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Macias, Meghan; Iveland, Ashley; Tyler, Burr; Salcido White, Maya – WestEd, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a huge impact on education. Science teaching, in particular, has faced specific challenges given the field's emphasis on high-quality instruction that has students "do" science collaboratively rather than just read about it or hear about it in a lecture. This brief provides: (1) a summary of data collected…
Descriptors: Pandemics, Teaching Methods, Science Instruction, COVID-19
Iwatani, Emi; Means, Barbara; Romero, Maria R.; Vang, Mai Chou – Digital Promise, 2020
Learn about the Challenge Based Science Learning Project and its larger implications for the fields of Next Generation Science Learning and Open Educational Resources. The project involved 18 middle school teachers and five administrators from three U.S. school districts partnering with instructional coaches and learning sciences researchers from…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Middle School Teachers, Learner Engagement, Middle School Students
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An, Yun-Jo; Haynes, Linda; D'Alba, Adriana; Chumney, Frances – Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal), 2016
Science teachers' experiences, attitudes, perceptions, concerns, and support needs related to the use of educational computer games were investigated in this study. Data were collected from an online survey, which was completed by 111 science teachers. The results showed that 73% of participants had used computer games in teaching. Participants…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Computer Games, Science Teachers, Teaching Experience
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Johnson, Carla C. – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2007
Administrative support is essential for reform efforts to take place at the building and district level. This study explored barriers teachers encountered while implementing science education reform and the impact those barriers had on change in instructional practices and reform. Findings in this study reveal that support from administration is…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Science Education, Barriers, Politics of Education