Science Education and Teacher Professional Development

Combining Learning with Research

Elizabeth A. C. Rushton (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

XXI, 256 Seiten

2021
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-64106-1 (ISBN)

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This book presents a radical reconceptualization of subject-focused and research-led teacher professional development. Drawing on the experiences of more than 50 high school teachers and technicians who participated in science-based research with their students, the author examines how this enables teachers to develop a 'Teacher Scientist' model of professional identity. Through active participation in research, science teachers and technicians can implement socially just approaches to education, where students' differences are valued and, through research, their social and academic development is supported. Central to the 'Teacher Scientist' identity is the development of, and sustained interaction with, complex and collaborative professional networks which include researchers, university-staff and teachers and students in other schools. In the context of persistent recruitment and retention challenges, the 'Teacher Scientist' model provides a research-led approach which may offer analternative to strategies focused on financial incentives.

lt;b>Elizabeth A.C. Rushton is Lecturer in Geography Education at King's College London, UK. She has worked within education as a high school teacher, as Director of Evaluation for an education charity that supports school student participation in STEM research. Her research considers young people's experience of science in formal and informal settings and teacher professional development through collaborations with researchers and mentoring school student research.

Chapter 1. Science Education and Teacher Professional Development.- Chapter 2. Science Teacher Identity.- Chapter 3. Research approach, context, methods and results.- Chapter 4. Freedom to teach.- Chapter 5. Re(connection) with science/research.- Chapter 6. Collaboration.- Chapter 7. Professional development.- Chapter 8. Student and societal development through research.- Chapter 9. A model of the teacher scientist identity.

Erscheinungsdatum	08.04.2021
Reihe/Serie	Palgrave Studies in Alternative Education
Zusatzinfo	XXI, 256 p. 1 illus.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	493 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Bildungstheorie
Schlagworte	Learning and Instruction • science education • Teacher CPD • Teacher identity • Teacher researcher • Teacher scientist • teacher skills
ISBN-10	3-030-64106-6 / 3030641066
ISBN-13	978-3-030-64106-1 / 9783030641061
Zustand	Neuware