Sustainability, the Next Generation Science Standards, and the Education of Future Teachers
| Autor: | Anne E. Egger, Margaret K. Turrin, Kim A. Kastens |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Next Generation Science Standards
05 social sciences 050301 education Nationwide survey Teacher education Education 0502 economics and business Workforce Sustainability Curriculum development Mathematics education General Earth and Planetary Sciences Systems thinking Sociology Space Science 0503 education 050203 business & management |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Geoscience Education. 65:168-184 |
| ISSN: | 2158-1428 1089-9995 |
| DOI: | 10.5408/16-174.1 |
| Popis: | The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) emphasize how human activities affect the Earth and how Earth processes impact humans, placing the concept of sustainability within the Earth and Space Sciences. We ask: how prepared are future teachers to address sustainability and systems thinking as encoded in the NGSS? And how can geoscientists support them? Most future teachers receive their Earth Science preparation in a single introductory geoscience course, but the content and delivery methods of these courses are not well matched to the NGSS knowledge and skills they will teach. We implemented a nationwide survey in undergraduate courses that addressed sustainability to some extent in order to assess career interests, behaviors, and motivations. Matched pre- and postdata (n = 1,125) respondents were divided into three groups: those very likely (22%), those somewhat likely (22%), and those not likely (56%) to become teachers. The very likely group resembles the current STEM teacher workforce in... |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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