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.
Explore ways to select science read-alouds that center justice
This professional learning resource shares the story of the Seattle Public Schools science specialists and how they organized professional learning communities across the district to inquire about justice-centered science teaching and learning.
Build from structured partner talk to a structured whole-class share-out
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