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Charlene Ellingson; Gillian Roehrig – Science Education, 2025
This study examines an urban middle school teacher design team's capacity for creating integrated science, technology, engineering, and mathematics curricula. Using Brown's pedagogical design capacity (PDC) theory, which highlights interactions between personal and curricular resources, this paper introduces an extended framework that includes…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Middle School Teachers, Teacher Collaboration, Urban Schools
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Lee, Okhee; Grapin, Scott; Haas, Alison – Science Education, 2023
As the vision in "A Framework for K-12 Science Education" and the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) takes hold in schools and classrooms, there is an urgent need for teacher professional development (PD) programs that align with NGSS-designed curriculum materials and address the unique strengths and needs of diverse student…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Faculty Development, Scientific Principles, Science Instruction
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Drayton, Brian; Bernstein, Debra; Schunn, Christian; McKenney, Susan – Science Education, 2020
This study examines and compares how developers designed two primary science curricula to support teacher adaptation and enable use of innovative materials at scale. The two cases--"Literacy Science" (a science and literacy curriculum for grades 2-5) and "Science as Inquiry" (a curriculum focused on matter for grades 3-5)--were…
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Science Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Literacy Education