Developing interpretive power in science teaching

• Published in: Journal of research in science teaching Vol. 53; no. 10; pp. 1571 - 1600
• Main Authors: Rosebery, Ann S., Warren, Beth, Tucker-Raymond, Eli
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Reston Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.12.2016; Wiley-Blackwell; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Beginning Teachers; Classroom Communication; Classrooms; Demonstrations (Educational); diversity and equity; Educational Practices; Faculty Development; Generativity; interpretive power; Interviews; Meaning; Minority Group Students; Multiculturalism & pluralism; Plants (Botany); Power; Power Structure; Professional development; Program Design; Program Effectiveness; Science education; Science Experiments; Science Instruction; science teaching; Seminars; Social Justice; Student Diversity; student sense-making; Students; Task Analysis; Teachers; Teaching; Teaching Methods

Early career teachers rarely receive sustained support for addressing issues of diversity and equity in their science teaching. This paper reports on design research to create a 30 hour professional development seminar focused on cultivating the interpretive power of early career teachers who teach...