Teaching Science in Diverse Classrooms : Real Science for Real Students (Hardcover, 2 ed)

Part 1: Student Ideas Are the Raw Material of Our Work??1. Aiming for Culturally Relevant Science Teaching? 2. Eliciting Students’ Ideas? 3. Every Misconception a Shiny Pebble? 4. Responding to Student Questions Without Giving Answers??Part 2:?Real Science, Real Students??5. HeLa Cells, High-speed Chases, and Other Essential Questions? 6. Reconsidering Labs and Demonstrations for Model-Based Inquiry? 7. What if the Stork Carried 20-sided Dice?? 8. Eyes Like a Scientist? 9. In Praise of Field Trips and Guest Speakers? 10. “Before Today I was Afraid of Trees”??Part 3:?Science Teacher Learning??11. Observing Candles and Classrooms? 12. Mentoring New Science Teachers? 13. The Black Belt Science Teacher? 14. Teaching at the Boundaries of Our Knowledge? 15. Playing School vs. Doing Science??Part 4:?Teaching Science in an Ever-Changing World??16. Notes from a Classroom Visit? ?17. The Toughest Year So Far? 18. Can’t We Just Teach the Science?? Afterword: Good Reasons for Becoming a Science Teacher

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