1st Edition
Labnet Toward A Community of Practice
384 Pages
by
Routledge
382 Pages
by
Routledge
384 Pages
by
Routledge
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Connected by a computer telecommunications network, ninth-graders from eight high schools scattered thousands of miles across Alaska work together, building a robot submarine to gather samples from the floor of Prince William Sound. This is high school science as some teachers and educational reformers today envision it -- centered on student projects that encourage learning by... Read more
Contents: Acknowledgements. Preface. Foreword. R. Ruopp, M. Pfister, An Introduction to LabNet. R. Ruopp, S. Haavind, From Current Practice to Projects. S. Gal, G. Lockett, M.E. Parrott, Shifting the Approach to Science Teaching. S. Gal, Support and Leadership in a Community of Practice. B. Drayton, Design for a Science Network. Reflections on Project-Enhanced Science Learning -- Teachers. Reflections on Project-Enhanced Science Learning -- TERC Staff. R. Ruopp, Agenda for an Uncertain Future. Appendices: The LabNet Teacher Community. Creating Permeable Boundaries for Reflective Expertise: Collaborative Evaluation on a Network. Spring 1991 Teacher Questionnaire with Data. The Big Idea Grants -- Summaries.
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Brian Drayton, Richard Ruopp, Shahaf Gal, Meghan Pfister
"...the editors offer an intriguing and potentially useful glimpse of LabNet through the diverse perspectives of participating researchers, teachers, and students....Due to the wide range of information and diverse perspectives contained in LabNet, the book should be of interest to anyone involved in the teaching and learning of science. Individuals interested in innovative, technology-enhanced approaches to education will also find this volume valuable."
—Harvard Ed. Review
