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Gillespie, Nicole – Phi Delta Kappan, 2015
If we want talented young teachers to develop the capacity to get students excited about high-quality science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) learning, we must develop a network of STEM teachers who can support teachers in their continued learning about their work and enable them to collaborate with others. If we want teachers to…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Faculty Development, Teacher Empowerment, Professional Autonomy
Berger, Adam C.; Johnson, Samuel G.; Beachy, Sarah H.; Olson, Steve – National Academies Press, 2015
Many health care providers do not have either the knowledge or the tools they need in order to apply genetic information in their day-to-day practices. This lack of support is contributing to a substantial delay in the translation of genetic research findings, when appropriate, into improvement in patient outcomes within the health care system.…
Descriptors: Workshops, Genetics, Science Education, Educational Improvement
Perry, Emily; Boylan, Mark – Professional Development in Education, 2018
Research on teacher professional development is extensive but there are fewer studies about the practitioners who facilitate professional development. Here we report on a pilot programme for professional development facilitators rooted in a cycle of action research. Informed by a categorisation of professional knowledge and skills of facilitators,…
Descriptors: Facilitators (Individuals), Faculty Development, Pilot Projects, Action Research
Lee, Roh Pin – International Journal of Science Education, 2016
Misconceptions and biases in energy perception could influence people's support for developments integral to the success of restructuring a nation's energy system. Science education, in equipping young adults with the cognitive skills and knowledge necessary to navigate in the confusing energy environment, could play a key role in paving the way…
Descriptors: Misconceptions, Science Instruction, Energy, Foreign Countries
Ramlo, Susan – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2012
Teacher attitudes affect their instruction such that positive teacher attitudes enhance the teaching and learning process. The purpose of this study was to explore inservice science teachers' views of learning physics within the context of a professional development experience and to investigate the relationship between those views and the…
Descriptors: Motion, Science Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Methods
British Columbia Ministry of Education, 2021
This report provides information about the performance of Aboriginal students (including adults) in British Columbia's public schools. Ten sections include: (1) Introduction; (2) Student and District Context (Kindergarten-Grade 12), 2016/17-2020/21; (3) Foundation Skills Assessment (FSA) Grades 4 and 7, 2016/17-2020/21; (4) Graduation Assessments…
Descriptors: Canada Natives, American Indian Students, Public Schools, Elementary Secondary Education
Abd-El-Khalick, Fouad – International Journal of Science Education, 2012
This position paper addresses some enduring, as well as emerging issues, associated with the crucial question of benchmarking understandings about nature of science (NOS) for precollege science education. The question of benchmarking NOS understandings is revisited in light of the often cited, continuing debates among historians, philosophers, and…
Descriptors: Science Education, Educational Change, Benchmarking, Research and Development
Hughes, Hilary; Foth, Marcus; Mallan, Kerry – Journal of Information Literacy, 2019
This paper proposes social living labs for informed learning as an innovative approach to interprofessional and community education. It presents a new conceptual model and practice framework suited to rapidly changing, information-intensive work and social environments. The proposed approach is theoretically informed and evidence based. It…
Descriptors: Living Learning Centers, Interprofessional Relationship, Information Literacy, Models
Canadian Association of University Teachers, 2019
Budget 2019 brings welcome investments for students. It does not address however, key challenges facing Canada's colleges and universities, resulting from stagnant government funding for core operating costs. Budget 2019 commitments to making post-secondary more affordable average around $650 million per year for five years and include investments…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Finance, Budgets, Federal Aid
de Winter, J. – Physics Education, 2011
This article aims to explore some of the experiences of participants on the Science as an Additional Specialism (SASP) physics course. It draws from feedback, assignment work and course evaluations from all of the 22 teachers who were participants on the course at the Science Learning Centre East of England at Bayfordbury, in the 2009-10 academic…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Science Teachers, Inservice Teacher Education
Falk, John H.; Needham, Mark D. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2011
A range of sources support science learning, including the formal education system, libraries, museums, nature and Science Centers, aquariums and zoos, botanical gardens and arboretums, television programs, film and video, newspapers, radio, books and magazines, the Internet, community and health organizations, environmental organizations, and…
Descriptors: Income, Legislators, Telephone Surveys, Museums
Pierce, Clayton – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2012
This article investigates the biopolitical dimensions that have grown out of the union between biocapitalism and current science education reform in the US. Drawing on science and technology study theorists, I utilize the analytics of promissory valuation and salvationary discourses to understand how scientific literacy in the neo-Sputnik era has…
Descriptors: Scientific Literacy, Biological Sciences, Science Education, Economic Impact
Valdmann, Ana; Holbrook, Jack; Rannikmae, Miia – Science Education International, 2012
This paper explores the impact of teacher involvement in a context-based teaching project, involving continuous professional development and classroom module implementation two years after the event. Five chemistry and biology teachers were interviewed to ascertain the degree of ownership gained from the project related to continued use of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Science Instruction
EL-Deghaidy, Heba; Mansour, Nasser; Aldahmash, Abdulwali; Alshamrani, Saeed – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2015
This paper explores science teachers' experiences, views, and preferences of what constitutes effective teacher professional development. The research method utilised both quantitative and qualitative analyses. The former was used with responses from closed-ended questions while responses to an open-ended question were analysed qualitatively. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Questionnaires
van Aalderen-Smeets, Sandra I.; van der Molen, Juliette H. Walma – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2015
This article provides a description of a novel, attitude-focused, professional development intervention, and presents the results of an experimental pretest-posttest control group study investigating the effects of this intervention on primary teachers' personal attitudes toward science, attitudes toward teaching science, and their science…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Scientific Attitudes, Faculty Development