Science teachers who draw
Subtitle: the red is always there
By: Merrie Koester
Publisher: Deep University Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Blue Mounds, Wisconsin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 238
ISBN-13: 9781939755087
Subjects: Science; Study and teaching; Science teachers; Training of
Description: Science Teachers Who Draw: The Red Is Always There is an invaluable resource for teachers, teacher educators, and qualitative researchers. This is a book which asks, "What happens when science teachers adopt an aesthetic approach to inquiry, using drawing and visual thinking to communicate deep understanding?" This narrative inquiry was driven by quantitative studies which reveal a robust positive correlation between students' test scores in reading and science, beginning at the middle school level. When the data are disaggregated, there exists a vast achievement gap for low income and English language learners. This book is the true story of the academic turnarounds of previously struggling science students when teachers use arts practices to communicate meaning. By choosing to ditch the safety of lectures and adopt more aesthetic ways of teaching, science educators become performing artists themselves, producing and directing the creation of engaged, jointly produced, and artful learning. In all ways, students learn that art and science are connected as expressions of human creativity. --
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Affirmations; title: What if?; title: Taking heart; title: Visualize; title: 1. Science as aesthetic inquiry: Creativity, deep learning, and ways of being science teachers and learners; title: 2. Starting: Mindset and method; title: Drawing in science research; title: PCK, and the back of the napkin test; title: Edusemiosis; title: 3. "Know"tations and the nature of science: creating narratives; title: Mindfulness; title: Harold and the purple crayon; title: An intentional undertaking designed to ...; title: 4. Nurture: Performing an ethic of care; title: When Mia speaks; title: Bones digs for data; title: Ms. Maya and Muhammad; title: Do my shells make me look fat?; title: 5. Notice what there is to be noticed: inside and out; title: Skybeams; title: "Know"tations of biotic and abiotic factors; title: Lockdown; title: 6. Create new vistas: showing and telling; title: The story of Chilli the mutant crab and the Bo Jangles chicken leg; title: Voice wordles; title: Synthesize; title: 7. Science, philosophy, and aesthetics: tangibles and intangibles; title: The tree of "know"ledge; title: Failure to thrive; title: Energy transfer and umwelt; title: 8. A model of science as aesthetic inquiry; title: Changing teacher beliefs and perspectives; title: Research, teacher practices, and student learning; title: Time for experiencing and collaborative reflection; title: Drawing artifacts and assessment; title: An evidence-based model.