Have you ever been to a professional development (PD) session where you sat and listened to someone speak for hours—and likely got a bit bored? As teachers, we know that best practice is to encourage hands-on learning, but we forget to implement this strategy when creating PD experiences. Exploration Place (EP), the Sedgwick County Science and Discovery Center in Wichita, Kansas, partnered with eight rural school districts in neighboring Sumner County, threw out the traditional sage-on-a-stage paradigm, and tried something new.
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Jan Luth
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Exploration Palace
Kimberly McDowell
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Wichita State University
Laurel Zhang
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Exploration Palace
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2475-8779
Publication Name:
Connected Science Learning
Volume:
2
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