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System-Building for Improving Elementary Science Teaching and Learning: From the Classroom to the Central Office

Sun, April 14, 9:35 to 11:05am, Pennsylvania Convention Center, Floor: Level 100, Room 115B

Session Type: Structured Poster Session

Abstract

This session aims to advance understandings of how districts work to construct new educational possibilities in elementary science. In this session, we take an organizational perspective to investigate coordinated efforts across district central offices, schools, and classrooms as they organize and build educational systems for improving teaching and learning in elementary science. The posters in this session make the case for an organizational perspective: (a) by challenging status quo approaches to instructional reform in elementary science that focus on provision of more and better resources to teachers, and (b) by examining existing reform efforts within organizational contexts, including the ways districts build educational systems, the work of instructional leaders and teachers, and the role of pre-service teacher education.

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