Derrick R. Lavoie and Wolff-Michael Roth (Eds.), Models for Science Teacher Preparation: Theory into Practice. (Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Press, 2001).
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(From the backcover description)
This edited book is a must for
science educators who desire to improve upon traditional methods for
science teaching and learning. It provides background, theoretical
research-based frameworks, guidellines, and concrete examples for the
implementation and assessment of innovative models of science
learning, teaching, and professional preparation. Chapters deal with
collaboration, apprenticeship, partnerships, gender equity, science
literacy, new technologies, integrated-science curricula, and
critical multiculturalism. Each chapter ties threads to national
standards for science teaching and preparation, which we hope will
facilitate greater enactment of these standards in both schools and
universities. Administrators, policy makers, and science-education
departments should find the book useful for course evaluation and
revision procedures mandated by NCATE and other accrediting agencies.
This unique volume gives greater meaning and credibility to science
teaching by merging the debilitating gap between theory and
practice.
