Teacher Education and Professional Development Commons^™

A Focus On Ngss And High School Life Sciences, Nicole Ross

Professional Learning Day

In this session educators will engage in a brief discussion about High School level Next Generation Science Standards in Life Science. Sample activities will be presented that act as examples of how to approach some of these standards in the classroom, without overhauling existing curricula.

Diversity Think Tank *Double Session Exclusively For D204 Educators, Adrienne Coleman

Professional Learning Day

Reflect, Reframe, and Reimagine your STEM classroom. In this course educators will have an opportunity to examine their conscious and unconscious biases and their potential impacts in the classroom culture and curriculum. We will unpack the history of STEM and the individual, institutional, and environmental influences that have contributed to some of the notable educational gaps. Lastly, using the D-STEM Equity model educators will gain strategies to employ a more culturally relevant pedagogy and develop a more inclusive classroom culture.

Implementing The Best Practices Of Online Teaching And Learning Into Your Virtual Classroom: Focus On Instructional Design And Pedagogy, Richard Schultz

Professional Learning Day

When most educators went online in 2020, challenges arose when pivoting rapidly from a physical classroom to a virtual setting. Many had little time for professional development to envision what a great online experience looks like. This session focuses on online teaching and learning: pedagogy and instructional design fostering engagement and on behalf of the students.

(Easy) Gamification With Game Day Stem, Elaine Wu

Professional Learning Day

Gamification is becoming an increasingly hot trend in the education world, but what does it actually mean, why is it so effective in getting students engaged and motivated, and how can it be implemented? Come join us in this session where we will explore these questions and see some practical applications of gamification principles implemented during our 2020 Summer@IMSA Game Day STEM virtual camp that can also be readily applied to your classrooms.

Stem Books And Lessons: K-5, Elizabeth Martinez

Professional Learning Day

There are a multitude of books available for use in STEM classes, as well as many methods for connecting them to curricula. Join us as we explore several K-5 STEM appropriate books, share ideas for related STEM lessons, connections to NGSS, as well as interdisciplinary approaches. Leave with a list of STEM books, some sample lesson plans, and cost effective materials ideas.

Trends In Computer Science Education, Namrata Pandya

Professional Learning Day

Although crucial for our students’ future success, access to a computer science (CS) education is still not universal. Education leaders must better understand the perceptions of CS and access to CS learning opportunities to maximize students’ potential for growth in an ever-changing technological world. What can we do as teachers? We will have a conversation about online resources, teaching certification, and offering CS courses to the students to prepare them better for the future.

Not Just A Story: Genetics And Probability, Nicole Ross

Professional Learning Day

In this session educators will engage in an Integrative STEM-based activity framed in a fictional story. This story integrates well with mathematical concepts of probability and chance, along with science concepts such as heredity, geared towards 6th through 12th grades. This session is interactive. Please attend with a set of two coins, some masking tape, and a pen or marker, along with some paper to write on.

Discussion Board Ideas For High School Science, Angela Ahrendt, Laura Kopff

Professional Learning Day

This session will share some ideas for bringing online discussion board assignments into your classroom. We will share a few examples of assignments including components such as infographics, diversity and equity, and intermolecular forces, as well as give ideas for how to transition a traditional assignment into a discussion board assignment. Feel free to bring examples of discussion board assignments that have worked for you, and/or an assignment that you would like to transition into a discussion board assignment.

Hands-On Stem (Even In The Virtual Space): Bioluminescent Jellyfish Model, Christine L. Moskalik

Professional Learning Day

Come see how FUN, relevant, hands-on STEM can happen successfully in your (virtual or in-person) classroom as we build a bioluminescent jellyfish model together. Using only a few basic supplies (see materials list & bring supplies to build your own), this activity will help you engage students while addressing a variety of STEM concepts; modeling, jellyfish anatomy & physiology, jellyfish life cycle, jellyfish adaptations, and/or chemical reactions of bioluminescence.

Chemistry Happy Hour: Simple And Smart Spectrometry, Karen Ye

Professional Learning Day

In this session, educators will engage in an activity in which they utilize a free color app on a smartphone to analyze the transmittance and absorbance of light through colored solutions. This hands-on activity is a simple and inexpensive way for chemistry students to explore absorption spectrometry concepts and can be implemented for virtual learning or used in any classroom with limited or no access to spectrophotometers. Suggested materials for this session include: 5 clear 9 oz. Plastic cups, 2 cup glass measuring cup, ¼ cup measuring cup, 2 cup mason jar, food coloring (red or blue) smartphone with the …

Integrated Inquiry: Three-Act Stem Tasks, Lindsey Herlehy

Professional Learning Day

Mathematicians and scientists view their subjects within interesting and natural contexts. In this session, participants will engage in a STEM-integrated Three-Act Task; a story-telling pedagogical strategy that elicits student curiosity, collaboration, and questioning. Beginning with a rich problem, this instructional approach redefines real-world applications and clarifies the role that the student plays in the learning process. Participants will receive resources to access Three-Act tasks appropriate for middle and high school grade levels.

The G-Suite Life, Cassandra Armstrong, Karen Ye

Professional Learning Day

As we continue to navigate a world of remote and hybrid learning options, teachers are continuously seeking new ways to give and receive information from students. In this session, we will explore four unique teaching method/resources that are available through Google G-Suite. Topics include: making and sharing drag and drop activities using Google Slides, using the Document Studio Excel Add-on, creative uses for Google Jamboard, and using Google Slides as an organizational tool.

Treasure Or Forgery: A Challenge In Basic Measurements, Patrick Young

Professional Learning Day

Chinese antiquities may be readily found for sale on eBay. Ancient coins may be purchased for very reasonable prices. Are these authentic artifacts, or modern forgeries? An investigation will include measurements and calculations to identify the metals involved. Using only inexpensive, school-grade equipment, students are challenged to solve the mystery. Success will hinge on careful technique, thoughtful reasoning, and a considerations of measurement uncertainty.

Teaching Physics And Engineering Remotely (And What We Plan To Keep When We’Re In Person), Peter Dong, Mark Carlson

Professional Learning Day

Physics and engineering pose special challenges for remote learning, but the process of re-inventing a class provides an opportunity for looking at teaching and assessment in a new light. We share some of the techniques we used, including analysis of the physics of YouTube clips, pursuing hands-on projects and labs at home, and submitting videos explaining problems--some of which worked, some of which didn’t, and some of which were good enough to continue even when we’re back in person.

Biofilms: Impacts On Humans, The Environment, And Infrastructure, Elizabeth Martinez

Professional Learning Day

Biofilms are having a greater impact on human health, the environment, and modern infrastructure; thus, they are receiving more attention from the science community and media. Background on biofilms and their impacts will be discussed. A lab, resources, and how to incorporate the topic into your biology curriculum will also be shared.

Study And Analysis Of Energy Consumption Of The Macronutrients And Energy Expenditure Of The Highly Qualified Freestyle Wrestlers, Nodir Khanturaev Teacher

Central Asian Journal of Education

This article deals with the importance of rational nutrition in restoring physical fitness ability of highly qualified freestyle wrestlers, matters of the process of their nutrition consumption, the order of nutrients which they consume, as well as the calorie content of the nutrients they eat are proportional or disproportional to the energy they spend. Proper organization and regulation of rational nutrition is of paramount importance in the lives of athletes, particularly for those who are involved in freestyle wrestling. The daily food intake of freestyle wrestlers should be organized in such a way that their bodies should be provided with …

Teacher Retention In High-Poverty, Urban Schools, Jill Love

Graduate Teacher Education

Abstract

Teaching has always been about the success of the students. Students who have effective, qualified teachers show the most success. Throughout the years, schools in urban areas have struggled to keep quality teachers within their buildings. Due to teacher turnover in the neediest schools, the students are greatly affected. The students in high-poverty urban schools are some of the lowest performing students across the country. When you pair low performance with significant teacher turnover, the outcome is grim. Research shows that districts and schools need to do more than just recruit qualified teachers, they must also retain them for …

How Will I Thrive? Developing Designer Professional Identity Among Undergraduate Communication Design Students, Denise Bosler

Education Doctorate Dissertations

A designer’s professional identity is constructed throughout a designer’s life and is developed through life experiences and education. While understanding the general importance of a professional identity is often clear to recent design graduates, developing it requires becoming self-aware of what traits constitutes designer professional identity (DPI). Kunrath, Cash and Yi-ling (2016) define DPI as the synthesis of personal attributes and design skills. However, the development of this full complement of DPI traits is often ignored and ill-supported in design education curriculum. A student’s DPI, if under-developed, can be a barrier to successfully transitioning from student to professional. Design educators …

Social Pedagogical Opportunities For Increasing The Professional Training Of Future Teachers On The Basis Of An Integration Approach, Nodira Mukhtorjonovna Akhmedova Phd

Central Asian Journal of Education

The article reveals the essence and essence of improving the professional training of future teachers on the basis of an integrative approach. The system of preparing future teachers for lessons is developing in accordance with general trends that characterize the current state of education in our country and the directions of scientific research in this area. The effectiveness of a teacher's work depends primarily on his ability to create a learning environment. And the way to achieve this goal is not to fight with students, but to make each student want to organize joint activities. In order to build relationships …

Teaching Inquiry-Based Science Through The Critical Lens Of Social Justice, Tonya D. Jeffery, Isaac Aldrich, Jordan Anderson, Bailey Bettencourt, Lucy Castillo, Lily Carriger, Tosha Hawkins

Diversity Conference

In this session, the first presenter who is a teacher educator from a historically marginalized group, share their own experiences about what led them to teach their science methods course through the critical lens of social justice and through the theoretical frameworks of culturally responsive education. In addition, the presenter will discuss the tools and strategies utilized for teaching this course and for creating a safe space for preservice teachers’ dialogue and critical reflections about their own lives and experiences, identity, racism, biases, and the systemic and structural oppression among various groups in K-12 education.

Six (6) preservice teachers participated …

The Significance Of The Development Of Phonological Ability In The Course Of Junior Schools In A Foreign Language, Durdona Habibullevna Saydazimova

Central Asian Journal of Education

This article deals with the importance of the improvement of phonological skill in the course of junior schools in a foreign language where the foundation of the intercultural ability of a junior schoolchild is the ability for foreign language speech activity, the formation of which is associated with the formation of auditory perception of speech in a foreign language.

Developing Pupils’ Logical Thinking Ability In The Study Of Geometric Materials In Mathematics Of Primary Schools, Gulchehra Mamurjanovna Sofiboyeva Phd

Central Asian Journal of Education

This article discusses effective ways of teaching geometric materials in the development of logical thinking skills of primary school pupils. We analyzed the approximate appearance of how a pupil can express his or her thoughts in his or her speech.

A Phenomenographic Study Of Academics Teaching In Engineering Programmes In Ireland: Conceptions Of Professional Skills And Approaches To Teaching Professional Skills, Una Beagon

Doctoral

Engineers play a central role in addressing the challenges which face society. However, the influence of globalisation, disruptive technological change and socially complex problems will greatly affect the way engineers work in the future.

As a result, there have been calls to embrace transformational change in engineering education, yet the literature reveals that many reform efforts have fallen short. Industry and society will therefore continue to look to Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) to better prepare engineering graduates with the new skills needed to face the challenges of the future. Notwithstanding the critical and valued role that technical engineering subjects have …

Principles Of Research Training In Teaching Classes In Physics And Biology, Risbai Khaydarovich Dzhuraev Аcademician

Central Asian Journal of Education

Exploratory learning, on the other hand, emphasizes the relativity of knowledge, and the entire learning process is permeated by an “invitation to discovery”. Thus, through the discovery of new questions, the child's situational activity is stimulated.

The article provides an expanded and in-depth interpretation of a fundamentally new type of education for education - research education. The principles of the new teaching model, the main elements of the educational program and the necessary set of characteristics and requirements, which must be met by a teacher who embarked on the path of research education, are formulated.

The Leader’S Role In Creating A Positive Climate, Laura Reid, Margrett Stephens

Southern Conference on Children (2006-2022)

Leaders play a pivotal role in creating the climate in their programs. Come learn four key strategies for creating a positive work environment.

Problem Centered Teaching By Tomorrow, Cassandra Armstrong

Publications & Research

Problem Centered Instruction is a great way to engage students, integrate content, and inspire learning. However, true problem centered instruction requires a major shift in both teaching and learning, requiring the one thing teachers don't have: time. In today's session, we will look at some simple strategies that teachers can put to immediate use within the classroom to help start the shift towards a student-led, problem centered learning environment.

Little Big Minds: Stem For Our Youngest Learners, Cassandra Armstrong, Lindsey Herlehy

Publications & Research

STEAM-integrated activities are for all learners, including those in an early childhood setting. Participate in a series of play-based activities that promote foundational mathematics skills and foster curiosity, creativity, and innovation. Measure, graph, sort, categorize, argue, and defend your ideas while previewing a series of STEAM-integrated concepts featuring simple machines.

“Communication Is Important. I Learned That On The Fresh Prince Show.” Soft Skills Portrayed In Five Prime-Time Television Comedies: A Quantitative Content Analysis, Jacquelyn Bader

Graduate Theses & Dissertations

This research study merged the seemingly divergent challenges of a soft skills shortage among workforce-ready young adults and the need to develop curricula that are interesting enough to hold students’ attention. This study, based on social learning and human capital theories, explored the portrayal of soft skills in five prime-time television (TV) comedies from the 2019-2020 broadcast season, with the idea that, if the portrayals were sufficiently frequent, readily identifiable, and led to what the TV characters wanted to achieve by exercising those skills, then perhaps the viewing of TV comedies could constitute part of the elusive yet engaging and …

Synergies In Scholarship At The Research Teaching Nexus, Deirdre Mcquillan

Articles

Survey instrument for examining research synergies in scholarship at the research teaching nexus

Problemic Methods Of Learning Uzbek Literature In English In American Audiences, Shaxlo Djamaldinova

Central Asian Journal of Education

Problem and purpose: The article highlights the problems associated with the problematic method of teaching Uzbek literature as an integral part of the Uzbek language lessons in groups with English-speaking instruction in the USA (on the example of Indiana University) and in groups with Russian-speaking instruction in Uzbekistan; causes of occurrence and ways to resolve them. Methodology: The research is carried out on the basis of problem-based teaching methods (problem-based discussion, didactic analysis). The article examines educational materials confirming our activities, the theme of which is "Uzbek lullaby" (one of several lullabies presented in the electronic textbook) presented as an …