This ConnectEd learning webinar features three beginning elementary teachers and how they are working to broaden the knowledge bases and languages of science in their classrooms. Check out their short classroom videos and reflections on striving toward justice-centered teaching.
The examples in the webinar highlight different ways that teachers are working at the intersections of race, language, and science as they integrate students’ cultures and experiences into science lessons.
Consider what “grappling with racism” means as a science teaching practice: Sheth, M. J. (2019). Grappling with racism as foundational practice of science teaching. Science Education, 103(1), 37-60.
A case study for establishing distributed leadership capacity among teachers across a district.
A tool to support teachers in learning about Ambitious Science Teaching (AST) tools for action research purposes.
Interactive examples to plan for the importance of centering social justice in elementary science classrooms.
This site is primarily funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) through Award #1907471 and #1315995