Share Paper: A Curriculum-linked Professional Development Approach to Support Teachers' Adoption of Socio-Environmental Science Investigation
Abstract: Many teachers have not had professional development experiences that foster sufficient geospatial pedagogical content knowledge to implement science curriculum using geospatial technologies that promote science learning and the development of geospatial thinking skills. To address this, we have developed and implemented an approach to promote teachers’ professional growth with curriculum-linked professional development to support the adoption of novel socio-environmental science investigations (SESI) using a geospatial curriculum approach. SESI are based on the pedagogical frameworks of place-based education, socioscientific issues-based instruction, and citizen science. Our curriculum development follows a design partnership model and focuses on collaborative design and implementation of curriculum ...