Description

Preservice and novice teachers feeling jittery will find this book full of workable strategies for helping students experience the wonders of science. Classroom veterans will discover new ideas, and science educators will learn how colleagues pass on the art of good teaching. Teaching Teachers’ thirteen articles—culled from the “Teaching Teachers” section of NSTA’s award-winning journal, Science and Children--were written within the spirit of the National Science Education Standards by leading college educators.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
SciLINKS

Excellence for Every Teacher
1 - Science is Part of the Big Picture
Teachers become science learners
Anita Greenwood (April 1996)

2 - Reaching the Reluctant Science Teacher
Learning how to teach inquiry-based science
Alan Colburn and Laura Henriques (May 2000)

Curriculum Integration
3 - Curriculum Integration
A teacher education model
Michael Kotar, Cris E. Guenter, Devon Metzger, and James L. Overholt (February 1998)

4 - Steps Into Learning
Prospective elementary teachers explore the use of classroom technologies in a university setting
Kathleen Sillman, Carla Zembal-Saul, and Thomas M. Dana (November/December 2000)

5 - It’s a Salmon’s Life!
A salmon’s journey crosses disciplines
M. Jenice French and Laura Downey Skochdopole (January 1998)

6 - Teaching Science When Your Principal Says “Teach Language Arts” Interdisciplinary teaching can help teachers meet students’ needs and state and national standards
Valarie L. Akerson (April 2001)

Assessment
7 - Assessment for Preservice Teachers
Six techniques prospective teachers can use in their classrooms, too
Jeffrey R. Lehman (October 1994)

8 - Standards Direct Preservice Teacher Portfolios
Reflections on portfolios reinforce knowledge of Standards
Christine Moseley (February 2000)

Strategies for Every Day
9 - Using Effective Demonstrations for Motivation
Simple suggestions for classroom demonstrations
Michael P. Freedman (September 2000)

10 - Managing Hands-on Inquiry
Teachers become guides as students take on responsibility for learning
Alan D. Rossman (September 1993)

11 - Science Discovery Centers
Preservice teachers design hands-on activity stations and present them for a field experience at a local elementary school
Mark D. Guy and Jackie Wilcox (November/December 1998)

12 - Talk Less, Say More
Silence can be a powerful tool for student understanding
Mary Dickinson Bird (January 2001)

13 - Never Give ‘Em a Straight Answer
From kindergarten to college, reawaken students to power of inquiry
Charlotte Ward (November/December 1997)

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