Teaching Science in Diverse Classrooms: Real Science for Real Students

by Douglas Larkin

As a distinctive voice in science education writing, Douglas Larkin provides a fresh perspective for science teachers who work to make real science accessible to all K-12 students. Through compelling anecdotes and vignettes, this book draws deeply on research to present a vision of successful and inspiring science teaching that builds upon the prior knowledge, experiences, and interests of students. With empathy for the challenges faced by contemporary science teachers, Teaching Science in Diverse Classrooms encourages teachers to embrace the intellectual task of engaging their students in learning science, and offers an abundance of examples of what high-quality science teaching for all students looks like. Divided into three sections, this book is a connected set of chapters around the central idea that the decisions made by good science teachers help light the way for their students along both familiar and unfamiliar pathways to understanding. The book addresses topics and issues that occur in the daily lives and career arcs of science teachers such • Aiming for culturally relevant science teaching • Eliciting and working with students’ ideas • Introducing discussion and debate • Reshaping school science with scientific practices • Viewing science teachers as science learners Grounded in the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), this is a perfect supplementary resource for both preservice and inservice teachers and teacher educators that addresses the intellectual challenges of teaching science in contemporary classrooms and models how to enact effective, reform

Genres: Education

134 pages, Paperback

Published September 11, 2019

Reviews

[Rachel Ginn · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some good stuff in here

[Clayton Ellis · Rating 3 out of 5]

It had some good ideas. I found it a bit narrow, and the title was not matching what my expectations once I started reading this book. I was thinking the diversity of human beings; this was not really very much of an emphasis until the last couple of chapters.

But it is super short and I would recommend it to the right audience

[Rachelle · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great insight into making the science classroom better for all learners. And his supervisor was on my dissertation committee (small world!).

[Emma · Rating 4 out of 5]

Engaging and informative. I liked it.