1st Edition
Becoming Scientists Inquiry-Based Teaching in Diverse Classrooms, Grades 3-5
192 Pages
by
Routledge
192 Pages
by
Routledge
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Most important to being a good science teacher is holding the expectation that all students can be scientists and think critically. Providing a thinking curriculum is especially important for those children in diverse classrooms who have been underserved by our educational system. -; Becoming Scientists Good science starts with a question, perhaps from the teacher at the start of a science... Read more
Chapter 1: Introduction: What Is Inquiry?; Chapter 2: Guiding Principles for Teaching and Learning Inquiry Science; Chapter 3: Managing the Diverse Classroom During Inquiry Science; Chapter 4: Supporting English Language Learners in the Diverse Classroom; Chapter 5: Diving into Inquiry: Investigating UV Beads; Chapter 6: What Makes Toy Cars Move? A Unit on Energy; Chapter 7: Navigating the Challenges of Inquiry Science: Responding to Teachers' Questions; Chapter 8: Deepening Teachers' Science Content Knowledge Through Inquiry
Biography
Rusty Bresser is a lecturer and supervisor of teacher education in the Education Studies Department at the University of California, San Diego. He has been an educator for 40 years, and is interested in issues of equity and access for underserved students in the areas of mathematics and science.
