Science for All Children A Guide to Improving Elementary Science Education in Your School District (1997) / Chapter Skim
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San Francisco, California
San Francisco, California
Pages 177-183
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City Science is the story of a successful collaboration between the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) and the San Francisco Unified School District.
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SITE hac3 been training district teachers for more than a clecacle through intensive four-week institutes focusing on science inquiry. Finally, the school district tract established the San Francisco Science Leadership Project, a three-year program designed to provide intensive training to 27 teachers who wouIcl be charged with the task of bringing inquiry-centerecl science to their schools and making key decisions about the science curriculum.
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Over the subsequent three years of the program, City Science also cliscovered the importance of drawing on teachers from the city's other two major science reform initiatives. Science Leadership Project teachers served as mentor teachers for City Science summer institutes, and City Science teachers participated in workshops held at the Exploratorium.
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"Scientists put more creclibility into what we were doing," says Denise Ebisuzaki, a thirc3-grade teacher in San Francisco. "They were able to catch errors before we conveyed them to students.
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Low calls this move "unprecedented" and a "big risk" for the new superintendent, who made the final decision on the basis of his observation that a strong science program often meant that the school was operating at a high level. Through the training experience, City Science teachers grew as leaclers, and the district teachers were better equipped to teach the science modules.
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It's difficult to communicate with en cl motivate other teachers outside the small group. It's a huge leap, and we're just at the beginning of that task." ~2
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Furthermore, teachers need time and additional training if they are to become leaders of science education reform at the district level. Forming partnerships between scientists and teachers can add an important dimension to the district's professional development program.
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