Transformative Science Education: Change How Your Students Experience the World

ISBN-13: 9780807764503 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 163 str.

Kevin J. Pugh; Gale Sinatra

Spis treści

• Contents
• Foreword vii
• Gale M. Sinatra

  Acknowledgments ix

• Preface xi
• 1.  Transformative Experience Theory 1
• Newton’s Laws and a Child in Motion 1
• Transformative Experience Theory 2
• Three Characteristics of Transformative Experience 4
• Practical Benefits of Fostering Transformative Experience 7
• Why We Need to Teach for Transformative Experience 8
• The Teaching for Transformative Experiences in Science (TTES) Model 10
• What to Expect and How to Succeed 14
• Reflection 15
• PART I: ARTISTIC SELECTION AND CRAFTING OF CONTENT 17
• 2.  Select Content Worth Teaching 19
• Selecting Content Worth Teaching in Action 20
• Select Big Ideas 23
• Select Ideas with Powerful Affordances 24
• Select Ideas in the Deweyan Sense of the Term 26
• Summary 29
• Try It Out 29
• 3.  Craft Content as Ideas  31
• Crafting Content as Ideas in Action 31
• Use Anticipation and Experiential Value Statements 33
• Emphasize “Having the Journey” 36
• Present Compelling Metaphors 36
• Restore Concepts to the Experience in Which They Had Their Origin and Significance 38
• Evoke a Sense of Wonder, Suspense, and the Sublime 40
• Summary 42
• Try It Out 43
• PART II: EXPERIENTIAL APPRENTICESHIP 47
• 4.  Model Transformative Engagement 49
• Modeling Transformative Engagement in Action 49
• Share Your Own Transformative Experiences 51
• Express Enthusiasm and Passion for the Content 52
• Expose Students to Other Effective Models 53
• Summary 54
• Try It Out 55
• 5.  Scaffold Student Experience 57
• Scaffolding Experience in Action 57
• Prompt Scientific Thinking, Perceiving, and Valuing Inside and Outside of School 61
• Hold Use-Change-Value (UCV) Conversations 65
• Make Use of Boundary-Crossing Objects 66
• Summary 72
• Try It Out 75
• 6.  Scaffold Re-Seeing 77
• Scaffolding Re-Seeing in Action 77
• Identify Re-Seeing Opportunities 78
• Share Re-Seeing Experiences 81
• Utilize Real-World Updates 83
• Experientially Anchored Instruction 86
• Summary 89
• Try It Out 92
• PART III: DOING AND UNDERGOING 95
• 7.  Put Students in the Role of Explorers 97
• Students as Explorers in Action 98
• Engage Students in Inquiry 101
• Have Students Create 106
• Try Out Service Learning or Expeditionary Learning 109
• Summary 111
• Try It Out 112
• 8.  Create a Culture in Which Students Feel Safe to “Surrender” 114
• Supportive Culture in Action 115
• Teach and Foster Mindfulness 119
• Establish a Mastery Goal Environment 122
• Support Autonomous Motivation 127
• Summary 134
• Try It Out 135
• Conclusion 139
• Appendix A: The Teaching for Transformative Experiences in Science Model 141
• Appendix B: Materials for Assessing Transformative Experience 145
• References 149
• Index 157
• About the Author 164