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Direct linkWong, Sissy S.; Ortega, Irasema – Science Teacher, 2015
Teachers often start their careers in schools with large populations of English language learners (ELLs), whose enrollment in U.S. public schools reached some 4.4 million in 2012 (Kena et al. 2014). To serve these ELLs, new science teachers must develop skills to not only teach the content and language of science but also academic English. Proper…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Beginning Teachers, Science Teachers, Beginning Teacher Induction
Download full textWong, Sissy S.; Firestone, Jonah B.; Luft, Julie A.; Weeks, Charles B. – Science Educator, 2013
During the beginning years of teaching, science teachers develop the knowledge and skills needed to design and implement science laboratories. In this regard, this quantitative study focused on the reported laboratory practices of 61 beginning secondary science teachers who participated in four different induction programs. The results…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Beginning Teacher Induction, Secondary School Science, Secondary School Teachers
Ortega, Irasema; Luft, Julie A.; Wong, Sissy S. – School Science and Mathematics, 2013
Early career science teachers are often assigned to classrooms with high numbers of English language learners (ELLs). For the underprepared early career science teacher, these circumstances are challenging. This study examines the changes in beliefs and practices of an early career science teacher who taught high numbers of ELLs in an urban…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Beginning Teachers, English Language Learners, Urban Schools
Wong, Sissy S.; Firestone, Jonah B.; Ronduen, Lionnel G.; Bang, EunJin – International Journal of Research in Education and Science, 2016
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education has become one of the main priorities in the United States. Science education communities and researchers advocate for integration of STEM disciplines throughout the teaching curriculum. This requires teacher knowledge in STEM disciplines, as well as competence in scientific…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Mathematics Teachers, Middle School Students, Scientific Principles
