ASELL in Schools – From University Laboratory Improvements to High School Laboratory Improvements

 

Karen Burke da Silva

Tested Studies in Laboratory Teaching, 2016, Volume 37

Abstract

This project aims to empower years 7-10 science teachers to utilize practical work as a vehicle for changing student understandings and attitudes. Teachers engage in professional dialogues which will allow them to internalize science inquiry in a manner such that they can then generate and scaffold classroom conversations and student learnings. Practicals are a unique and powerful vehicle for giving meaning to the tools of science, from graphs, computer technologies to contextual stories capturing a range of literacies and key competencies. The professional dialogues will drive an evolutionary change and the connections will endure, slowly but surely driving systematic change by building capacity in science teaching in schools.

Keywords:  teacher training

Boston University (2015)