Reframing Science Teaching and Learning

David Stroupe is Assistant Professor in the College of Education at Michigan State University, USA.

• IntroductionThematic Strand I: Formal Secondary Settings1 Blurring the Boundaries of Science: A Beginning Teacher and her Students Examine an Ignored Phenomenon David Stroupe2 Extending and Enriching Science Practices: Shared Engagement in Field-Based Environmental Sciences Heather Toomey Zimmerman and Jennifer L. WeibleThematic Strand II: Formal Elementary Settings3 Kindergarten Girls as Epistemic Agents During Science Time Alicia M. McDyre4 How Teachers Mediate Elementary Students' Participation in Productive Science Discussions Carolyn Colley 5 Supporting Evidence Construction Practices in Elementary Classrooms Eve Manz and Carrie AllenThematic Strand III: Informal Settings6 Faith’s FANcy Hat: Engineering WITH Community Christina Restrepo Nazar, Angela Calabrese Barton, and Annescia Rollins7 "Scientists Do What We Do": Empowering Youth of Color as Learners and Doers of Community-Based Scientific Research Tammie Visintainer8 Stakeholder Roles in an Action-Oriented Science Space Sara Hagenah9 Designing for Families' Social and Epistemic Practices Across Settings Suzanne Perin 10 Conclusion: Themes Across Chapters and Lingering Questions

"The concept of this book is to move pupils away from being passive learners in science lessons and for them to become active participants in all aspects of their education... Heavily based on research, the book encourages teachers to provide pupils with opportunities to learn science practice, rather than just an endless stream of facts and figures."— Kate Cree, School Science Review