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77.050 - Museums and Teacher Professional Development: Illuminating the "Invisible Infrastructure" of Science Institutions in Teacher Learning
Tue, April 9, 10:25 to 11:55am, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Floor: 800 Level, Room 801ASession Type: Structured Poster Session
Abstract
Cultural institutions are playing an increasingly influential role in the educational landscape, especially in relationship to the professional development of teachers. In the last two decades, science museums have quietly established themselves as rich sites for teachers to learn about teaching science, providing extensive professional development programs as well as programs of teacher certification and preparation. However, research has not fully examined the nature of the contributions that a museum setting provides for teachers’ learning. Building on those growing efforts to support teacher learning, this session examines specifically what museums offer that other teacher education program contexts may not? We share compelling illustrations from multiple sites, representing natural history/collections based museums as well as interactive science spaces.
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1. Partnering With a Museum: Expanding Conceptions of Pre-K Science Learning in Early Childhood - Veena Vasudevan, American Museum of Natural History; Jenny Ingber, American Museum of Natural History; Jacqueline Horgan, American Museum of Natural History
2. Professional Development in Science-Rich Cultural Institutions and the Connection to Teaching Practice - Anna MacPherson, American Museum of Natural History; MIchael Reilly, American Museum of Natural History; Karen M. Hammerness, American Museum of Natural History
3. Out of the Museum Into the Classroom and Back Again - Cristina Trowbridge, American Museum of Natural History; Jamie Wallace, American Museum of Natural History; Elaine Howes, American Museum of Natural History; Bernadette Doykos, Catalyst:Ed; Catherine Fallona, University of Southern Maine
4. A Museum-Based Foundations of Next Generation Science Standards Course Impact on In-Service Teachers - Gauri Vaishampayan; C. Aaron Price, Museum of Science and Industry - Chicago
5. A Three-Year Experimental Study of the Impact of a Museum-Based Teacher Professional Development Program on Teachers and Students - C. Aaron Price, Museum of Science and Industry - Chicago; Gauri Vaishampayan
6. Features of Engagement: Comparing Professional Learning Programs That Leverage the Expertise of the Informal Science Institution - Rena Dorph, University of California - Berkeley; Vanessa Beth Lujan, University of California - Berkeley
7. A Study of Teacher Leaders' Experiences at a Museum-Based Professional Learning Program in Secondary Science Education - Jessica Parker; Laura M. Stokes, Inverness Research
8. Leadership, Equity, STEM, and Systems Change: A Museum-Based Extension Service Model - Liesl Chatman, Science Museum of Minnesota; Amy Grack Nelson; Lauren Causey; Erin Villegas Strauss; Travis Sandland