Discover how to effectively incorporate literacy instruction into your middle or high school science classroom with this practical book. You'll find creative, inquiry-based tools to show you what it means to teach science with and through writing, and strategies to help your students become young scientists who can use reading and writing to…

How do you become an effective primary school teacher? What do you need to be able to do? What do you need to know? Flexible, effective and creative primary school teachers require subject knowledge, an understanding of their pupils and how they learn, a range of strategies for managing behaviour and organising environments for learning, and the…

This book provides support and guidance to teachers in their professional development. A constructivist approach was used while exploring the implementation of standards into the mathematics and science curriculum. Contents include: (1) "Engagement: Thinking about Standards and Instruction"; (2) "Exploration: Discovering National Standards…

Uses Tazo discs to construct and investigate spinners and discuss how teachers and students worked and thought, scientifically and technologically, during the investigation. Includes some literature links and a professional development opportunity. (Author/NB)

Describes a group of science teachers' experiences as they network about the motivational benefits of participating in various summer professional development programs. (ASK)

Explains how to get prepared, provide ongoing support, and collaborate while adopting block scheduling. (YDS)

Educators must take the time to reflect upon their past efforts and make needed mid-course corrections. Looking for patterns within reform projects and helping teachers see reform as an evolutionary process and not an either/or response will help all educators grow as professionals. Presents examples of inquiry learning integrated with traditional…

Considers the professional teaching portfolio as an authentic assessment tool by which prospective teachers can show evidence of having mastered certain basic competencies. Discusses the merit of the professional teaching portfolio with regard to an individual's content area preparation, teaching competency, professional growth and development,…

Regards leadership as central to the success of the reform movement in science education. Defines leadership and introduces a model of leadership modified from the one developed by Edwin Locke and his associates. Provides an overview of the essential qualities of leadership occurring in science education. Discusses reforming science education and…

Explains the process of developing the unit "Building an Aquarium" and introduces four hands-on activities which include teaching students how to read a metric ruler, observing and illustrating an aquatic plant, learning fish anatomy, and learning animal behavior. (YDS)

Describes efforts under the sponsorship of the National Research Council (NRC) to improve science education. Provides an overview of the National Science Education Standards. First published in 1995. (YDS)

Considers alternative assessment techniques as vehicles for improving student learning. Describes a deductive model for teachers to write open-ended questions that are directly linked to their daily science teaching. (KHR)

Analyzes changes in the science supervisor's role and responsibilities from three National Science Teacher Association (NSTA) sourcebooks for science supervisors. Discusses teacher-supervisor interaction, educational environment, curriculum development as a responsibility of the science supervisor, administrator-supervisor interaction,…

Describes the accounts of four Grade 1 teachers as they take action to improve their science teaching skills. Provides information on teacher background, early teaching strategies, confronting ideas about teaching science, and the steps taken to reform practice. (DDR)

Introduces the Science Teacher Education Program (STEP) and its components which can be effectively used in developing countries such as Africa or in countries having problems with science achievement. (Contains 12 references.) (ASK)