The Role of Teacher Leadership in Science Education

by: Julie Gess-Newsome and Barbara A. Austin

Professional development activities deepen content knowledge, support inquiry-based teaching, help teachers tap into student thinking, and assist in implementing curriculum materials and interpreting assessment systems. This chapter examines teachers as leaders and the ways that leadership impacts science education reform. Thirteen teachers were interviewed about their professional trajectory and ways that they evolved into teachers. The chapter is written through the voices of the teachers.

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Type Book ChapterPub Date 2/21/2009Stock # PB278X_6

NSTA Press produces classroom-ready activities, hands-on approaches to inquiry, relevant professional development, the latest scientific education news and research, assessment and standards-based instruction.

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