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Technology Leadership for the 21st Century
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This chapter addresses (a) how transformational leadership in the educational community is crucial for effective and appropriate infusion of educational technology as a fundamental part of K-12 education; (b) how…
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As students try out visual literacy tools, they will begin to “see” concepts and build relationships among ideas by layering new information onto existing knowledge. This chapter is an overview of the concept of visual…
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A single still photographic image can easily communicate a vast amount of information. A photograph can capture the meaning of a complex idea or concept that would require many pages of text to describe. This chapter…
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Students encounter a variety of diagrams in their lives that convey a variety of scientific and technical information. This chapter reviews the skills and techniques necessary for analyzing and interpreting diagrams of…
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Creating Visual Thinking Tools
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When we help students discover tools and techniques for organizing the vast amount of information presented to them, they will be much better prepared to recall, retell, or make meaning from text. In this chapter, the…
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Three-Dimensional Graphic Organizers ("Foldables")
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A foldable is a three-dimensional graphic organizer that allows learners to record and process new words and concepts in a hands-on, kinesthetic way. It helps increase students’ visual-spatial learning, which research…
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Visual Literacy in Life Science: Insect Metamorphosis
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The authors invite you to come with them on a learning journey. Chapters 6, 7, and 8 are designed to help you practice your visual literacy teaching strategies. Even though each of these chapters follows the same format…
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Visual Literacy in Physical Science: Force and Motion
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Chapters 6, 7, and 8 are practice chapters. Each chapter provides the appropriate content standards for grades K-4 and 5-8 and several partial lessons and each follows the same format but addresses a different content…
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In this chapter the authors show that “being literate” is no longer limited to reading and writing. Literacy has come to include much more, including the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, and communicate in a…
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The authors argue throughout this book, meaningful, lasting change in the quality of secondary science is going to depend on what teachers do for themselves. This book, thanks to the amount of formal and informal input…
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The impetus for this book and for much of the nation’s conversation during recent years about the impending “shortfall” of science teachers was the publication in 2007 of a National Academy of Sciences study,…
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How Did Teaching First Gain and Then Lose Its Professional Status?
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There is widespread agreement that science teaching is more than a career—it’s a “calling,” and it’s the “discovery” that hooks teachers into doing science. This chapter presents “The Elements of the Profession” sidebar…
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The Long Shadow of No Child Left Behind
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The No Child Left Behind Act was signed into law January 2002, and started a multistate effort to push for “accountability” in the nation’s locally controlled schools—all U.S. students needed to achieve grade-level…
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This chapter discusses what the United States has long believed are the essentials with regard to teacher compensation: pay, tenure, and the presence or absence of unions in determining teachers' compensation and…
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Ongoing Efforts to Elevate Teachers' Capability and Status
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The publication of A Nation at Risk: The Imperative for Educational Reform in 1983, was more than just another report on the need for school reform. In this chapter, the authors examine the impact on teachers and…
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