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Doing science: teachers' authentic experiences at the Lone Star Dinosaur Field Institute
| dc.creator | Stiles, Thomas William | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-06-07T23:09:19Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-06-07T23:09:19Z | |
| dc.date.created | 2001 | |
| dc.date.issued | 2001 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2001-THESIS-S745 | |
| dc.description | Due to the character of the original source materials and the nature of batch digitization, quality control issues may be present in this document. Please report any quality issues you encounter to digital@library.tamu.edu, referencing the URI of the item. | en |
| dc.description | Includes bibliographical references (leaves 164-169). | en |
| dc.description | Issued also on microfiche from Lange Micrographics. | en |
| dc.description.abstract | During the summer of 2000, twenty teachers came from rural schools throughout Texas to take part in the Lone Star Dinosaur Field Institute. Hosted by the professional developers at the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History, the Institute is a premiere immersion-type professional development program designed to give teachers the opportunity to work with paleontologists as they excavate the fossil remains of large Pleurocoelus dinosaurs. In this case study, teachers' understanding and knowledge, attitudes and emotions, and resources are examined in the context of the design and collaborative relationships of this science learning community. Using Lave and Wenger's interpretive framework of legitimate peripheral participation, the issues of equity, efficacy, authentic activity, and nature of science are discussed in relation to current trends in science teacher professional development. | en |
| dc.format.medium | electronic | en |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | Texas A&M University | |
| dc.rights | This thesis was part of a retrospective digitization project authorized by the Texas A&M University Libraries in 2008. Copyright remains vested with the author(s). It is the user's responsibility to secure permission from the copyright holder(s) for re-use of the work beyond the provision of Fair Use. | en |
| dc.subject | curriculum and instruction. | en |
| dc.subject | Major curriculum and instruction. | en |
| dc.title | Doing science: teachers' authentic experiences at the Lone Star Dinosaur Field Institute | en |
| dc.type | Thesis | en |
| thesis.degree.discipline | curriculum and instruction | en |
| thesis.degree.name | M.S. | en |
| thesis.degree.level | Masters | en |
| dc.type.genre | thesis | en |
| dc.type.material | text | en |
| dc.format.digitalOrigin | reformatted digital | en |
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