Such empowerment promotes decisionmaking, collaboration, professional development, and an improved curriculum . Teachers emphasize authentic instruction and elements that promote high performance and successful learning among students. Teachers provide meaningful science learning for all students. Irene Damota, principal at Whittier School in Chicago, talks about challenging all students to reach their educational potential. A text transcript is available.
Students display demanding, higher order thinking skills .
Students can relate knowledge from one scientific field to another and to other disciplines of knowledge. Mary Budd Rowe, science education professor at Stanford University in Stanford, California, talks about the importance of science in helping students to find connections and see relationships. A text transcript is available. All teachers and administrators may not be committed to changing the way science is taught, but their cooperation and enthusiasm is critical to the implementation process. Unfortunately, the working circumstances of teachers and administrators do not foster opportunities to study, debate, or consult with authorities for information on implementing science reform.