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Providing Elementary and Middle School Science Teachers with Content and Pedagogical Professional Development in an Online Environment
Mary V. Mawn,Kathleen S. Davis +1 more
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In this article, the authors present approaches, findings, and recommendations for online professional development of elementary and middle school science teachers based on a case study of an online science education course and an online chemistry course.Abstract:
There is a great need to provide science teachers with on-going and relevant professional development, but access to such opportunities can be challenging due to time, distance, and budget pressures. Online courses and programs can provide alternatives to address these challenges. This chapter presents approaches, findings, and recommendations for online professional development of elementary and middle school science teachers based on a case study of an online science education course and an online chemistry course. Three themes are discussed: the ability to incorporate inquiry-based teaching and learning in online environments, the importance of online discourse and reflection, and the role of linking theory with practice. Teacher participants reported increased experience exploring content via inquiry, felt actively engaged with their peers as they constructed their knowledge, and expected to adapt inquiry-based activities in their classrooms as a result of these online courses.read more
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Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education: Faculty Inventory. Institutional Inventory.
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Web-Based Simulations for the Training of Mathematics Teachers
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The Role of Authentic Science Research and Education Outreach in Increasing Community Resilience: Case Studies Using Informal Education to Address Ocean Acidification and Healthy Soils
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Seven principles for good practice in undergraduate education
TL;DR: Chickering is a Distinguished Professor of Higher Education at Memphis State University and a Visiting Professor at George Mason University as discussed by the authors, and Gamson is a sociologist who holds appointments at the John W. McCormack Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Massachusetts-Boston, and in the Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education at University of Michigan.
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A Primer on Effective Professional Development
TL;DR: In this paper, the qualities of high-quality professional learning and evaluating the results smartly can lead to improved student learning, which can also lead to better performance in the classroom.
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Development and Adaptations of the Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education
TL;DR: These principles have been among the most influential ideas of the past twenty years and have been disseminated and applied in many different ways, as this chapter illustrates as discussed by the authors, as well as many others.
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Argument-Driven Inquiry as a way to help students learn how to participate in scientific argumentation and craft written arguments: An exploratory study
TL;DR: The authors examined how a series of laboratory activities designed using a new instructional model, called Argument-Driven Inquiry (ADI), influences the ways students participate in scientific argumentation and the quality of the scientific arguments they craft as part of this process.
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A Review of Empirical Literature on Inquiry Professional Development: Alignment with Best Practices and a Critique of the Findings
TL;DR: A review of the literature on inquiry-based teaching and learning and science teacher professional development (PD) can be found in this paper, where the authors present a targeted critical review of research focused specifically on the nature of PD programs that emphasize inquiry.
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