What do you get when you bring together two of NSTA’s bestselling authors to ponder ways to deepen students’ conceptual understanding of science? A fascinating combination of deep thinking about science teaching, field-tested strategies you can use in your classroom immediately, and personal vignettes all educators can relate to and apply themselves.
Teaching for Conceptual Understanding in Science is by Richard Konicek-Moran, a researcher and professor who wrote the Everyday Science Mysteries series, and Page Keeley, a practitioner and teacher educator who writes the Uncovering Student Ideas in Science series. Written in an appealing, conversational style, this new book
- explores where science education has been and where it’s going;
- emphasizes how knowing the history and nature of science can help you engage in teaching for conceptual understanding and conceptual change;
- stresses the importance of formative assessment as a pathway to conceptual change; and
- provides a bridge between research and practice.
This is the kind of thought-provoking book that can truly change the way you teach. Whether you read each chapter in sequence or start by browsing the topics in the vignettes, Konicek-Moran and Keeley will make you think—really think—about the major goal of science education in the 21st century: to help students understand science at the conceptual level so they can see its connections to other fields, other concepts, and their own lives.
Produkteigenschaften
- Artikelnummer: 9781938946103
- Medium: Buch
- ISBN: 978-1-938946-10-3
- Verlag: Nsta - National Science Teaching Association
- Erscheinungstermin: 01.03.2015
- Sprache(n): Englisch
- Auflage: 1. Auflage 2015
- Produktform: Kartoniert
- Gewicht: 835 g
- Seiten: 248
- Format (B x H x T): 216 x 279 x 18 mm
- Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt