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As a student teacher I witnessed extreme inequalities in how science is communicated and taught at California elementary schools. My first teaching experience was as a STEM (science, technology, ...

Elementary, middle and high school teachers establishing models for equitable science teaching practices at the Stanford University Graduate School of Education. Credit: Jennifer Ray, Center to ...

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Interactive Web-based science tutorials can be effective tools for helping elementary school teachers construct powerful explanatory models of difficult scientific concepts, and research shows the ...

Teaching elementary school science can be a struggle. Math and English dominate the schedule in the early grades, often leaving scant time for science. And most elementary teachers don’t have a ...

Studying on our Macomb or Quad Cities campuses, gain everything you need to become eligible for professional teacher licensure: broad knowledge of literacy, science, math, and social studies, along ...

Science education has long been a weak spot at some elementary schools, but educators are hoping California’s new science standards — if implemented well — will entice teachers to expand and improve ...

Elementary and middle school teachers are in a unique position to help young learners develop social, emotional, and academic skills that will serve them throughout their lives. The task is both ...

Who was that teacher who pressed that dinosaur book into your hands? Who gave you the confidence to enter the science fair? Who was that teacher who looked at you with boundless optimism and inspired ...

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