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Teachers Creating Context-Based Learning Environments in Science

Author : R. Taconis
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9463006842
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book Teachers Creating Context-Based Learning Environments in Science written by R. Taconis and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-10-26 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Context-based science education has led to the transformation of science education in countries all over the world, with changes also visible in learning environments and how these are being shaped. These changes involve authentic problems on research and design, new types of interactions within communities of practice, new content areas and also new challenges for teachers in teaching, motivating, scaffolding and assessing their students, among other things.This book focuses on context-based science education and its resulting changes in the perspective of research on learning environments. It also focuses on the implications for the teachers and the professional development of their competencies and beliefs.The book consists of eleven chapters by experts in various themes surrounding learning environments research and science education, preceded by and concluded with a chapter with reflections on context-based learning environments in science by the editors of this book. The conclusion they draw is that professional development of science teachers may be the most important and the most difficult part of the process of teachers creating context-based learning environments in science, as is the focus in the title of this book."

Making it relevant

Author : Peter Nentwig
Publisher : Waxmann Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3830965079
Total Pages : 359 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book Making it relevant written by Peter Nentwig and published by Waxmann Verlag. This book was released on 2006 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Teaching in context' has become an accepted, and often welcomed, way of teaching science in both primary and secondary schools. The conference organised by IPN and the University of York Science Education Group, Context-based science curricula, drew on the experience of over 40 science educators and 10 projects. The book is arranged in four parts. Part A consists of two papers, one on situated learning and the other on implementation of new curricula. Part B contains descriptions of five major curricula in different countries, why they were introduced, how they were developed and implemented and evaluation results. Part C gives descriptions of three projects that are of smaller scale and their materials are used as interventions in other more conventional curricula. There is also a contribution on some fundamental research where modules of work are written to examine how best to design context-based curricula. Finally, Part D consist of two chapters, one summarising some of the findings that came out of the chapters in the three earlier parts and the second looks at the future.

Internet Environments for Science Education

Author : Marcia C. Linn
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135631840
Total Pages : 441 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (356 download)

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Download or read book Internet Environments for Science Education written by Marcia C. Linn and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-07-04 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Internet Environments for Science Education synthesizes 25 years of research to identify effective, technology-enhanced ways to convert students into lifelong science learners--one inquiry project at a time. It offers design principles for development of innovations; features tested, customizable inquiry projects that students, teachers, and professional developers can enact and refine; and introduces new methods and assessments to investigate the impact of technology on inquiry learning. The methodology--design-based research studies--enables investigators to capture the impact of innovations in the complex, inertia-laden educational enterprise and to use these findings to improve the innovation. The approach--technology-enhanced inquiry--takes advantage of global, networked information resources, sociocognitive research, and advances in technology combined in responsive learning environments. Internet Environments for Science Education advocates leveraging inquiry and technology to reform the full spectrum of science education activities--including instruction, curriculum, policy, professional development, and assessment. The book offers: *the knowledge integration perspective on learning, featuring the interpretive, cultural, and deliberate natures of the learner; *the scaffolded knowledge integration framework on instruction summarized in meta-principles and pragmatic principles for design of inquiry instruction; *a series of learning environments, including the Computer as Learning Partner (CLP), the Knowledge Integration Environment (KIE), and the Web-based Inquiry Science Environment (WISE) that designers can use to create new inquiry projects, customize existing projects, or inspire thinking about other learning environments; *curriculum design patterns for inquiry projects describing activity sequences to promote critique, debate, design, and investigation in science; *a partnership model establishing activity structures for teachers, pedagogical researchers, discipline experts, and technologists to jointly design and refine inquiry instruction; *a professional development model involving mentoring by an expert teacher; *projects about contemporary controversy enabling students to explore the nature of science; *a customization process guiding teachers to adapt inquiry projects to their own students, geographical characteristics, curriculum framework, and personal goals; and *a Web site providing additional links, resources, and community tools at www.InternetScienceEducation.org

Change Agents in Science Education

Author :
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9087903359
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (879 download)

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Download or read book Change Agents in Science Education written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this engaging and well crafted book, Change Agents in Science Education situates the science educator in dynamic social, political, and cultural environments where individuals are engaged in science for change.

Designing Context-Rich Learning by Extending Reality

Author : Braun, Jason
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1668476452
Total Pages : 383 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (684 download)

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Download or read book Designing Context-Rich Learning by Extending Reality written by Braun, Jason and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2023-05-03 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Simulations, games, and real or virtual apprenticeships are the kinds of context-rich learning environments that leverage the power of episodic memory, boost student motivation, and create the conditions that make learning transfer more likely. Context-rich learning embodies the answer to the question, “Why do we need to learn this?” Many students, especially those who have dyslexia or otherwise neurodivergent brains, require the kind of context that is lacking in education. Designing Context-Rich Learning by Extending Reality is a collection of research and readings on the context-rich learning approach that examines the aspects of design, delivery, and assessments. The book proposes novel approaches to designing and delivering context-rich learning across all disciplines. Covering topics such as learning experiences, sustainable development, and user experience design, this premier reference source is a valuable resource of inspiration to learning and training facilitators, instructional designers, assessment developers, instructional technologists, psychometricians, educators and administrators of both higher and K-12 education, pre-service teachers, teacher educators, researchers, and academicians.

Science Teachers' Learning

Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309380189
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Science Teachers' Learning written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2016-01-15 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Currently, many states are adopting the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) or are revising their own state standards in ways that reflect the NGSS. For students and schools, the implementation of any science standards rests with teachers. For those teachers, an evolving understanding about how best to teach science represents a significant transition in the way science is currently taught in most classrooms and it will require most science teachers to change how they teach. That change will require learning opportunities for teachers that reinforce and expand their knowledge of the major ideas and concepts in science, their familiarity with a range of instructional strategies, and the skills to implement those strategies in the classroom. Providing these kinds of learning opportunities in turn will require profound changes to current approaches to supporting teachers' learning across their careers, from their initial training to continuing professional development. A teacher's capability to improve students' scientific understanding is heavily influenced by the school and district in which they work, the community in which the school is located, and the larger professional communities to which they belong. Science Teachers' Learning provides guidance for schools and districts on how best to support teachers' learning and how to implement successful programs for professional development. This report makes actionable recommendations for science teachers' learning that take a broad view of what is known about science education, how and when teachers learn, and education policies that directly and indirectly shape what teachers are able to learn and teach. The challenge of developing the expertise teachers need to implement the NGSS presents an opportunity to rethink professional learning for science teachers. Science Teachers' Learning will be a valuable resource for classrooms, departments, schools, districts, and professional organizations as they move to new ways to teach science.

Becoming a Better Science Teacher

Author : Elizabeth Hammerman
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1634507851
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (345 download)

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Download or read book Becoming a Better Science Teacher written by Elizabeth Hammerman and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-03-22 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In today’s standards-based educational climate, teachers are challenged to create meaningful learning experiences while meeting specific goals and accountability targets. In her essential new book, Elizabeth Hammerman brings more than 20 years as a science educator and consultant to help teachers connect all of the critical elements of first-rate curriculum and instruction. With this simple, straight-on guide, teachers can analyze their existing curriculum and instruction against a rubric of indicators of critical characteristics, related standards, concept development, and teaching strategies to develop students’ scientific literacy at the highest levels. Every chapter is packed with charts, sample lesson ideas, reflection and discussion prompts, and more, to help teachers expand their capacity for success. Hammerman describes what exceptional teaching looks like in the classroom and provides practical, teacher-friendly strategies to make it happen. This research-based resource will help teachers: • Reinforce understanding of standards-based concepts and inquiry • Add new content, methods, and strategies for instruction and assessment • Create rich learning environments • Maximize instructional time • Ask probing questions and sharpen discussion • Include technology • Gather classroom evidence of student achievement to inform instruction Through a new, clear vision for high quality science teaching, this book gives teachers everything they need to deliver meaningful science instruction and ensure student success and achievement.

Place-Based Science Teaching and Learning

Author : Cory A. Buxton
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1452238065
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (522 download)

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Download or read book Place-Based Science Teaching and Learning written by Cory A. Buxton and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2011-05-05 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forty classroom-ready science teaching and learning activities for elementary and middle school teachers Grounded in theory and best-practices research, this practical text provides elementary and middle school teachers with 40 place-based activities that will help them to make science learning relevant to their students. This text provides teachers with both a rationale and a set of strategies and activities for teaching science in a local context to help students engage with science learning and come to understand the importance of science in their everyday lives.

Making it Relevant

Author : Peter Nentwig
Publisher : Waxmann Verlag
ISBN 13 : 9783830915072
Total Pages : 359 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book Making it Relevant written by Peter Nentwig and published by Waxmann Verlag. This book was released on 2005 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Contextualizing Teaching to Improve Learning

Author : Laurinda Leite
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781536118452
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (184 download)

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Download or read book Contextualizing Teaching to Improve Learning written by Laurinda Leite and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses the context-based teaching of science and geography as seen by outstanding specialists from several countries around the world. It starts by providing an updated overview on the relevance of the four main physical and natural sciences (biology, chemistry, geology and physics) as well as geography for educating the public irrespective of whether citizens live (or not) in technologically advanced societies. Afterwards, it discusses unique context-based teaching approaches as well as original context-based curriculum and evaluation material tools. Additionally, the book highlights potential relationships between science and geography, which are often seen as independent areas of knowledge, namely in school. By uncovering the similarities between them and by putting in evidence where both areas deal with issues that are relevant for citizens daily lives, the book explores how contexts act as tools to link and give coherence to science and geography as components of everyday life. The worldwide trend towards providing meaningful science education to all, coupled with the concern raised by students disengagement in sciences, namely in technologically advanced societies, put increasingly high demands on the teachers. As shown in this book, contextualized teaching offers unique insights into how teachers can profit from students complicated and interconnected realities. They can use this knowledge to help them learn about the authenticity and relevance of science and geography. In addition, this book also provides directions for future research if the contribution of geography and science to context-based teaching is to be fully explored. Therefore, it is a book designated for researchers, educators and schoolteachers, as it goes from theoretical perspectives to general research-based approaches and ends with practical applications that may make a difference in the 21st century.

Learning, Teaching, and Assessment Methods for Contemporary Learners

Author : K. G. Srinivasa
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 9811967342
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (119 download)

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Download or read book Learning, Teaching, and Assessment Methods for Contemporary Learners written by K. G. Srinivasa and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-10-29 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This textbook tackles the matter of contemporary learners’ needs, and introduces modern learning, teaching, and assessment methods. It provides a deeper understanding of these methods so that the students and teachers can create teaching and learning opportunities for themselves and others. It explores the meaning of ‘pedagogy’, why it is essential, and how pedagogy has evolved to take 21st-century skills and learning into account. This textbook showcases various modern learning, teaching, and assessment methods for contemporary learners in an increasingly digital environment. Each chapter presents insights and case studies that show how such modern methods can be applied to classrooms, and how they can support the existing curriculum. It shows students, educators, and researchers alike how to effectively make sense of and use modern learning, teaching, and assessment methods in everyday practice.

Science Education Through Multiple Literacies

Author : Joseph Krajcik
Publisher : Harvard Education Press
ISBN 13 : 1682536645
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (825 download)

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Download or read book Science Education Through Multiple Literacies written by Joseph Krajcik and published by Harvard Education Press. This book was released on 2022-10-18 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Science Education Through Multiple Literacies explores how the use of project-based learning in elementary science education fosters a lifelong scientific mindset in students. The book provides educators with the teaching practices to help students develop an overall science literacy that aligns with Next Generation Science Standards. Editors Joseph Krajcik and Barbara Schneider and the book’s contributors offer a comprehensive overview of the multifaceted approach to science learning. Multiple Literacies in Project-Based Learning (ML-PBL) interweaves scientific ideas and practices, language literacy, and mathematical thinking. ML-PBL supports the teaching of science by paralleling what scientists do: it engages students and their teachers in investigating real-world questions, constructing models, and using evidence to evaluate claims. The book presents compelling case studies of ML-PBL, how teachers use this approach, and how the ML-PBL transforms the classroom into an environment that builds and supports academic and student social-emotional learning. Representing both urban and suburban schools, the case studies include classroom observations, student and teacher interviews, and student artifacts to illustrate how to make science relevant in students’ lives. Krajcik and Schneider note that application of ML-PBL requires intentional instructional practices and new ways of thinking about what it means to learn. Easing this challenge, the editors equip elementary science teachers with curricular resources including high-quality instructional materials, professional-learning exercises, and formative assessments. Science Education Through Multiple Literacies provides the necessary elements to transform science teaching and learning so that students learn the skills to navigate with confidence through our complex world.

Sensemaking in Elementary Science

Author : Elizabeth A. Davis
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429761198
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (297 download)

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Download or read book Sensemaking in Elementary Science written by Elizabeth A. Davis and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-10-16 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grounded in empirical research, this book offers concrete pathways to direct attention towards elementary science teaching that privileges sensemaking, rather than isolated activities and vocabulary. Outlining a clear vision for this shift using research-backed tools, pedagogies, and practices to support teacher learning and development, this edited volume reveals how teachers can best engage in teaching that supports meaningful learning and understanding in elementary science classrooms. Divided into three sections, this book demonstrates the skills, knowledge bases, and research-driven practices necessary to make a fundamental shift towards a focus on students’ ideas and reasoning, and covers topics such as: An introduction to sensemaking in elementary science; Positioning students at the center of sensemaking; Planning and enacting investigation-based science discussions; Designing a practice-based elementary teacher education program; Reflections on science teacher education and professional development for reform-based elementary science. In line with current reform efforts, including the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), Sensemaking in Elementary Science is the perfect resource for graduate students and researchers in science education, elementary education, teacher education, and STEM education looking to explore effective practice, approaches, and development within the elementary science classroom.

Learning Science in the Schools

Author : Shawn M. Glynn
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136487719
Total Pages : 393 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (364 download)

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Download or read book Learning Science in the Schools written by Shawn M. Glynn and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-10-12 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Science -- and the technology derived from it -- is having a dramatic impact on the quality of our personal lives and the environment around us. Science will have an even greater impact on the lives of our students. The lives of scientifically literate students will be enriched by their understanding, appreciation, and enjoyment of the natural world. To prosper in the near future, all students must become scientifically literate and embrace the notion of life-long learning in science. Without scientific literacy, it will become impossible for students to make informed decisions about the interrelated educational, scientific, and social issues that will confront them in the future. Intended for science teachers, teacher educators, researchers, and administrators, this volume is concerned with the innovative research that is reforming how science is learned in schools. The chapters provide overviews of current research and illustrate how the findings of this research are being applied in schools. This research-based knowledge is essential for effective science instruction. The contributors are leading authorities in science education and their chapters draw clear connections among research, theory, and classroom practice. They provide excellent examples from science classes in which their research has reformed practice. This book will help educators develop the scientific literacy of students. It bridges the gap between cutting-edge research and classroom practice to provide educators with the knowledge they need to foster students' scientific literacy.

Learning Science - the Value of Crafting Engagement in Science Environments

Author : Barbara Schneider
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300227388
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Learning Science - the Value of Crafting Engagement in Science Environments written by Barbara Schneider and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2020-01-01 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An innovative, internationally developed system to help advance science learning and instruction for high school students This book tells the story of a $3.6 million research project funded by the National Science Foundation aimed at increasing scientific literacy and addressing global concerns of declining science engagement. Studying dozens of classrooms across the United States and Finland, this international team combines large-scale studies with intensive interviews from teachers and students to examine how to transform science education. Written for teachers, parents, policymakers, and researchers, this book offers solutions for matching science learning and instruction with newly recommended twenty-first-century standards. Included are science activities that engage and inspire students; sample lesson plans; and approaches for measuring science engagement and encouragement of three-dimensional learning.

Socio-scientific Issues in the Classroom

Author : Troy D. Sadler
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 940071159X
Total Pages : 387 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Socio-scientific Issues in the Classroom written by Troy D. Sadler and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-05-11 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Socio-scientific issues (SSI) are open-ended, multifaceted social issues with conceptual links to science. They are challenging to negotiate and resolve, and they create ideal contexts for bridging school science and the lived experience of students. This book presents the latest findings from the innovative practice and systematic investigation of science education in the context of socio-scientific issues. Socio-scientific Issues in the Classroom: Teaching, Learning and Research focuses on how SSI can be productively incorporated into science classrooms and what SSI-based education can accomplish regarding student learning, practices and interest. It covers numerous topics that address key themes for contemporary science education including scientific literacy, goals for science teaching and learning, situated learning as a theoretical perspective for science education, and science for citizenship. It presents a wide range of classroom-based research projects that offer new insights for SSI-based education. Authored by leading researchers from eight countries across four continents, this book is an important compendium of syntheses and insights for veteran researchers, teachers and curriculum designers eager to advance the SSI agenda.

TAKING ACTION IN SCIENCE CLASSROOMS THROUGH COLLABORATIVE ACTION RESEARCH

Author : Karen Goodnough
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9460915833
Total Pages : 105 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (69 download)

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Download or read book TAKING ACTION IN SCIENCE CLASSROOMS THROUGH COLLABORATIVE ACTION RESEARCH written by Karen Goodnough and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-10-23 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an introduction to the nature of collaborative action research, explains how to engage in the action research process, and offers readers insights into how collaborative action research may be embedded in everyday classroom practice. The latter objective will be accomplished by engaging the reader with four case studies about teachers who took part in collaborative action research. Each case study focuses on teacher beliefs about science teaching and learning, how school-based teams of teachers develop and implement plans of action in their classrooms, and how action research results in changes teacher learning and classroom practice. This book will be of interest to anyone who wishes to develop an understanding of or engage in collaborative action research, especially practitioners and teacher educators.