direction. The ambitious education reforms studied here explicitly focus on building teachers’ capacity to teach on a broader set of goals. Through a discerning analysis of program documents, evaluations, and interviews with senior leaders and participants in the programs, the book identifies the various theories of action used in these programs, examines how they were implemented, and discusses what they achieved. As such, it offers an indispensable resource for education leaders interested in designing and implementing professional development programs for teachers that are aligned with ambitious instructional goals.

Empowering Teachers to Build a Better World

Author : Fernando M Reimers
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781013276972
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (769 download)

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Download or read book Empowering Teachers to Build a Better World written by Fernando M Reimers and published by . This book was released on 2020-10-09 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book presents a comparative study on how large-scale professional development programs for teachers are designed and implemented. Around the world, governments and educators are recognizing the need to educate students in a broad range of higher order cognitive skills and socio-emotional competencies, and providing effective opportunities for teachers to develop the expertise needed to teach these skills is a crucial aspect of effective implementation of curricula which include those goals. This study examines how large-scale efforts to empower teachers for deeper instruction have been designed, how they have been implemented, and their outcomes. To do so, it investigates six programs from England, Colombia, Mexico, India, and the United States. Though all six are intended to broaden and deepen students' curricular aspirations, each takes this expansion of curricular goals in a different direction. The ambitious education reforms studied here explicitly focus on building teachers' capacity to teach on a broader set of goals. Through a discerning analysis of program documents, evaluations, and interviews with senior leaders and participants in the programs, the book identifies the various theories of action used in these programs, examines how they were implemented, and discusses what they achieved. As such, it offers an indispensable resource for education leaders interested in designing and implementing professional development programs for teachers that are aligned with ambitious instructional goals. This work was published by Saint Philip Street Press pursuant to a Creative Commons license permitting commercial use. All rights not granted by the work's license are retained by the author or authors.

Empowering Teachers to Build a Better World

Author : Fernando M. Reimers
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9789811521362
Total Pages : 135 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (213 download)

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Download or read book Empowering Teachers to Build a Better World written by Fernando M. Reimers and published by Springer. This book was released on 2020-03-24 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book presents a comparative study on how large-scale professional development programs for teachers are designed and implemented. Around the world, governments and educators are recognizing the need to educate students in a broad range of higher order cognitive skills and socio-emotional competencies, and providing effective opportunities for teachers to develop the expertise needed to teach these skills is a crucial aspect of effective implementation of curricula which include those goals. This study examines how large-scale efforts to empower teachers for deeper instruction have been designed, how they have been implemented, and their outcomes. To do so, it investigates six programs from England, Colombia, Mexico, India, and the United States. Though all six are intended to broaden and deepen students’ curricular aspirations, each takes this expansion of curricular goals in a different direction. The ambitious education reforms studied here explicitly focus on building teachers’ capacity to teach on a broader set of goals. Through a discerning analysis of program documents, evaluations, and interviews with senior leaders and participants in the programs, the book identifies the various theories of action used in these programs, examines how they were implemented, and discusses what they achieved. As such, it offers an indispensable resource for education leaders interested in designing and implementing professional development programs for teachers that are aligned with ambitious instructional goals.

Empowering Teachers to Build a Better World

Author : Fernando M. Reimers
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789811521386
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (213 download)

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Download or read book Empowering Teachers to Build a Better World written by Fernando M. Reimers and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book presents a comparative study on how large-scale professional development programs for teachers are designed and implemented. Around the world, governments and educators are recognizing the need to educate students in a broad range of higher order cognitive skills and socio-emotional competencies, and providing effective opportunities for teachers to develop the expertise needed to teach these skills is a crucial aspect of effective implementation of curricula which include those goals. This study examines how large-scale efforts to empower teachers for deeper instruction have been designed, how they have been implemented, and their outcomes. To do so, it investigates six programs from England, Colombia, Mexico, India, and the United States. Though all six are intended to broaden and deepen students' curricular aspirations, each takes this expansion of curricular goals in a different direction. The ambitious education reforms studied here explicitly focus on building teachers' capacity to teach on a broader set of goals. Through a discerning analysis of program documents, evaluations, and interviews with senior leaders and participants in the programs, the book identifies the various theories of action used in these programs, examines how they were implemented, and discusses what they achieved. As such, it offers an indispensable resource for education leaders interested in designing and implementing professional development programs for teachers that are aligned with ambitious instructional goals.

Educating Students to Improve the World

Author : Fernando M. Reimers
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 9811538875
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (115 download)

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Download or read book Educating Students to Improve the World written by Fernando M. Reimers and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-04-07 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book addresses how to help students find purpose in a rapidly changing world. In a probing and visionary analysis of the field of global education Fernando Reimers explains how to lead the transformation of schools and school systems in order to more effectively prepare students to address today’s’ most urgent challenges and to invent a better future. Offering a comprehensive and multidimensional framework for designing and implementing a global education program that combines cultural, psychological, professional, institutional and political perspectives the book integrates an extensive body of empirical literature on the practice of global education. It discusses several global citizenship curricula that have been adopted by schools and school networks, and ties them into an approach to lead school change into the uncharted territory of the future. Given its scope, the book will help teachers, school and district leaders tackle the change management needed in order to introduce global education, and more generally increase the relevancy of education. In addition, the book offers a “bridge” for more productive collaboration and communication between those who lead the process of educational change, and those who study and theorize this important work. At a time when the urgency of our shared global challenges calls for more understanding and collaboration and when the rapid transformation of societies requires that we help students develop a clear sense of relevancy and purpose, this book offers a way to pursue deep and sustainable change in instruction and school culture, so that students learn that nothing human is foreign and that they can find meaning in lives aligned with audacious purposes to make the world better.

Education to Build Back Better

Author : Fernando M. Reimers
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030939510
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book Education to Build Back Better written by Fernando M. Reimers and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book examines the implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic for education systems and argues that major education reforms will be necessary, particularly in the Global South, to address the learning loss caused by the pandemic. To inform those reforms, knowledge about the implementation reforms in the Global South is necessary, and such knowledge is seriously lacking as the existing literature on the implementation of educational change focused principally in reforms in countries in the Global North. This book contributes to address this gap by examining five major education reforms in India, Egypt, Taiwan, Vietnam, and Senegal, and by presenting two novel approaches to climate change education using a bottoms up strategy of reform. The chapters examine the implementation process drawing on a theoretical model of educational change by Reimers (published in Educating Students to Improve the World by Springer in 2020). The book concludes discussing the implementation of such reforms as an evolutionary and learning process, characterized by four dimensions: the goals of the reform, the drivers of the reform, the reform strategy, and the mindsets about educational change which undergird the implementation strategy.

Flip The System UK: A Teachers’ Manifesto

Author : Lucy Rycroft-Smith
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1315445182
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (154 download)

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Book Synopsis Flip The System UK: A Teachers’ Manifesto by : Lucy Rycroft-Smith

Download or read book Flip The System UK: A Teachers’ Manifesto written by Lucy Rycroft-Smith and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-11-27 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How did we let teacher burn-out happen, and what can we do about it – before it's too late? This brave and disruptive book accurately defines the problems of low teacher morale and offers systemic, future-proof and realistic solutions to bringing hope, energy and joy back to the profession. The simple answer is staring us in the face: increase teacher agency. Our rallying cry: our profession needs a return to values of humanity, pride, and professionalism. From research literacy to a collective voice, better CPD to smarter accountability, contributors to this book demonstrate the huge scope for increased teacher influence at every level of the education sector. Education voices including Sam Twiselton, Alison Peacock, David Weston and Andy Hargreaves, supported by a broad range of academics and policy makers, vouch for increased teacher agency and stronger, more powerful networks as a means of improving practice, combatting teacher disillusionment, and radically improving UK education. This text offers an exciting and hopeful perspective on education; urging teachers to work together to ‘flip the system’ and challenging policy makers to help... or get out of the way. Chapters have been contributed by Tom Bennett, Peter Ford, Jonathan Firth, David Weston, David Williams, Zeba Clarke, Julie Smith, Dr Robert Loe, Jeremy Pattle, Debra Kidd, Steven Watson, Ross Morrison McGill, George Gilchrist, Howard Stevenson, Professor Dame Alison Peacock, d’Reen Struthers, Phil Wood, Rae Snape, Simon Gibbs, Ross Hall, Jackie Ward, Simon Knight, David Frost, Sheila Ball, Sarah Lightfoot, Andy Hargreaves, Darren Macey, Gary Farrell, Julian Critchley, Tony Gallagher, Gareth Alcott, Sam Twiselton, Jelmer Evers, Alma Harris, Michelle Jones, Natalie Scott, Deborah M. Netolicky, Jon Andrews, Cameron Paterson, Per Kornhall, Joe Hallgarten, Tom Beresford and Sara Hjelm.

Implementing Deeper Learning and 21st Century Education Reforms

Author : Fernando M. Reimers
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030570398
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book Implementing Deeper Learning and 21st Century Education Reforms written by Fernando M. Reimers and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-11-04 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book is a comparative analysis of recent large scale education reforms that broadened curriculum goals to better prepare students for the 21st century. The book examines what governments actually do when they broaden curriculum goals, with attention to the details of implementation. To this end, the book examines system level reforms in six countries at various levels of development. The study includes system level reforms in jurisdictions where students achieve high levels in international assessments of basic literacies, such as Singapore and Ontario, Canada, as well as in nations where students achieve much lower levels, such as Kenya, Mexico, Punjab-Pakistan and Zimbabwe. The chapters examine system-level reforms that focus on strengthening the capacity to teach the basics, as in Ontario and Pakistan, as well as reforms that aim at building the capacity to teach a much broader set of competencies and skills, such as Kenya, Mexico, Singapore and Zimbabwe. The volume includes systems at very different levels of spending per student and reforms at various points in the cycle of policy implementation, some just starting, some struggling to survive a governmental transition, and others that have been in place for an extended period of time. From the comparative study of these reforms, we aim to provide an understanding of how to build the capacity of education systems to teach 21st century skills at scale in diverse settings.

Education and Climate Change

Author : Fernando M. Reimers
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030579271
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book Education and Climate Change written by Fernando M. Reimers and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-12-03 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access volume draws on a multidimensional model of educational change, the book reviews the field of climate change education and identifies some of the areas in which past efforts have fallen short in supporting effective pedagogical change at scale. It then formulates an approach to engage university students and faculty in partnering with schools and adult education institutions and directly contribute innovative curricula on climate change. The approach is illustrated with several case studies which present curricula developed to support school-based innovation in the Middle East and in Guatemala, and adult education in Haiti and Pakistan, and educators preparation at the university level. The approach followed to develop innovative curriculum follows five steps: 1) What are the specific impacts of climate change in this jurisdiction? How do they impact various human populations? 2) What knowledge, dispositions and behaviors could mitigate the impact of climate change and are there ways in which changes in the behaviors of populations in this jurisdiction could slow down climate change? 3) What are the means of delivery to reach each of the specific populations in this jurisdiction who needs to be educated on climate change? 4) What curriculum can help educate each population? 5) What role can the institution we are collaborating with play in advancing climate change education in that jurisdiction? The various chapters of the book present the conceptual foundation of these programs and illustrate how these programs respond to specific characteristics of local contexts. These programs focus in schools, non-formal settings and educator preparation institutions. The chapters offer examples of general value beyond the specific contexts for which they were designed, as they illustrate how in order to be optimally useful climate change education needs to be firmly grounded in the specifics of a context and responsive to that context.

Education in Cambodia

Author : Vincent McNamara
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 9811682135
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (116 download)

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Download or read book Education in Cambodia written by Vincent McNamara and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-05-14 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the most comprehensive account yet published about the education system in Cambodia. It covers all system levels and draws upon the knowledge and insights of a wide range of leading Cambodian and foreign scholars. The book focuses on how the system has developed and is making progress. Significant achievements over the past two decades are evident, but many problems remain, including the poor quality of teaching, research and institutional management. Under-funding is an ongoing obstacle, but so too is a bureaucratic culture of resistance to change, a history of weak governance, and an anti-reform sentiment deriving from a teacher-centred and exam-driven curriculum. Achieving international standards must now be the system’s highest priority. To this end, the system must rid itself of conservatism, complacency and manipulation by parochial vested interests.

Cross-disciplinary STEM Learning for Asian Primary Students

Author : Winnie Wing Mui So
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000992292
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Cross-disciplinary STEM Learning for Asian Primary Students written by Winnie Wing Mui So and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-11-27 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Given the importance of student learning in the various types and integration of STEM education, this book provides a landscape of cross-disciplinary STEM learning in Asian primary schools, and a systematic overview of design, practices, and outcomes of STEM learning implementation. Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) has continued to attract attention worldwide, and there have been calls for the promotion of STEM education in primary schools to nurture students to meet the needs of societies in terms of innovation and technology development. Since STEM is complex in nature and is related to various disciplines, the effort of a single discipline may not be as effective as cross-disciplinary efforts. This edited volume, involving an Asian team of authors, examines how cross-disciplinary STEM learning can be designed for students to achieve viable outcomes, and what opportunities and challenges have been offered to the next generation to equip them with the necessary skills, knowledge, and ways of thinking, as well as attitudes and values for lifelong learning. A resourceful text for students, researchers, and practitioners interested in the rich development of STEM education and practical methods for a variety of learning approaches from elementary to secondary education has been provided.

Transforming Education for Personalized Learning

Author : Munna, Afzal Sayed
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 333 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (693 download)

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Download or read book Transforming Education for Personalized Learning written by Munna, Afzal Sayed and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2024-03-11 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The pressing necessity to overhaul education systems to align with the demands of the contemporary world rises. Transforming Education for Personalized Learning delves into the imminent challenges besieging education, offering pragmatic solutions to metamorphose classrooms into dynamic learning environments with research, real-world illustrations, and expert perspectives. It scrutinizes fundamental shifts required in pedagogical methods, curriculum construction, assessment frameworks, and the judicious integration of technology. Central to its philosophy is the accentuation of personalized learning, the cultivation of critical thinking, and the nurturing of creativity and collaboration among students. Emphasizing an inclusive and equitable educational system, the book discerns the varied needs and strengths of learners. It advocates for a future where educators evolve into facilitators of learning, armed with strategies to adapt teaching styles, embrace innovative pedagogies, and craft engaging and purposeful learning experiences. It underscores the imperative for a paradigm shift in education, cognizant of the demands of the 21st century. It advocates for personalized learning approaches that cater to individual strengths, interests, and learning styles. The book also explores innovative teaching methodologies, instructional design, and the effective integration of technology to enhance critical thinking, collaboration, and creativity. The book targets educators, school leaders, policymakers, teacher educators, parents, educational researchers, students, professional development providers, educational consultants, advocacy groups, and non-profits.

Handbook of Research on Teacher Education

Author : Myint Swe Khine
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 981169785X
Total Pages : 976 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (116 download)

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Download or read book Handbook of Research on Teacher Education written by Myint Swe Khine and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-03-18 with total page 976 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive book presents emerging research findings and promising reform practices in the field of teacher education, curriculum, assessment, teaching and learning approaches, pedagogical innovations, and professional development in educating the next generation of globally competent students. It reflects the current trends and highlights contemporary teacher education programs in twenty greater Asian countries and regions. It offers insight into improving teacher education in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Indonesia, Brunei, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Hong Kong, and Macau. The handbook contains chapters written by experienced international teacher educators who draw on their experience and expertise to perennial issues and formidable challenges in teacher preparation and meaningful school reforms. This volume is a valuable resource and essential companion for teacher educators, faculty members, staff developers, trainee teachers, undergraduate and postgraduate students, researchers, school leaders, policy-makers, and professional learning communities to refresh their knowledge and improve their understanding. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in evolving issues in teacher education.

Challenges of Globalization and Inclusivity in Academic Research

Author : Chakraborty, Swati
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (693 download)

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Download or read book Challenges of Globalization and Inclusivity in Academic Research written by Chakraborty, Swati and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2024-02-19 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the world becomes increasingly interconnected, complexities arise in ensuring inclusivity and diversity in research practices. Challenges of Globalization and Inclusivity in Academic Research examines the impact of globalization on academic research within the domains of social sciences, religion, and technology. Through meticulous analysis and case studies, it dissects the multifaceted effects of globalization, shedding light on how it has shaped research questions, methodologies, and teaching approaches in these critical disciplines. This book is an exploration of challenges and a guidebook for positive change. It navigates through topics such as unconscious bias in research, gender representation in academia, and ethical considerations in international collaborations. It encourages readers to develop a nuanced understanding of the need for diversity and inclusivity in research practices, laying the foundation for a more equitable and globally connected research community. This book is ideal for researchers, academics, policymakers, administrators, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) advocates, and cross-cultural collaborators.

Ebook: Developing Maths Lesson Planning and Frameworks: Mastery, Logic and Reasoning in the Classroom

Author : Linda (Yuqian) Wang
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
ISBN 13 : 0335251811
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (352 download)

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Download or read book Ebook: Developing Maths Lesson Planning and Frameworks: Mastery, Logic and Reasoning in the Classroom written by Linda (Yuqian) Wang and published by McGraw-Hill Education (UK). This book was released on 2023-11-24 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book supports teacher trainees as they help students develop maths reasoning skills. It uses the Causal Connectivity Framework and enhances the knowledge and skills of trainees in sequencing teaching content with cumulative knowledge and understanding. It covers a variety of contexts from primary education up to GCSE level and includes practical examples of what is possible. The book offers maths teachers an alternative way of incorporating reasoning as a critical component of maths learning – a part of continuous professional development based on strong subject and curriculum content knowledge.

Educating Students to Improve the World

Author : Fernando M. Reimers
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9789811538865
Total Pages : 131 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (388 download)

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Download or read book Educating Students to Improve the World written by Fernando M. Reimers and published by Springer. This book was released on 2020-04-08 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book addresses how to help students find purpose in a rapidly changing world. In a probing and visionary analysis of the field of global education Fernando Reimers explains how to lead the transformation of schools and school systems in order to more effectively prepare students to address today’s’ most urgent challenges and to invent a better future. Offering a comprehensive and multidimensional framework for designing and implementing a global education program that combines cultural, psychological, professional, institutional and political perspectives the book integrates an extensive body of empirical literature on the practice of global education. It discusses several global citizenship curricula that have been adopted by schools and school networks, and ties them into an approach to lead school change into the uncharted territory of the future. Given its scope, the book will help teachers, school and district leaders tackle the change management needed in order to introduce global education, and more generally increase the relevancy of education. In addition, the book offers a “bridge” for more productive collaboration and communication between those who lead the process of educational change, and those who study and theorize this important work. At a time when the urgency of our shared global challenges calls for more understanding and collaboration and when the rapid transformation of societies requires that we help students develop a clear sense of relevancy and purpose, this book offers a way to pursue deep and sustainable change in instruction and school culture, so that students learn that nothing human is foreign and that they can find meaning in lives aligned with audacious purposes to make the world better.

Democratic Science Teaching: Building the Expertise to Empower Low-Income Minority Youth in Science

Author : Sreyashi Jhumki Basu
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9460913709
Total Pages : 131 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (69 download)

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Download or read book Democratic Science Teaching: Building the Expertise to Empower Low-Income Minority Youth in Science written by Sreyashi Jhumki Basu and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-11-12 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Democratic science pedagogy has the potential to shape learning outcomes and science engagement by taking on directly issues of pedagogy, learning, and social justice. In this text we provide a framework for democratic science teaching in order to interrogate the purposes and goals of science education in classrooms globally, as well as to call attention to ways of being in the classroom that position teachers and students as important and powerful participants in their own learning and as change-agents of a larger global society. We develop three core conceptual tools for democratic science teaching, that together frame ways of thinking and being in classrooms that work towards a more just world: Voice, Authority, and Critical Science Literacy. Each conceptual tool is developed in the introductory chapters then taken up in different pedagogical and analytic ways in the chapters that span the text. The chapters present researcher, teacher, and student centered lenses for investigating democratic science education and reflect elementary through high school education, both in school and out of school, in the US and globally.