Learning Science

The Value of Crafting Engagement in Science Environments

By: Barbara Schneider, Joseph Krajcik, Jari Lavonen, Katariina Salmela-Aro, Margaret J. Geller (Foreword by)

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Hardcover | 14 April 2020 | Edition Number 1

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Countries around the world are experiencing a decline in science engagement, especially among minority groups, which ultimately can affect their pathway into STEM careers. One attempt to address this dilemma is a $3.6 million international project funded by the National Science Foundation, the first of its kind to directly address science learning and instruction aligned with new country-specific science standards. This book tells the story of that research project as it is implemented in physics and chemistry classrooms across the United States and Finland, involving thousands of students at the secondary school level. The team of U.S. and Finnish authors brings together quantitative data, observations, and intensive interviews with teachers and students to examine how to transform science education. Written for teachers, parents, policymakers, and researchers, this book describes real-life applications for classroom engagement, and how we might globally enhance science learning and instruction through the twenty-first century.

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"Learning Science provides international examples illustrating how to capture students' imagination and wonder through project-based learning. Teachers, researchers and policymakers will learn concrete strategies for increasing student engagement in science."-Katherine L. McNeill, coauthor of Supporting Grade 5-8 Students in Constructing Explanations in Science: The Claim, Evidence and Reasoning Framework for Talk and Writing

"Learning Science argues convincingly why engagement is so important in science learning and how it can be achieved. It should be required reading for every science teacher and school administrator."-David Fortus, Weizmann Institute of Science

"Here's your invitation to join the conversation about reforming science education frameworks and learning environments. Learning Science scratches below the surface, exploring the minds of teachers and students, and suggests much-needed STEM education advancements."-Richard A Duschl, Texas Instruments Distinguished Chair, Southern Methodist University

"Learning Science shows in an excellent way how research on motivation and learning can help to develop interventions to increase learners' interest in STEM subjects. In particular, these interventions are needed to increase women's motivation to enter STEM fields."-Sari Lindblom, University of Helsinki

"Learning Science is an essential read for researchers and education practitioners who are interested in how project-based learning in science plays out in two quite different national contexts."-Ronald Marx, University of Arizona

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