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Using Historical and Political Understanding to Design for Equity in Science Education
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Shea, Molly V.; Sandoval, Jose – Science Education, 2020
In this article we studied how community educators' designed for equity in an after school science program. Building from discussions of equity in out-of-school-time (OST) science, this case study offers insight into the role of pedagogy in organizing for dignity and belonging in an after school program. This case study focused on the practices of…
Descriptors: Science Education, Equal Education, Instructional Design, Case Studies
Learning through STEM-Rich Tinkering: Findings from a Jointly Negotiated Research Project Taken up in Practice
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Bevan, Bronwyn; Gutwill, Joshua P.; Petrich, Mike; Wilkinson, Karen – Science Education, 2015
The Maker Movement has taken the educational field by storm due to its perceived potential as a driver of creativity, excitement, and innovation (Honey & Kanter, [Honey, M., 2013]; Martinez & Stager, [Martin, L., 2013]). Making is promoted as advancing entrepreneurship, developing science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Creative Thinking, Inquiry, Teaching Methods
Teachers' Nature of Science Implementation Practices 2-5 Years after Having Completed an Intensive Science Education Program
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Herman, Benjamin C.; Clough, Michael P.; Olson, Joanne K. – Science Education, 2013
Few, if any, studies have examined the impact of nature of science (NOS) instruction on science teachers' practices 2 or more years after completing a science teacher education program. Extant studies on preservice and first-year teachers' NOS teaching practices have had disappointing results, with few teachers valuing NOS as a cognitive objective…
Descriptors: Science Education, Science Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Teaching Methods
Diffusion of the New Elementary School Science: An Assessment of One Model
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Anderson, Ronald; Horn, Jerry G. – Science Education, 1972
Describes evaluative data obtained during the Colorado Elementary Science Project which used elementary teachers to provide inservice training for other teachers after intensive experience with one of the national elementary science projects. Makes recommendations for implementation and change of this diffusion model. (AL)
Descriptors: Curriculum, Elementary School Science, Evaluation, Inservice Teacher Education
The Science Education Reform Movement: Implications for Social Responsibility.
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Ramsey, John – Science Education, 1993
The premise of this report is that only the science-technology-society (STS) effort offers the potential for meeting the challenge of science for a general education. Presents the goals of STS issue-based instruction. (PR)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Descriptions, Science and Society