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Whitworth, Brooke A.; Rubino-Hare, Lori; Bloom, Nena E.; Walker, Megan C.; Arendt, Kayla R. – International Journal of Science Education, 2020
This design-based research study examined the first two cycles of development, enactment, analysis, and redesign of the Power of Data (POD) Facilitation Academy. Professional Learning and Development (PLD) providers' geospatial technology (GST) skills, understanding of programme principles, preparation, and stages of concern for implementing POD…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Teacher Workshops, Geographic Information Systems, Teaching Methods
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Cisel, Matthieu; Barbier, Charlotte – International Journal of Science Education, 2021
Student-Question-Based Inquiry (SQBI) represents a form of inquiry where pupils design their research questions, hypotheses, and protocols. The "Savanturiers" program aims at helping teachers overcome their potential apprehension of SQBI by matching hundreds of elementary and middle school teachers with mentors. These mentors are usually…
Descriptors: Mentors, Inquiry, Program Descriptions, Elementary School Teachers
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Rivard, Léonard P.; Gueye, Ndeye R. – International Journal of Science Education, 2016
'Literacy in the Science Classroom Project" was a three-year professional development (PD) program supporting minority-language secondary teachers' use of effective language-based instructional strategies for teaching science. Our primary objective was to determine how teacher beliefs and practices changed over time and how these were enacted…
Descriptors: Literacy, Minority Group Teachers, Science Instruction, Faculty Mobility
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King, Heather; Nomikou, Effrosyni; Archer, Louise; Regan, Elaine – International Journal of Science Education, 2015
Across the globe, governments, industry and educationalists are in agreement that more needs to be done to increase and broaden participation in post-16 science. Schools, as well as teachers, are seen as key in this effort. Previous research has found that engagement with science, inclination to study science and understanding of the value of…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Faculty Development, Pilot Projects, Classroom Techniques
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Arya, Diana; Maul, Andrew – International Journal of Science Education, 2016
The United Nations' declaration on climate change education in December 2014 has sparked a renewal of policies and programs initiated during the "Decade of Education for Sustainable Development" (DESD, 2005-2014), aimed at promoting awareness, understanding, and civic action for environmental sustainability within learning communities…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Climate, Change, Secondary School Students
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Carlone, Heidi B.; Huffling, Lacey D.; Tomasek, Terry; Hegedus, Tess A.; Matthews, Catherine E.; Allen, Melony H.; Ash, Mary C. – International Journal of Science Education, 2015
The historical under-representation of diverse youth in environmental science education is inextricably connected to access and identity-related issues. Many diverse youth with limited previous experience to the outdoors as a source for learning and/or leisure may consider environmental science as "unthinkable." This is an ethnographic…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Enrichment Activities, Student Diversity, Environmental Education