The Game Changer

Ovid K. Wong

doi:10.5771/9781475863451

Summary

The book appraises the major science education initiatives and policy transformations with supportive qualitative and quantitative data since the 1957 Sputnik crisis. In addition, the book establishes the intellectual and emotional foundations before building the subsequence of what to teach and how to teach effectively in science education. Find out how you can develop the critical game changing traits to beat the status quo and become the celebrated next generation science educators.

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Copyright year: 2023
ISBN-Print: 978-1-4758-6343-7
ISBN-Online: 978-1-4758-6345-1
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 162
Product type: Book Titles

1. Dedication No access
2. Figures No access
3. Tables No access
4. Preface No access
1. Anticipatory Questions No access
2. Sputnik Crisis 1957–1976 (Chaturvedi, 2020) No access
3. Nation at Risk (1983) No access
4. Project 2061 (1985) No access
5. Math–Science Partnership (2002) No access
6. Tapping America’s Potential (2005) No access
7. American Competitive Initiative (2006) No access
8. A Nation Accountable (2008) No access
9. America Competes Reauthorization Act (2010) No access
10. The MAST Program (2011) No access
11. Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning Act (2011) No access
12. Next Generation Science Standards (2013) No access
13. Chapter Takeaway No access
14. References No access
1. Anticipatory Questions No access
2. 1. (I) Education Goals Issues No access
  2. (II) General Education Issues No access
  3. (III) Science Education Issues No access
3. 1. (1) Teacher Demographics No access
  2. (2) Teaching Philosophy No access
  3. (3) Teacher Preparation No access
  4. (4) Teacher Professional Development No access
  5. (5) Teaching Frequency and Duration No access
  6. (6) Teaching Emphasis No access
  7. (7) Teaching Materials No access
  8. (8) Teaching Activities No access
4. The National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP 2019) No access
5. The Program for International Student Assessment (PISA 2018) No access
6. Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS 2019) No access
7. What Is the Lesson Learned from the Triangulation of NAEP, PISA, and TIMSS? No access
8. Chapter Takeaway No access
9. References No access
1. Anticipatory Questions No access
2. Scenario I No access
3. Scenario II No access
4. A Communication Paradigm of Encoding and Decoding No access
5. The US Department of Education (USED) No access
6. The State Board of Education (SBOE) No access
7. The Regional Office of Education (ROE) No access
8. The School Board of Education No access
9. The Science Classroom No access
10. Chapter Takeaway No access
11. References No access
1. Anticipatory Questions No access
2. Are You a Teacher-Centered Essentialist? No access
3. Are You a Teacher-Centered Perennialist? No access
4. Are You a Student-Centered Progressivist? No access
5. Are You a Student-Centered Social Reconstructionist? No access
6. Are You a Student-Centered Existentialist? No access
7. Decisions, Decisions . . . No access
8. The Social-Emotional Foundation of 2+2=4 versus 2+2=22 No access
9. What Is the Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) Baseline in Your Classroom? No access
10. How Can You Be the Champion of Social-Emotional Learning (SEL)? No access
11. Is Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) an Option? No access
12. Chapter Takeaway No access
13. References No access
1. Anticipatory Questions No access
2. The Timeline of Major Science Discoveries No access
3. Science Is Discoveries No access
4. Science Is Technology No access
5. Science and Its Major Divisions No access
6. Physical Science (Chemistry) No access
7. Physical Science (Physics) No access
8. Life Science (Biology) No access
9. Earth and Space Science No access
10. Chapter Takeaway No access
11. References No access
1. Anticipatory Questions No access
2. The Flyover No access
3. Conceptual Learning and Teaching No access
4. Learning Outcome No access
5. Learning Background Check No access
6. The Learning Experience No access
7. Explore Learning No access
8. Chapter Takeaway No access
9. ReferenceS No access
Acronyms No access Pages 159 - 160
About the Author No access Pages 161 - 162