An Inquiry into Science Education, Where the Rubber Meets the Road / / Richard N. Steinberg.

An inquiry into science education is an exploration into education in a context that is grounded and signi cant. It is written by a college professor of Physics and Science Education who spent sabbatical year as a full time science teacher in a neighborhood high school in a poor area of New York Cit...

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Place / Publishing House:Rotterdam, Netherlands : : Sense Publishers,, 2011.
Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (140 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • An Inquiry into Science Education, Where the Rubber Meets the Road
  • TABLE OF CONTENTS
  • PREFACE
  • HOW LAKEETA CALCULATES THE VELOCITY OF A CAR MOVING WITH VELOCITY 9.5 M/S
  • DIARY OF A SABBATICAL
  • PERSPECTIVE
  • MATTHEW, RUSSELL, MAKENZIE, AND LILY
  • FORMAT OF BOOK
  • ALTERNATIVE BOOK TITLES THAT I CONSIDERED
  • GRATITUDE
  • PART I SETTING THE STAGE: A motivating summer experience
  • CHAPTER 1: JULY: THE SUN GOES AROUND THE EARTH: Goals of science education1
  • JULY 31: TEACHING IN THE SUMMER SCHOLARS PROGRAM A^€œPROVIDE A COMPLETE SCIENTIFIC ARGUMENTa^€?INSTRUCTION
  • a^€œPROVIDE A COMPLETE SCIENTIFIC ARGUMENTa^€? TAKE 2
  • a^€œPROVIDE A COMPLETE SCIENTIFIC ARGUMENTa^€? TAKE 3
  • WHO CARES ABOUT ASTRONOMY?
  • REFLECTIONS ON UNDERSTANDING SCIENCE AND GOALS OF SCIENCE EDUCATION
  • JOHN DEWEY
  • RATING STUDENT REASONING ON THE EARTH-SUN QUESTION
  • CHAPTER 2: AUGUST: AWAY FROM THE IVORY TOWER: Inquiry
  • AUGUST 15: A CHANGE IN CONTEXT
  • MOTIVATION 1: WORK WITH COLLEGE PHYSICS STUDENTS
  • MOTIVATION 2: WORK WITH SCIENCE TEACHERS
  • INQUIRY INTO INQUIRY REFLECTIONS ON GOING TO UHSSTRATEGIES THAT WORK: INQUIRY
  • YOGI BERRA
  • PART II TEACHING AT UHS: Science education where the rubber meets the road
  • CHAPTER 3: SEPTEMBER: A DISTANCE OF 24 SECONDS: Epistemology
  • SEPTEMBER 4: MY FIRST DAY TEACHING
  • REGENTS PHYSICS AND ME
  • THE CAR TRAVELS A TOTAL DISTANCE OF 24 SECONDS
  • BECAUSE IT SAYS SO ON THE REFERENCE TABLE
  • MORE THAN REFERENCE TABLES
  • MR. LOWREY
  • REFLECTIONS ON EPISTEMOLOGY, LAKEETA. TOMMY, AND MR. LOWREY
  • STRATEGIES THAT WORK: EPISTEMOLOGY An interactive demonstration on Newtona^€?s First LawA kinesthetic laboratory activity on Newtona^€?s Second Law
  • GALILEO GALILEI
  • CHAPTER 4: OCTOBER: F?%ING BALL: Classroom management
  • OCTOBER 9: WHAT DID SHE SAY?
  • BUMMER
  • TWO TEACHERS WHO DID NOT HAVE PROBLEMS WITH CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT (AND NEITHER OF THEM WERE ME)
  • PLANETS BY INQUIRY?
  • GARRY, MARLON, AND ROBINSON
  • THE RULES NEED TO CHANGE
  • A STICKY SOLUTION
  • REFLECTIONS ON INQUIRY SCIENCE, CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT, AND RESPONSIBILITY
  • STRATEGIES THAT WORK: CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT Group test question on colorimetryElectric field hockey simulation
  • PLATO
  • CHAPTER 5: NOVEMBER: THE AVERAGE OF 36 AND 38 IS 57: Math literacy
  • NOVEMBER 18: APPLIED MATH?
  • HELP!
  • COULOMBa^€?S LAW OR COULOMBa^€?S LAWS?
  • MOTION SENSORS
  • NO WAY!
  • RATIO ABUSE
  • OF BASIC MATH AND TAU NEUTRINOS
  • REFLECTIONS ON STUDENT LEARNING OF MATH
  • STRATEGIES THAT WORK: MATHEMATICS
  • Estimation problems
  • Motion graphing problem
  • WINSTON CHURCHILL
  • CHAPTER 6: DECEMBER: HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO KNOW WHAT TO DO IF YOU DONa^€?T TELL ME?: Independent learning.