Success of a Professional-Development Model in Assisting Teachers to Change Their Teaching to Match the More Emphasis Conditions Urged in the National Science Education Standards

Lead teachers were a major part of a staff-development program first offered in 1983 for science teachers in Iowa. Later, the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) reform project called Scope, Sequence, and Coordination (SS#x00026;C) involved 20 school districts and worked annually with new t...

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Published inJournal of science teacher education Vol. 17; no. 3; pp. 309 - 322
Main Authors Kimble, Larry L., Yager, Robert E., Yager, Stuart O.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon Routledge 01.09.2006
Springer
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Beginning Teachers
Chautauquas
Constructivism
Constructivism (Learning)
Educational standards
Educational strategies
Funding
Iowa
Learning Strategies
National Standards
Pedagogy
Professional Development
School Districts
Science education
Science Teachers
Teachers
Teaching
Teaching Methods
Iowa
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Summary:Lead teachers were a major part of a staff-development program first offered in 1983 for science teachers in Iowa. Later, the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) reform project called Scope, Sequence, and Coordination (SS#x00026;C) involved 20 school districts and worked annually with new teachers involved during the 7-year funding period, 1990-1997. Eight lead teachers, who provided assistance to staff teams, were studied in 1998 and 2000 to determine how their teaching practices changed during the 3 years following funding. The results indicated that the eight teachers have continued to grow in terms of constructivist strategies beyond the funding period and in ways illustrating that the kind of teaching advocated by the National Science Education Standards (National Research Council, 1996).
ISSN:1046-560X
1573-1847
DOI:10.1007/s10972-006-9022-7