Productive Uncertainty in Science Education: Engaging Students in Meaningful Science Practice - Brossura

Manz, Eve

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ISBN 10: 0807786845 ISBN 13: 9780807786840

Casa editrice: National Science Teachers Association, 2025

Riassunto

Science is driven by the need to manage uncertainty--uncertainty about how to explain the world, but also how to represent the world in an investigation, what to measure, and how to convince peers to see what the scientist wants them to see. For children, uncertainty supports engagement with materials, more purposeful science practice, and deeper conceptual understanding, yet classroom investigations typically reflect little of the uncertainty that scientists grapple with. How can we move past cookbook science investigations and provide the support that teachers and students need for this more complex work? This book introduces a framework describing specific forms of science activity, shares stories of children engaging with uncertainty, and provides practical supports to help K-12 teachers deepen their science teaching practice. The text includes tools for building classroom norms, planning and adapting investigations, leading discussions, and designing student sheets and other forms of support. The framework, tools, and examples are drawn from research conducted in partnership with elementary teachers and instructional leaders and have been applied in secondary science classrooms as well.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Dr. Eve Manz is an associate professor of science education at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. The core motivation of her work is supporting teachers and young people to engage in learning that builds from their capabilities toward new ways of seeing themselves, each other, and the world. Most of her work has been conducted in the field of elementary science education, where she has studied how to develop learning environments that meaningfully engage children in science practices such as modeling, argumentation, and explanation. She works closely with elementary teachers and instructional leaders to develop new approaches to science instruction that center student and teacher sense-making.

In one current project, with support from a National Science Foundation CAREER grant, Dr. Manz works with teachers and district partners in Somerville Public Schools to develop new approaches to the elementary school science investigation. In a second current project, she has worked with an interdisciplinary team of researchers to develop and pilot Great First Eight, a full-day, assets-based, interdisciplinary curriculum for young children in metropolitan areas.

Dr. Manz's work has been been funded by the James S. McDonnell Foundation, the George Lucas Educational Foundation, the Kellogg Foundation, and the National Science Foundation She is the recipient of the 2019 Early Career Research Award from the National Association for Research in Science Teaching and recently served on the National Academies of Science and Engineering Committee on Enhancing Science and Engineering in Prekindergarten through Fifth Grades.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: National Science Teachers Association
• Data di pubblicazione: 2025
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0807786845
• ISBN 13: 9780807786840
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 224
• Contatto del produttore: Max & Lily; https://maxandlily.com/; ; 525 West 120th Street; New York; NY; 10027; U.S.A.
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