Monday, September 24, 2012

Response: Teaching Science By "Becoming A Learner" - Classroom Q&A With Larry Ferlazzo - Education Week Teacher

Response: Teaching Science By "Becoming A Learner" - Classroom Q&A With Larry Ferlazzo - Education Week Teacher:

Classroom Q&A With Larry Ferlazzo



Response: Teaching Science By "Becoming A Learner"

(Note: This is the third post in a four-part series on teaching science. You can see Part One here and Part Two here)
Two weeks ago I posed this question:
What is the best advice you would give to help an educator become better at teaching science?
I've been posting various guest responses in this four-part series, and invite readers to share their comments, too. I'll publish ideas from readers in the final post this Thursday.
Part One appeared last Monday, and featured advice from Dr. Carl Wieman, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2001. Linda Shore, director of the Exploratorium Teacher Institute, and high school science teacher Amy Lindahl offered their suggestions in Part Two.
Today, three educators respond to the question -- high school physics teacher Frank Noschese, middle school science teacher Paul Cancellieri, and Steve Spangler well-known