Enactment of a Geoscience Curriculum by Using Innovative Curriculum Materials

Enactment of a Geoscience Curriculum by Using Innovative Curriculum Materials
Author: Henning Hansen
Publisher:
Total Pages: 23
Release: 2007
Genre:
ISBN:

Trying to implement interdisciplinary geoscience curriculum materials in geography and science education we asked how they fit into teachers' existing practices, their needs for support and strategies to plan instruction. The focus of our case study has been the identification of the goals teachers pursue with the materials, of strategies for customizing and using them in the classroom and of the features of the local context that help to enact an interdisciplinary geoscience curriculum. The study made use of three independent data sources: the results of a workshop questionnaire, the written outcomes of enactment scenarios and the transcripts of telephone interviews. In section 1 the theoretical background is presented that includes ideas on lesson planning, the customization of curriculum materials and the relationship between implementation and local enactment. Section 2 describes the case study approach and section 3 the outcomes, starting with the goals teachers plan to pursue with the curriculum materials and the enactment strategies that indicate how they use the materials (3.1). Section 3.2 presents details on supportive and hindering conditions for local enactment and 3.3 selected data about the practical realization of the scenarios in the classroom. We found that the term "quarry" is a metaphor that allows describing the strategy of most practitioners to deal with innovative curriculum materials. Moreover, our study has shown the central role of modular curriculum materials for the implementation of geoscience education combined with opportunities to learn through well structured in-service workshops. Based on these outcomes, summary chapter 4 presents suggestions for a successful local enactment of geoscience curriculum materials. (Contains 1 table and 4 figures.).

Geoscience Research and Education

Geoscience Research and Education
Author: Vincent C. H. Tong
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 303
Release: 2013-09-12
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9400769466

Focusing on geoscience, this book applies a uniquely cross-disciplinary perspective to its examination of the relationship between scientific research and teaching at universities. Contributions show how the use of technology and innovative pedagogical design allows students at different stages of their university studies to develop skills and experience in geoscience research. The book offers wide-ranging insight from academics in geoscience, science education and higher education policy and pedagogy, as well as from students and industry experts. The opening section sets the context, with a chapter on teaching and research in the contemporary university by a world-leading academic in higher education, and an essay by the editor on the case of moving from research-implicit to research-enhanced teaching. Part Two addresses the research-teaching nexus in geoscience, offering chapters entitled The Challenge of Combining Research and Teaching: A Young Geoscientist’s Perspective; Teaching on the High Seas: How Field Research Enhances Teaching at All Levels; Curricula and Departmental Strategies to Link Teaching and Geoscience Research; and Geoscience Internships in the Oil and Gas Industry, among others. In Part Three, the use of technology is discussed in chapters such as Using Interactive Virtual Field Guides and Linked Data in Geoscience Teaching and Learning; and Towards Technology- and Research-enhanced Education (TREE): Electronic Feedback as a Teaching Tool in Geoscience. The Program Design section includes chapters on Introducing University Students to Authentic, Hands-on Undergraduate Geoscience Research, and the opportunity to link research and teaching in students’ final projects and more. Geoscience Research and Education: Teaching at Universities is a useful resource for understanding the research-teaching nexus and how it has been implemented in different types of universities and in different countries. Science academics seeking to integrate research into teaching will find the book highly relevant to their work. The emphasis on using technology as a means to link research and teaching will be of great interest and practical benefit to learning technologists, science educators and university policymakers. Together with the companion volume Geoscience Research and Outreach: Schools and Public Engagement, this book showcases the key role that geoscience research plays in a wide spectrum of educational settings.

Geoscience Education

Geoscience Education
Author: Clara Vasconcelos
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 235
Release: 2016-11-14
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3319433199

This book presents research in Geoscience Education focusing on indoor and outdoor environments in which teaching geoscience gains particular relevance, significance and contextualization. The research areas that are presented throughout the thirteen chapters cover a wide variety of subjects ranging from educational resources and fieldwork to science models. Chapters discuss specific geoscience topics such as earthquakes, rocks, fossils and minerals. Other chapters present a more interdisciplinary approach addressing topics that aren’t usually examined, such as geomedicine and geoethics, with a specific focus on sustainable development and their alignment with the school curricula. Throughout the book readers can find research-based arguments illustrated with practical examples, which will help them to innovate in their curriculum development area, classroom practices and pre and in-service teachers’ education. The book challenges readers to improve Geoscience Education by changing the ways of teaching, by enabling students to exploit their natural curiosity, and by spurring a learning process that should not be confined to the classroom but rather maintained throughout life.

Innovative Approaches to Socioscientific Issues and Sustainability Education

Innovative Approaches to Socioscientific Issues and Sustainability Education
Author: Ying-Shao Hsu
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 389
Release: 2022-08-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9811918406

This book explores innovative approaches to teacher professional learning, examples of teaching enacted in classrooms, and factors affecting the promotion of quality teaching in socio-scientific issues and sustainability contexts. Since educational settings and cultures influence teaching, the different approaches and perspectives in various cross-national contexts enable us to appreciate the diversity of different countries’ practices and provide insight into seminal approaches to socio-scientific issues-based teaching internationally. The book consists of three parts: innovative professional development programs, innovative teaching approaches, and issues relating to student engagement with socio-scientific issues and sustainability education. The book targets those who can be expected to develop curriculum, enact teaching practices, and facilitate teachers’ professional development in socio-scientific issues and sustainability education.

Earth Sciences

Earth Sciences
Author: Amy Bain
Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2001
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1563086786

Presents annotated resource lists and activity instructions for K-8 earth science units. Includes fiction and nonfiction children's literature, comprehensive teaching resources to be used as references, and science, creative writing, and art activities, arranged according to subject matter. Subjects include Earth, ecology, and weather.

Earth Science Syllabus

Earth Science Syllabus
Author: University of the State of New York. Bureau of Secondary Curriculum Development
Publisher:
Total Pages: 50
Release: 1969
Genre: Earth sciences
ISBN:

The Art of Teaching Science

The Art of Teaching Science
Author: Vaille Dawson
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 183
Release: 2020-07-16
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1000247848

The Art of Teaching Science has proven itself to be one of the most popular introductory texts for Australian pre-service and in-service teachers, providing guidance on engaging students and helping develop scientifically literate citizens. Beginning with an examination of the nature of science, constructivist and socio-cultural views of teaching and learning and contemporary science curricula in Australian schools, the expert authors go on to explore effective teaching and learning strategies, approaches to assessment and provide advice on the use of ICT in the classroom. Fully revised and updated, this edition also reflects the introduction of the AITSL professional standards for teachers and integrates them throughout the text. New chapters explore: •a range of teaching strategies including explicit instruction, active learning and problem-based learning; •the effective integration of STEM in schools; •approaches to differentiation in science education; and •contemporary uses of ICT to improve student learning. Those new to this text will find it is deliberately written in user-friendly language. Each chapter stands alone, but collectively they form a coherent picture of the art (in the sense of creative craft) and science (as in possessing the knowledge, understanding and skills) required to effectively teach secondary school science. 'Helping each new generation of school science teachers as they begin their careers is crucial to education. This is the updated, third edition of this valuable textbook. It contains a wonderful range of inspirational chapters. All science teachers, not only those at the start of the profession, would benefit from it, in Australia and beyond.' Michael J. Reiss, Professor of Science Education, University College, London