In this interview, Science Coach Suzanne Sullivan describes how and why she launched an AST book club through social media. Listen to her discuss the experience of collaboratively digging into practices like modeling and constructing explanations with others, and how the club was structured.
Importantly, Coach Sullivan notes how the group needed to pause in the midst of reading and spend several weeks productively grappling with their own understandings and meanings of equity, ensuring that they reached beyond equity as access.
Here is a link to the AST book being discussed! Windschitl, M., Thompson, J., & Braaten, M. (2018). Ambitious Science Teaching. Harvard Education Press.
Teacher Jenny teaches Science along with other...
This page compiles the contributions to the 2026 NARST symposium, drawing on the expertise of local teachers in Seattle who participated in the PASTEL research project.
To raise awareness of the class’s diverse needs and expertise, teacher Emma intentionally adopts anti-ableist and linguistically-inclusive pedagogies that showcase her commitment to building a classroom of interdependence and care. See how she does this!
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