STEMWorks, LLC
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Business/Industry
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Pedagogy
Middle School Science Teachers’ Confidence and Pedagogical Practice of New Literacies
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2012
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Due to the rapid advancements of information and communication technologies (ICTs), educational researchers argue that multimodal and new literacies should become common practices in schools. As new ICTs emerge and evolve, students need the new literacies skills and practices to successfully participate fully in the civic life of a global community. Are teachers prepared to integrate ICTs in the classroom to develop students’ new literacies skills? The purpose of this study is to suggest a new literacies framework that guides ICTs integration and supports scientific inquiry, as well as investigate middle school teachers’ confidence to practice new literacies in science classrooms. The study adopted mixed-methodology design, surveyed 32 middle school science teachers’ ICTs and new literacies skills, and randomly observed 15 teachers’ new literacies practices in the classrooms. The results revealed that even though teachers have high confidence in using ICTs, the meaningful technology integration and new literacies practices were scarcely observed in their classroom practices.
Timely Teachings: Seasons and the Cycles of Night and Day
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Date: Thursday, May 20, 2010
Time: 4pm EST
Participate: http://tinyurl.com/participateMSP2 - the room will open at 3:45pm EST
Join us as we discuss two challenging topics in the elementary and middle school curriculum - day and night and seasons from both science and literacy perspectives.
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2010 NSTA Area Conference - Nashville
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2010 NSTA Area Conference - Baltimore
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2010 NSTA Area Conference - Kansas City
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National NSTA Conference
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January 22, 2010 - Earlybird registration deadline
February 12, 2010 - Advanced registration deadline
Join your colleagues in the City of Brotherly Love for NSTA's 58th National Conference on Science Education. Conference registration and exhibits will be at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. Most sessions and events have been scheduled at the Convention Center and the Doubletree Philadelphia Hotel, Loew’s Philadelphia Hotel, Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, and Sheraton Philadelphia City Center Hotel.
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2010 PME-NA Annual Conference
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February 15, 2010 - Paper Submission Deadline
February 15, 2010 - Poster Submission Deadline
March 15, 2010 - Working Group Submission Deadline
You are cordially invited to participate in the thirty-second Annual Conference of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME-NA), to be held in Columbus, Ohio in October 28 to 31, 2010. The conference is sponsored by the College of Education and Human Ecology at The Ohio State University. The conference provides a forum for the exchange of research information on the psychology of mathematics education. English is the official language.
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