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Setting
This example of professional
development takes place at the Exploratorium’s Institute for
Inquiry in San Francisco, California. Participants are engaged in
inquiry into physical science concepts, guided by facilitators Barry
Kluger-Bell, Fred Stein, Doris Ash, and Marilyn Austin. The participants
are leadership teams from different school districts from around the
U.S.
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Professional
Development Strategy
Immersion into
Inquiry in Science
In this example educators
attend an institute focused on inquiry-based science learning. Participants
engage in investigations to learn how to develop science content
through inquiry.
Goals of this Example
of Professional Development
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What
You Can Gain from Using this Video
- See examples of teachers
engaging in science investigations to learn content
- See the role facilitators
and scientists play in teacher learning
- Understand the complexity
of implementing inquiry-based teaching and learning
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