Designing Project-Based Science: Connecting Learners Through Guided Inquiry (Ways of Knowing in Science Series)

This case study of an exceptional teacher provides an account of the difficulties and rewards of putting innovative teaching into practice. The author uses descriptions of classroom life to explore one teacher's attempts to create an innovative means of teaching science in secondary school.

Polman, Joseph L.

Education & Teaching

Teachers College Pr

This interpretive case study of an exceptional teacher provides a fascinating account of the difficulties and rewards of putting innovative teaching into practice. Joseph Polman uses richly detailed descriptions of classroom life to explore one teacher’s attempts to make technology-enhanced, open-ended inquiry a successful mode of teaching science in the secondary school classroom. The book provides lively examples of what it means to "learn by doing," describing strategies that educators can use to move beyond traditional textbook approaches and interact with their students in ways that encourage them to become active science learners. Designing Project-based ScienceThe book explores the complexity of changing practice, detailing the conflicts that emerge when a teacher challenges traditional approaches to teaching and learning, and provides a historical and theoretical background for understanding current controversies in educational practices. By analyzing teacher and student work within the context of the entire school, Polman demonstrates how the structural and cultural realities of the school itself complicate the enactment of pedagogical innovation in the classroom.

Compose Our World: Project-Based Learning in Secondary English Language Arts (Language and Literacy Series)

Learn how to develop and sustain multimodal, project-based learning (PBL) instruction in secondary English Language Arts classrooms. National standards encourage authentic forms of reading, writing, and communication that can support college and career readiness, and this book highlights PBL as a powerful way to harness students’ interests and engage them in academically rigorous learning. The authors provide specific, research-informed curricular approaches and instructional guidance for classroom teachers, as well as an overview of the dimensions of PBL that are often overlooked in the broad expectations of inquiry-based teaching. Instead of “quick fix” lessons, Compose Our World explores how core dimensions of equitable teaching―such as social and emotional support, universal design for learning, and cultivating classroom community―function as the bedrock for student success in PBL contexts and beyond. 
Book Features: Based on the authors’ extensive experience developing and studying a PBL curriculum. Brings PBL to life through classroom vignettes and teacher and student voices. Provides classroom resources that facilitate customization to unique contexts. Shares ideas for developing teacher communities around PBL practices. Offers additional curriculum materials online. Appropriate for ELA teachers new to PBL, as well as veterans.

Garcia, Antero

Boardman, Alison G.

Dalton, Bridget

Schools & Teaching

Teachers' College Press

Learn how to develop and sustain multimodal, project-based learning (PBL) instruction in secondary English Language Arts classrooms. National standards encourage authentic forms of reading, writing, and communication that can support college and career readiness, and this book highlights PBL as a powerful way to harness students' interests and engage them in academically rigorous learning. The authors provide specific, research-informed curricular approaches and instructional guidance for classroom teachers, as well as an overview of the dimensions of PBL that are often overlooked in the broad expectations of inquiry-based teaching. Instead of "quick fix" lessons, Compose Our World explores how core dimensions of equitable teaching--such as social and emotional support, universal design for learning, and cultivating classroom community--function as the bedrock for student success in PBL contexts and beyond. Book Features: <ul> <li>Based on the authors' extensive experience developing and studying a PBL curriculum.</li> <li>Brings PBL to life through classroom vignettes and teacher and student voices.</li> <li>Provides classroom resources that facilitate customization to unique contexts.</li> <li>Shares ideas for developing teacher communities around PBL practices.</li> <li>Offers additional curriculum materials online.</li> <li>Appropriate for ELA teachers new to PBL, as well as veterans.</li> </ul>

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Designing Project-Based Science: Connecting Learners Through Guided Inquiry (Ways of Knowing in Science Series)

Designing Project-Based Science: Connecting Learners Through Guided Inquiry (Ways of Knowing in Science Series)

Compose Our World: Project-Based Learning in Secondary English Language Arts (Language and Literacy Series)

Compose Our World: Project-Based Learning in Secondary English Language Arts (Language and Literacy Series)