Suzanne Wilson – författare

Currently, many states are adopting the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) or are revising their own state standards in ways that reflect the NGSS. For students and schools, the implementation of any science standards rests with teachers. For those teachers, an evolving understanding about how best to teach science represents a significant transition in the way science is currently taught in most classrooms and it will require most science teachers to change how they teach. That change will require learning opportunities for teachers that reinforce and expand their knowledge of the major ideas and concepts in science, their familiarity with a range of instructional strategies, and the skills to implement those strategies in the classroom. Providing these kinds of learning opportunities in turn will require profound changes to current approaches to supporting teachers' learning across their careers, from their initial training to continuing professional development.A teacher's capability to improve students' scientific understanding is heavily influenced by the school and district in which they work, the community in which the school is located, and the larger professional communities to which they belong. Science Teachers' Learning provides guidance for schools and districts on how best to support teachers' learning and how to implement successful programs for professional development. This report makes actionable recommendations for science teachers' learning that take a broad view of what is known about science education, how and when teachers learn, and education policies that directly and indirectly shape what teachers are able to learn and teach. The challenge of developing the expertise teachers need to implement the NGSS presents an opportunity to rethink professional learning for science teachers. Science Teachers' Learning will be a valuable resource for classrooms, departments, schools, districts, and professional organizations as they move to new ways to teach science.

Bringing real-world science practice to engaging new Stage 4&5 resources. Cambridge Science for NSW Stages 4&5 Second Edition includes an online version of the student book that delivers a host of interactive features to enhance the teaching and learning experience. The Interactive Textbook is available as a two-calendar-year subscription. Your subscription term is defined as follows: if activation occurs between January and July of this year, subscription concludes on 31 December in the following year. If activation occurs between August and December of this year, subscription concludes on 31 December in the year after the following. Digital resources are expressly available for personal use only.

Bringing real-world science practice to engaging new Stage 4&5 resources. Cambridge Science for NSW Stages 4&5 Second Edition includes an online version of the student book that delivers a host of interactive features to enhance the teaching and learning experience. The Interactive Textbook is available as a two-calendar-year subscription. Your subscription term is defined as follows: if activation occurs between January and July of this year, subscription concludes on 31 December in the following year. If activation occurs between August and December of this year, subscription concludes on 31 December in the year after the following. Digital resources are expressly available for personal use only.

Exceptional teaching, learning and exam support for NSW Stage 6 Physics. Cambridge Physics for NSW Year 11 provides exceptional teaching, learning and exam support for all NSW students and teachers. Targeted exam practice is delivered through multiple practise opportunities with exam-style questions, video breakdowns and model responses. The explicit, streamlined content with worked examples, formula boxes, comprehensive diagrams, and illustrations provides all the syllabus requirements without overwhelming students. A complete digital workbook is available in the Interactive Textbook for download as a whole resource or individual activity. Innovative digital resources familiar to NSW students and teachers provide a host of interactive resources and teaching, learning and assessment tools.

Pulling together a range of responses to local and global challenges across different community settings, this book makes the case for community psychology as a responsive tool for social justice and liberation.Using insights from both academia and professional practice, this book articulates key community psychology principles, practices and values and their role across ‘psy’ and related professions. It draws on case studies from both the global north and south to show innovative ways in which communities have collectively taken action to demonstrate resistance and resilience and describes creative psychological research methods that can be used to better understand and respond to the needs of communities. In so doing, it demonstrates the value of psychology which is both embedded within and reflective of its local community, and challenges and extends our understanding of what psychology is, how it is produced and to whom it belongs. Each chapter is supported by teaching and learning activities, including reflective exercises, discussion questions, embodied activities, stakeholder assessments, case study formulations and presentations.Demonstrating how community psychology can support activities with local community members through meaningful examples of community action embedded in research, this is the ideal resource for psychology students. It may also interest professionals working in related fields, including clinical psychology, counselling psychology, health psychology, social psychology, social work and youth work.