Teaching and Learning Science

Kenneth Tobin is presidential professor, Urban Education Program, The Graduate Center, City University of New York.

Teaching and Learning Science is an excellent resource for those studying science instruction as well as those in need of a survey course in science education. Readers will certainly appreciate the suggested readings and websites at the end of the chapters. The book is also a valuable tool for conducting a book study for science professionals and is highly recommended for all science learning institutions, especially college libraries.

• Part 1 Key Issues in Science EducationChapter 2 Analyses of Current Trends and Practices in Science EducationChapter 3 High-Stakes Science TestingChapter 4 Conceptual Change as a Viable Approach to Understanding Student Learning in ScienceChapter 5 Finding Meaning in ScienceChapter 6 Controversy over EvolutionChapter 7 Learning from Laboratory ActivitiesChapter 8 Learning Environments in Science ClassroomsPart 9 Language and Scientific LiteracyChapter 10 Scientific LiteracyChapter 11 Verbal and Nonverbal Interactions in Science ClassroomsChapter 12 Understanding Visuals in Science TextbooksChapter 13 Science and WritingChapter 14 Reading and ScienceChapter 15 Making Science Content Comprehensible for English Language LearnersChapter 16 The Interrelationship between Technological Fluency and Scientific LiteracyPart 17 Home and School RelationshipsChapter 18 Elementary Students and Parents Learning Science through Shared InquiryChapter 19 Rethinking HomeworkChapter 20 Using Science to Bridge the Learning Gap between Home and SchoolChapter 21 The Homeschooled Child and SciencePart 22 EquityChapter 23 Race, Equity, and the Teaching of ScienceChapter 24 Exploring Issues of Race, Power, and Concern in Rural Lower-Track Science ContextsChapter 25 Science Learning Achievements to Leave No Community BehindChapter 26 Poverty and Science EducationChapter 27 Gender Equity IssuesChapter 28 Understanding Agency in Science EducationChapter 29 Building Rovers to Bridge the Achievement Gap: Space Exploration at School and at HomePart 30 New Roles for Teachers and StudentsChapter 31 Teachers as ResearchersChapter 32 Choreographing Teaching: Coteaching with Special Education/inclusion Teachers in Science ClassroomsChapter 33 Theater of the Oppressed Pedagogy: Fostering Critically Reflective Science TeachersChapter 34 Constructing Knowledge about Electricity, Motors, and Magnets outside of the BoxChapter 35 Students as Researchers: Creating New IdentitiesChapter 36 Using Cogenerative Dialogues to Improve Science EducationChapter 37 Distributed Leadership Practices in Science EducationPart 38 Making Connections with ScienceChapter 39 Culturally Relevant Pedagogy for Science EducationChapter 40 Interactive Historical Vignette: The Scientific Endeavors of Mary Anning, the First Woman PaleontologistChapter 41 Science and ArtChapter 42 Resources for Connecting Science and LiteratureChapter 43 The place for Comics in Science EducationChapter 44 Using Driving Questions to Motivate and Sustain Student Interest in Learning ScienceChapter 45 Students as Curriculum Guides: Environmental ScienceChapter 46 Student Interest-Focused CurriculaPart 47 Resources for Teaching and Learning ScienceChapter 48 The Internet and Science EducationChapter 49 Educational RoboticsChapter 50 Science Teaching and Learning through the Zoo, Aquarium, and Botanical GardenChapter 51 Using the Museum as a Resource for Learning ScienceChapter 52 Using Field Trip Experiences to Further the Participation in and Learning of ScienceChapter 53 Building Adult Advocacy in Science: A Girl Scout and Science Museum CollaborationChapter 54 Pitfalls in the Teaching of Evolution: Darwin, Finches, HistoryChapter 55 Teaching ElectrochemistryChapter 56 Demo Essays: Using an Old Trick to Teach in a New WayChapter 57 The Sumatra Earthquake and Tsunami, December 26, 2004Chapter 58 Investigating Volvanic Flows through InquiryChapter 59 A Matter of Timing: Learning about the Impact of Environmental Changes on Animal MigrationChapter 60 Get Rocks in Your Head!Chapter 61 Use of the Internet in the Teacing of Elementary ScienceChapter 62 Using Bill Nye, The Science Guy within a Framework of Inquiry SciencePart 63 Science in the NewsChapter 64 The Origin of the Chemical ElementsChapter 65 The Big Bang: How the Universe Began, and How to Teach ItChapter 66 Hurricanes and TornadoesChapter 67 Global WarmingChapter 68 Environmental ProtectionChapter 69 Protecting the Air We BreatheChapter 70 Childhood Overweight and Science EducationChapter 71 The Truth about Trans Fats Will Break Your HeartChapter 72 Hair Relaxers: The Chemistry of an Everyday ExperienceChapter 73 Sunscreens and Sunblocks: Using Sunprint Paper to Investigate SPFChapter 74 Hydrogen Fuel Cells: The Alternative Energy Source of the Future?