Preparing Science Teachers Through Practice-Based Teacher Education (Core Practices in Education Series) - Softcover

David Stroupe (editor), Karen Hammerness (editor) & Scott McDonald (editor)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1682535304 ISBN 13: 9781682535301

Publisher: Harvard Education Press, 2020

Synopsis

This comprehensive volume advances a vision of teacher preparation programs focused on core practices supporting ambitious science instruction. The book advocates for collaborative learning and building a community of teacher educators that can collectively share and refine strategies, tools, and practices.

A renewed interest in practice-based teacher education paired with increasingly rigorous requirements, notably the Next Generation Science Standards, has highlighted the importance of teachers' deep disciplinary knowledge. This volume examines the compelling ways teacher educators across the country are using core practices to prepare preservice teachers for ambitious and equitable science teaching.

With contributions from a wide network of teacher educators focusing on science education in various geographical and institutional contexts, Preparing Science Teachers Through Practice-Based Teacher Education serves as a valuable resource both for teacher educators and for administrators.

About this title

About the Author

Karen Hammerness is an associate professor and director of program research at Bard College and is the director of Educational Research and Evaluation at the American Museum of Natural History.

David Stroupe is an associate professor of teacher education and science education at Michigan State University.

Scott McDonald is an associate professor of Science Education at The Pennsylvania State University (PSU) and director of the Krause Innovation Studio in the PSU College of Education.

From the Back Cover

A renewed interest in practice-based teacher education paired with increasingly rigorous requirements, notably the Next Generation Science Standards, has highlighted the importance of teachers' deep disciplinary knowledge. This comprehensive volume examines the compelling ways teacher educators across the country are using core practices to prepare preservice teachers for ambitious and equitable science teaching.

With contributions from a wide network of teacher educators focusing on science education in various geographical and institutional contexts, Preparing Science Teachers Through Practice-Based Teacher Education serves as a valuable resource both for teacher educators and for administrators.

"A well-crafted resource on practice-based teacher education that extends the science setting. Beyond core practices, this book illuminates various facets of practice-based teacher education--how theory, identity, equity, community, and context are all part of its fabric. The scholarship of teacher education in this book showcases stories of collaboration, inquiry, and adaptation by teacher educators and pre-service teachers."
--Hala Ghousseini, associate professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison

"This book is both a useful guide to what it means to organize teacher education around core practices, and an invitation to join a collective of teacher educator-scholars who are reinventing how they prepare and collaborate with prospective teachers in culturally responsive, and scientifically rich ways. An informative and inspiring read about the challenging work of science teacher education."
--Suzanne M. Wilson, professor, University of Connecticut

David Stroupe is an associate professor of teacher education and science education at Michigan State University. Karen Hammerness is the director of educational research and evaluation at the American Museum of Natural History. Scott McDonald is an associate professor of science education at The Pennsylvania State University (PSU) and director of the Krause Innovation Studio in the PSU College of Education. Pam Grossman is the dean of the Graduate School of Education and the George and Diane Weiss Professor of Education at the University of Pennsylvania, and editor of Harvard Education Press's Core Practices in Education series.

Preparing Science Teachers Through Practice-Based Teacher Education is a volume in the Core Practices in Education Series.

Edition details

• Publisher: Harvard Education Press
• Publication date: 2020
• ISBN 10: 1682535304
• ISBN 13: 9781682535301
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 328