Science educators have reclaimed the importance of educating to promote a scientifically literate society. Project ICAN: Inquiry, Context, and Nature of Science is a professional development project designed to enhance middle and high school science teachers' knowledge and pedagogical skills that directly address the reform's call for student…

It is intriguing and frustrating that while research evidence on characteristics of effective staff development programs has existed for some time, these features are not commonly in practice. Most of the staff development conducted with K-12 teachers corresponds with the short-term transmission model, with no concern for what is already going on…

People explore their world in many ways: they observe, they read, they ponder, they write, they listen. They also turn to others and intentionally engage them in their own attempts to understand. It is this turning-to-others that is the focus of this book, with reference to children. An act of inquiry is defined in the book as "a language act…

This teacher's guide was developed to assist teachers in the use of multimedia resources for the Public Broadcasting System (PBS) program, "Evolution." Each unit uses an inquiry-based approach to meet the National Science Education Standards. Units include: (1) "What is the Nature of Science?"; (2) "Who Was Charles Darwin?"; (3) "What is the…

This multiple case study examined the co-authorship process in two research laboratories of different university science departments. The study focused on five writing teams, one in Biochemistry and Microbiology and four in Earth and Ocean Sciences. The role of the researcher supervisor, the role of the student (graduate and post-graduate), the…

This program gives young students a good look at the process of investigation to help them develop the ability to ask scientific questions, investigate the science-filled world around them, and use those observations to build knowledgeable explanations for the questions they pose as an exciting way to help students develop their understanding of…

The authors discuss their use of Appreciative Inquiry coupled with Circular Questioning to create what they have titled a Conversational Space. They discuss their experiences using conversational spaces in several venues across their campus: in classrooms, in campus-wide faculty discussions, and in informal and formal student and faculty…

Advice on teaching inductively by questioning students. (CH)

Four popular inquiry models using the theme pollution, developed by Bernice Goldmark, Charlotte Crabtree, Barry Beyer, and Maurice Hunt and Laurence Metcalf are described and analyzed according to the following guidelines: 1) Identification of the components of the model, 2) Statement of the author's rationale for the model, 3) Interpretation of…

The units from Geography in an Urban Age are described and the potential impact of this new approach to geography is emphasized. (JB)

Reviews the new'' social studies curriculum in Hawaiian schools. (DS)

A comparison of three methods used in teaching science with a discussion of the meaning of these terms and the psychological assumptions which are used to justify them. (DF)

A multidiscovery, open-ended, sciencing experience appears to have implemented nearly the full spectrum of cognitive, affective, and psychomotor objective domains.'' (Author/DF)

Historical interpretation is a primary responsibility of the historian in addition to discovery of the factual past. Using historiographical study as one aspect of historical study, a teacher provides a vehicle for understanding and gaining experience in the use of the reflective process. (JB)