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Full-Text Articles in Junior High, Intermediate, Middle School Education and Teaching

Field-Based Science Education With A Community Service Learning Focus, William Robertson Jan 2007

Field-Based Science Education With A Community Service Learning Focus, William Robertson

Departmental Papers (TE)

Field-based program of studies for future teachers provides opportunities for powerful learning through a dialectical union of reflection and action. Methods courses in academic disciplines are linked with seminars and coursework on community partnerships, critical pedagogy and culturally responsive education. This article illustrates the processes of planning, implementation and evaluation of this approach, highlighting the impacts of community service learning on parents, families, students, and schools with a focus on validating native language literacy, increasing parental involvement and providing conceptually correct science education. The project indicates that two-way dual language programs with a strong parent engagement component can help improve …


El Uso De Preguntas Y Descubrimiento En El Contexto De Química, William Robertson Jan 2007

El Uso De Preguntas Y Descubrimiento En El Contexto De Química, William Robertson

Departmental Papers (TE)

This article, written in Spanish, describes the impacts of an effort to increase the teaching abilities of a group of Chemistry Peer Leaders working with undergraduates in fundamental Chemistry classes. The provided abstracts, in Spanish and English, describe the overall approach and the results obtained from the study done in the fall of 2005. A partnership between the College of Education and the College of Science at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) which was developed in order to strengthen the pedagogical methods within the context of chemistry content for student Peer Leaders. The goal was to enhance …


From The Co-Editors Jan 2007

From The Co-Editors

Journal of Science Education for Students with Disabilities

No abstract provided.