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Hannan, Maggie; Russell, Jennifer Lin; Takahashi, Sola; Park, Sandra – Journal of Teacher Education, 2015
The rapid turnover of novice teachers is a stubborn challenge plaguing schools across the country. The field has come to some consensus about key elements of effective novice teacher support that have potential to ameliorate this problem, although this knowledge has been applied in an inconsistent fashion. Beginning teacher support is a complex…
Descriptors: Science Course Improvement Projects, Beginning Teachers, Teacher Effectiveness, Social Networks
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Chapman, Georgina; Langley, Mark; Skilling, Gus; Walker, John – Education in Science, 2011
The national network of Science Learning Centres is a co-ordinating partner in the Getting Practical--Improving Practical Work in Science programme. The principle of training provision for the "Getting Practical" programme is a cascade model. Regional trainers employed by the national network of Science Learning Centres trained the cohort of local…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Training Methods, Training Objectives, Science Course Improvement Projects
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Spector, Barbara S.; Burkett, Ruth; Leard, Cyndy – Science Educator, 2012
This paper introduces a model for using informal science education venues as contexts within which to teach the nature of science. The model was initially developed to enable university education students to teach science in elementary schools so as to be consistent with "National Science Education Standards" (NSES) (1996) and "A Framework for…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Scientific Principles, Experiential Learning, Science Education