This qualitative interpretive study aimed to explore the use of content-based story writing as an educative curriculum to promote science teachers' professional learning. It also aimed to help teachers interact and reflect on their students' science stories to generate and explore content and pedagogical content knowledge. This study was carried…

This study analyzed rural Texas teachers commitment to purposeful change through active participation in a teacher study group, the Reflective Practice Discussion Group (RPDG). The RPDG involved focused, rule-governed discussion that examined how to support teachers engaged in purposeful change. The fundamental professional concern of the project…