Design of a Professional Learning System Based on a Crosscutting Concept

• In Event: Science Teaching and Learning: Assessment in Science Education

Abstract

This paper presents the design of a professional learning system for high school science teachers centered on the crosscutting concept of energy and matter. It articulates the tools and routines developed to support science teacher learning both within and across science courses, and identifies affordances and constraints of this model. The paper directly addresses the AERA 2020 theme by highlighting results of a long-term, research-practice partnership between university-based researchers and a public school district.

Authors

• Erin Marie Furtak, University of Colorado - Boulder

• Jason Buell, Northwestern University

• Kate Henson, University of Colorado

• Clarissa Deverel-Rico, University of Colorado - Boulder

• Kelsey Tayne, University of Colorado - Boulder

• Derek C. Briggs, University of Colorado - Boulder

• Ryann Patrick-Stuart, Aurora Public Schools

• Samantha Duwe, Aurora Public Schools