National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST) 2013

Featured Books at this Event

1. Children's Ways with Science and Literacy

   Integrated Multimodal Enactments in Urban Elementary Classrooms

   Edited by Maria Varelas, Christine C. Pappas

   Science is often a forgotten subject in early elementary grades as various mandates require teachers to focus on teaching young students to achieve specific reading and mathematical competencies. This book offers specific examples and empirical evidence of how integrated science-literacy curriculum...

   Published November 18th 2012 by Routledge
2. Communication and Engagement with Science and Technology

   Issues and Dilemmas A Reader in Science Communication

   Edited by John K. Gilbert, Susan M. Stocklmayer

   Science communication seeks to engage individuals and groups with evidence-based information about the nature, outcomes, and social consequences of science and technology. This text provides an overview of this burgeoning field - the issues with which it deals, important influences that affect it,...

   Published November 25th 2012 by Routledge
3. Designing and Teaching the Elementary Science Methods Course

   By Sandra Abell, Ken Appleton, Deborah Hanuscin

   Series: Teaching and Learning in Science Series

   What do aspiring and practicing elementary science teacher education faculty need to know as they plan and carry out instruction for future elementary science teachers? This scholarly and practical guide for science teacher educators outlines the theory, principles, and strategies needed, and...

   Published February 11th 2010 by Routledge
4. Design, Make, Play

   Growing the Next Generation of STEM Innovators

   Edited by Margaret Honey, David E. Kanter

   Design, Make, Play: Growing the Next Generation of STEM Innovators is a resource for practitioners, policymakers, researchers and program developers that illuminates creative, cutting edge ways to inspire and motivate young people about science and technology learning. The book is aligned...

   Published March 12th 2013 by Routledge
5. Fostering Success of Ethnic and Racial Minorities in STEM

   The Role of Minority Serving Institutions

   Edited by Robert T. Palmer, Dina C. Maramba, Marybeth Gasman

   To maintain competitiveness in the global economy, United States policymakers and national leaders are increasing their attention to producing workers skilled in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Given the growing minority population in the country, it is critical that...

   Published November 6th 2012 by Routledge
6. From ‘Science in the Making’ to Understanding the Nature of Science

   An Overview for Science Educators

   By Mansoor Niaz

   The Nature of Science is highly topical among science teacher educators and researchers. Increasingly, it is a mandated topic in state curriculum documents. This book draws together recent research on Nature of Science studies within a historical and philosophical framework suitable for...

   Published December 13th 2011 by Routledge
7. Handbook of Research on Science Education

   Edited by Sandra K. Abell, Norman G. Lederman

   This state-of-the art research Handbook provides a comprehensive, coherent, current synthesis of the empirical and theoretical research concerning teaching and learning in science and lays down a foundation upon which future research can be built. ...

   Published January 29th 2007 by Routledge
8. Innovating Science Teacher Education

   A History and Philosophy of Science Perspective

   By Mansoor Niaz

   How teachers view the nature of scientific knowledge is crucial to their understanding of science content and how it can be taught. This book presents an overview of the dynamics of scientific progress and its relationship to the history and philosophy of science, and then explores their...

   Published July 27th 2010 by Routledge
9. Integrating Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics

   Issues, Reflections, and Ways Forward

   Edited by Léonie Rennie, Grady Venville, John Wallace

   Series: Teaching and Learning in Science Series

   How can curriculum integration of school science with the related disciplines of technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) enhance students’ skills and their ability to link what they learn in school with the world outside the classroom? Featuring actual case studies of teachers’ attempts to...

   Published May 10th 2012 by Routledge
10. Knowledge that Counts in a Global Community

    Exploring the Contribution of Integrated Curriculum

    By Léonie J. Rennie, Grady Venville, John Wallace

    As the third millennium progresses, we are faced with increasing pressures relating to climate change and the sustainability of life on Earth. Concerned citizens are realizing that the responsibility to respond is both local and global. There is an increasing sense of urgency about the need to...

    Published October 27th 2011 by Routledge
11. Learning Gardens and Sustainability Education

    Bringing Life to Schools and Schools to Life

    By Dilafruz Williams, Jonathan Brown

    Offering a fresh approach to bringing life to schools and schools to life, this book goes beyond touting the benefits of learning gardens to survey them as a whole-systems design solution with potential to address myriad interrelated social, ecological, and educational issues. The theoretical...

    Published November 9th 2011 by Routledge
12. Problem Solving & Comprehension

    7th Edition

    By Arthur Whimbey, Jack Lochhead, Ronald Narode

    This popular book shows students how to increase their power to analyze problems and comprehend what they read using the Think Aloud Pair Problem Solving [TAPPS] method. First it outlines and illustrates the method that good problem solvers use in attacking complex ideas. Then it provides practice...

    Published February 11th 2013 by Routledge
13. Rethinking the Way We Teach Science

    The Interplay of Content, Pedagogy, and the Nature of Science

    By Louis Rosenblatt

    Series: Teaching and Learning in Science Series

    Offering a fresh take on inquiry, this book draws on current research and theory in science education, literacy, and educational psychology, as well as the history and philosophy of science, to make its case for transforming the way science is taught. Re-thinking the Way We Teach Science addresses...

    Published November 7th 2010 by Routledge
14. Science Learning and Instruction

    Taking Advantage of Technology to Promote Knowledge Integration

    By Marcia C. Linn, Bat-Sheva Eylon

    Science Learning and Instruction describes advances in understanding the nature of science learning and their implications for the design of science instruction. The authors show how design patterns, design principles, and professional development opportunities coalesce to create and sustain...

    Published April 10th 2011 by Routledge
15. Teaching Science in Elementary and Middle School

    A Project-Based Approach, 3rd Edition

    By Joseph S. Krajcik, Joseph Krajcik, Charlene M. Czerniak, Charlene M. Czerniak

    The need for a scientifically literate population that can apply scientific ideas to solve real world problems in the 21st century has never been greater. Yet a growing disconnect exists between this need and the educational capacity to prepare them. The mission of Teaching Science in Elementary...

    Published September 10th 2007 by Routledge
16. Teaching Science to Every Child

    Using Culture as a Starting Point, 2nd Edition

    By John Settlage, Sherry Southerland

    Providing timely and practical guidance about teaching science to all students, this text gives particular emphasis to making science accessible to populations who are typically pushed to the fringe – especially students of color and English language learners. Central to this text is the idea that...

    Published October 18th 2011 by Routledge