Change agents in science education / / Koshi Dingra, Sumi Hagiwara.

• Superior document: Bold Visions in Educational Research ; 9
• VerfasserIn: Dingra, Koshi,; Hagiwara, Sumi,
• TeilnehmendeR: Hagiwara, Sumi,
• Place / Publishing House: Rotterdam, Netherlands ;, Taipei : : Sense Publishers,, [2006]; 2006
• Year of Publication: 2006
• Language: English
• Series: Bold Visions in Educational Research ; 9.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource
• Notes: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

In this engaging and well crafted book, Change Agents in Science Education situates the science educator in dynamic social, political, and cultural environments where individuals are engaged in science for change. A wide range of educational contexts are described in the book, including urban school settings in the U. S., slum communities in Mumbai, India, an agricultural community in Benin, Africa, a children’s educational television program production company in the U. S. In each context, powerful examples of how science was enacted to transform ways of thinking and doing are demonstrated. Each contributor shares experiences with science, and the challenges, triumphs and lessons learned which need to be considered and addressed as part of the role of the science educator. Change, it is argued, needs to be facilitated on a variety of levels in order for learning to take place. Science educators working in a wide range of settings, community-based educational groups, and students and researchers interested in formal and informal science education, will benefit from the perspectives provided in this book.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Koshi Dhingra and Sumi Hagiwara -- Expanding the Context For Change Agency in Science: Beyond the Classroom / Koshi Dhingra and Sumi Hagiwara -- The Challenges and Possibilities of Middle Level School Reform: Equity, Expectations, and Empowerment in Science Education / Maria S. Rivera Maulucci -- Critical Physics Agency as a Context and Tool for Transforming Student Identity / Sreyashi Jhumki Basu and Angela Calabrese Barton -- Creating Space for Immigrant Parents in Urban Middle School Science / Sumi Hagiwara and Isobel Contento -- Harlem Renaissance: A Story of Social Justice, Science and Urban School Reform / Verneda Johnson and Angela Calabrese Barton -- A Journal Through the Slums / Charu Puri-Sharma -- Museum, College, and School: Collaboration in Science Teacher Preparation and Support / Koshi Dhingra , Eleanor Miele , Martiza MacDonald and Wayne Powell -- Reaping the Benefits of Primary Education in Benin / Michelle Trudeau -- Science on Children's Television: Collaboration, Synergy, and Research / Koshi Dhingra , Alice Wilder , Alison Sherman and Karen Leavitt -- About the Contributors / Koshi Dhingra and Sumi Hagiwara -- Index / Koshi Dhingra and Sumi Hagiwara.