Enacting reform-based science materials: The range of teacher enactments in reform classrooms

• Published in: Journal of research in science teaching Vol. 42; no. 3; pp. 283 - 312
• Main Authors: Schneider, Rebecca M., Krajcik, Joseph, Blumenfeld, Phyllis
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company 01.03.2005; John Wiley & Sons, Inc; Wiley
• Subjects: Curriculum subjects: programmes and methods; Educational Change; Educational sciences; Exact and natural sciences; Middle School Teachers; Pedagogical Content Knowledge; Physics; Professional Development; Science Instruction; Science Materials; Scientific Concepts; Teaching Methods; Units of Study; Urban Areas; Classroom; Educational change; Professional development; Science Education; Secondary School Teacher; Teachers training

To promote large‐scale science education reform, developers must create innovations that teachers can use to learn and enact new practices. As part of an urban systemic reform effort, science materials were designed to reflect desired reforms and to support teacher thinking by addressing necessary c...