Mutualism: An Ethnographic Case Study on a School's Participation in a Professional Development Program in Science

• In Event: 16.062 - Poster Session 2
  In Poster Session: 16.062-2 - Division K Section 8 Poster Session 4

Abstract

Abstract
This multi-year ethnographic case study focuses on a group of teachers in a public elementary school who participated in a National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded interdisciplinary science and engineering partnership (ISEP) professional development (PD) program in forms of summer research in university laboratories, college courses in physics and engineering design, as well as interdisciplinary science inquiry (ISI) pedagogy sessions, and implemented the newly acquired research experiences and pedagogic knowledge in their classrooms. Joint endeavors of the project participants lead to higher interest and engagement in learning processes in this school’s student population and greater involvement of schoolchildren, their parents, and community in Science-based educational events and activities.

Authors

• Olga Gould, SUNY - Buffalo

• Xiufeng Liu, University at Buffalo - SUNY

• Shaohui Chi, University at Buffalo - SUNY

• Yang Yang, University at Buffalo - SUNY