Overview
- Defines the field of teacher professional development for teaching science using geospatial technology
- Describes the design and outcomes of specific teacher professional development strategies and relates these to lessons learned
- Provides insights into best practices for preparing teachers to use geospatial technology as they engage students in projects
- that build skills in data analysis, problem solving, and spatial thinking
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Table of contents (20 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Designing Effective Professional Development Projects
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Designing and Implementing Innovative and Effective Curricular Materials
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About this book
The emerging field of using geospatial technology to teach science and environmental education presents an excellent opportunity to discover the ways in which educators use research-grounded pedagogical commitments in combination with their practical experiences to design and implement effective teacher professional development projects. Often missing from the literature are in-depth, explicit discussions of why and how educators choose to provide certain experiences and resources for the teachers with whom they work, and the resulting outcomes.
The first half of this book will enable science and environmental educators to share the nature and structure of large scale professional development projects while discussing the theoretical commitments that undergird their work. Many chapters will include temporal aspects that present the ways in which projects change over time in response to evaluative research and practical experience.
In the second half of the book, faculty and others whose focus is on national and international scales will share the ways in which they are working to meet the growing needs of teachers across the globe to incorporate geospatial technology into their science teaching. These efforts reflect the ongoing conversations in science education, geography, and the geospatial industry in ways that embody the opportunities and challenges inherent to this field.
This edited book will serve to define the field of teacher professional development for teaching science using geospatial technology. As such, it will identify short term and long term objectives for science, environmental, and geography educators involved in these efforts. As a result, this book will provide a framework for future projects and research in this exciting and growing field.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Teaching Science and Investigating Environmental Issues with Geospatial Technology
Book Subtitle: Designing Effective Professional Development for Teachers
Editors: James MaKinster, Nancy Trautmann, Michael Barnett
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3931-6
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-481-3930-9Published: 19 November 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-017-7739-1Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-90-481-3931-6Published: 05 November 2013
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 353
Number of Illustrations: 46 b/w illustrations
Topics: Science Education, Educational Technology, Geographical Information Systems/Cartography, Teaching and Teacher Education