13 Questions(Updated) Reframing Education's Conversation: Science (Counterpoints) by Lynn A. Bryan, KennethTobin, Kenneth George Tobin Paperback, 536 Pages, Published 2017 by Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers ISBN-13: 978-1-4331-2779-3, ISBN: 1-4331-2779-2
"13 Questions: Reframing Education’s Conversation: Science examines thirteen critical questions confronting contemporary science education and a dynamic and evolving universe threatened by issues of sustainability and disharmony. The world’s leading scholars in science education utilize cutting-edge theories and analyses to illuminate possible pathways in a world threatened by global warming, mass extinctions, and pervasive conflicts. Th ..."
"Teaching and Learning Science consists of sixty-six chapters written by more than ninety leading educators and scientists. The contributions are informed by cutting-edge theory and research and address numerous issues that are central to K? 12 education. This resource will be particularly valuable for parents and teachers as schools around the country prepare students to meet the challenges presented when science is added to the No Chil ..."
"Many would argue that the state of urban science education has been static for the past several decades and that there is little to learn from it. Rather than accepting this deficit perspective, Improving Urban Science Education strives to recognize and understand the successes that exist there by systematically documenting seven years of research into issues salient to teaching and learning in urban high school science classes. Grounde ..."
"Coteaching and cogenerative dialoguing are ways of learning to teach that truly bridge the gap between theory and praxis, as new teachers learn to teach alongside peers and more experienced teachers. These practices are also means of overcoming teacher isolation and burnout. Through cogenerative dialogue sessions, new and experienced teachers, university supervisors, researchers, and administrators are able to create local theory for th ..."
"Many would argue that the state of urban science education has been static for the past several decades and that there is little to learn from it. Rather than accepting this deficit perspective, Improving Urban Science Education strives to recognize and understand the successes that exist there by systematically documenting seven years of research into issues salient to teaching and learning in urban high school science classes. Grounde ..."
Mindfulness in Education(1st Edition) by KennethTobin Hardcover, 140 Pages, Published 2019 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-0-367-26557-1, ISBN: 0-367-26557-5
"This book explores how mindfulness has been infused into education to produce favorable outcomes, such as stress reduction, heightened focus, resilience, calmness, alertness, mood regulation, self-awareness, professional commitment, and increased compassion and kindness to self and others. The chapters are situated in diverse contexts, including schools and colleges, warfare, violent extremism, global warming, child sex abuse, and speci ..."
"But I think that a lot of kids generally find classes deadly boring and mundane.
Providing changes of tack and things like that makes the class interesting and
exciting and a good place to be for that fifty minutes. Peter's decision not to plan
to teach the content of the grade 10 course was based on a system of priorities.
As well as teaching two grade 10 general science classes, he also taught one
grade 1 1 biology class and two ..."
"The field of science education has been developing for over half a century and has flourished especially during the previous few decades. It is timely and fitting now that the International Handbook of Science Education should be assembled to synthesise and reconceptualise past research and theorising in science education, provide practical implications for improving science education, and suggest desir able ways to advance the field i ..."
"The "International Handbook of Science Education" is a two volume edition pertaining to the most significant issues in science education. It is a follow-up to the first "Handbook," published in 1998, which is seen as the most authoritative resource ever produced in science education. The chapters in this edition are reviews of research in science education and retain the strong international flavor of the project. It covers the diverse ..."
"Barry Fraser examined student perceptions of the learning environment during
both topics and obtained a measure of the environment that students preferred
during the Vertebrates topic. Leonie Rennie and Kenneth Tobin focused on both
..."
Mindfulness in Education (Paperback) by Kenneth George Tobin Paperback, 130 Pages, Published 2020 by Taylor & Francis 2020-12-18, London ISBN-13: 978-0-367-72852-6, ISBN: 0-367-72852-4
"This book explores how mindfulness has been infused into education to produce favorable outcomes, such as stress reduction, heightened focus, resilience, calmness, alertness, mood regulation, self-awareness, professional commitment, and ..."
"This book explores how mindfulness has been infused into education to produce favorable outcomes, such as stress reduction, heightened focus, resilience, calmness, alertness, mood regulation, self-awareness, professional commitment, and ..."
"New Roles for Teachers, Students, and Researchers Kenneth Tobin, Rowhea
Elmesky, Gale Seiler. profession, 228—3 1; at City High, 59, 132; cogenerative
dialogues in, 318; cultural capital in, xxiii; as cultural enactment, 42; culturally
adaptive, 36—40; EE as barometer of, 314; first experience of, 230; human
resources impacting, 57; humor in, xxiii; improved through autobiography, 296;
improved through collaborative research, 296; ..."
"Teaching and Learning Science is a two-volume set that consists of 66 chapters written by more than 90 leading educators and scientists. The volumes are informed by cutting-edge theory and research and address numerous issues that are central to K-12 education. This resource will be particularly valuable for parents and teachers as schools around the country prepare students to meet the challenges presented when science is added to the ..."