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The Art of Teaching Science: Inquiry and Innovation in Middle School and High School
Jack Hassard Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0195155335 |
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The Art of Teaching Science focuses on the preparation of science teachers as professional artists. This text emphasizes a humanistic, experiential, and constructivist approach to teaching and learning, integrating a wide variety of pedagogical learning tools. These tools involve inquiry, experimentation, reflection, writing, discussion, and interaction. Becoming a science teacher is a creative process, and this innovative textbook encourages students to construct ideas about science teaching through their interactions with peers, professionals, and instructors, and through hands-on, minds-on activities designed to foster a collaborative, thoughtful learning environment. The Art of Teaching Science is a science-teaching handbook designed for the professional development of middle- and high-school science teachers. The experiential tools in the book make it useful for both pre- and in-service teacher education environments, easily adapted to any classroom setting. Profound changes in our understanding of the goals of science teaching-as evidenced by the emphasis on inquiry-based activities advocated by the National Science Education Standards-underscore the need to equip a new cadre of educators with the proper tools to encourage innovation and science literacy in the classroom. Providing meaningful learning experiences and connections with the most recent research and understanding of science teaching, The Art of Teaching Science sets the standard for the future of science education.Customer Reviews:
Dense and Inviting.......2007-02-23
Best Investment I've Made in a Long Time!.......2005-07-19
The Art of Teaching Science.......2005-01-12
A Treasure Trove!.......2004-12-11
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Inquiry and the National Science Education Standards: A Guide for Teaching and Learning
Committee on the Development of an Addendum to the National Science Education Standards on Scientific Inquiry , and National Research Council Manufacturer: National Academies Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0309064767 |
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Teaching High School Science Through Inquiry
Douglas Llewellyn Manufacturer: Corwin Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0761939377 |
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Case studies, tips, and tools to harness the power of studentsâ curiosity and improve achievement in science!
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History in the Present Tense: Engaging Students Through Inquiry and Action
Douglas Selwyn , and Jan Maher Manufacturer: Heinemann ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0325005702 |
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In this practical guidebook, Douglas Selwyn and Jan Maher propose adifferent way of teaching history - start from today and keep askingquestions. As students investigate possible answers, they make connectionsacross miles and centuries. Along the way, they experience that essentialinsight of the social studies: Point of view has everything to do with howone perceives the world. To this end, each chapter explores projectsconnecting students' concerns with core content and concepts in history,geography, civics, and economics.
Lessons center on the economics of ordinary objects, understanding currentevents in historical context, creating readers1 theater, photodocumentariesand more. While students dig deeply into issues of personal relevance, theyalso master the content and skills mandated in state and national standards.Students learn about history - and about themselves.
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A Must Have for Social Studies Teachers.......2005-07-04
Teaching history made fun, accessible and relevant.......2005-01-03
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Re-Reading Families: The Literate Lives of Urban Children, Four Years Later (Practitioner Inquiry)
Catherine Compton-Lilly Manufacturer: Teachers College Press, Teachers College, Columbia University ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0807747912 Release Date: 2007-05-04 |
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Four years after publishing her provocative study, Reading Families: The Literate Lives of Urban Children, Compton-Lilly revisits the same group of urban students (then first graders, now fourth and fifth graders) and their families. Armed with rare longitudinal data from follow-up interviews and reading assessments, she once again upsets widespread misconceptions about reading and urban families. This eye-opening sequel uses case studies to explore important issues, such as students' feelings of connection to their school; gender and schooling; parents' experiences dealing with "the system"; high-stakes testing; and technology use at home.
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Inside City Schools: Investigating Literacy in Multicultural Classrooms (The Practitioner Inquiry Series)
Elizabeth Radin Simons , Julie Shalhope Kalnin , and M-Class Teams Manufacturer: Teachers College Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0807738409 |
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Connecting Children with Children, Past and Present: Motivating Students for Inquiry and Action
Eula T. Fresch Manufacturer: Heinemann ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0325005915 |
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Loaded with archival and contemporary material with links to NCSS standards, a substantial annotated bibliography, and plenty of classroom examples, Connecting Children with Children, Past and Present is a unique resource, ready for immediate use to empower your students to create history today.
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The Art of Teaching Science: Inquiry and Innovation in Middle and High School
Jack Hassard Manufacturer: Routledge ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0415965284 |
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Designing Project-Based Science: Connecting Learners Through Guided Inquiry (Ways of Knowing in Science Series)
Joseph L. Polman Manufacturer: Teachers College Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0807739138 |
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Encouraging and Supporting Student Inquiry: Researching Controversial Issues (Libraries Unlimited Professional Guides in School Librarianship)
Harriet S. Selverstone Manufacturer: Libraries Unlimited ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1591584965 |
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Assignments that engage students in inquiry topics of their own choosing contribute to motivation and thus to learning. Very often the topics chosen (particularly by high school students) are considered controversial by school administration, parents, community organizations, and others. This practical book discusses the processes, actions, and policies needed to support and encourage high school students in that type of inquiry. Building trusting relationships over time with administration and the school community will be stressed as a way to build a community of true inquiry in your school and library. Classroom teachers and high school librarians will value the advice and scaffolding techniques presented that will enable their school and high school library to become a safe place for student inquiry into issues of their own choosing-- controversial or not. The author draws on her 30-plus years as a high school librarian, deeply concerned with the intellectual freedom of the researchers in her library media center and with offering help and reassurance to those trying to implement school library programs that allow all voices to be heard. Grades 9-12.Books:
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