Connected by a computer telecommunications network, ninth-graders from eight high schools scattered thousands of miles across Alaska work together, building a robot submarine to gather samples from the floor of Prince William Sound. This is high school science as some teachers and educational reformers today envision it -- centered on student projects that encourage learning by doing...supported by modern technology...enriched by collaboration among students and teachers, both face to face and far apart. This example is drawn from LabNet, a three-year effort funded by the National Science Foundation. The project was conducted by Technical Education Research Centers (TERC), a nonprofit educational organization dedicated to improving mathematics and science education. Eventually reaching 562 teachers in 37 states, Puerto Rico, and American Samoa, LabNet had a direct impact on their classroom practice. In a follow-up evaluation, the majority said they had assigned their students more projects and had used LabNet's telecommunications network to exchange project ideas with other teachers. This book is the story of LabNet as told by its editors, with 14 additional essays on science projects -- both theoretical and practical -- by LabNet teachers and TERC staff.

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Publisher

Routledge

Year

2012

ISBN

9781136478048

Edition

Topic

Didattica

Subtopic

Didattica generale

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
Foreword
1. An Introduction to Labnet
2. From Current Practice to Projects
3. Shifting the Approach to Science Teaching
4. Support and Leadership in a Community of Practice
5. Design for a Science Network
6. Reflections on Project-Enhanced Science Learning—Teachers
7. Reflections on Project-Enhanced Science Learning—TERC Staff
8. Agenda for an Uncertain Future
Appendices
References
Author Index
Subject Index