Presentation from the Ecological Society of America at the CAISE Convening on Sustainability Science and Informal Science Education, February 6th, 2012.
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Presentation on Sustainability at the National Academies presented at the CAISE Convening on Sustainability Science and Informal Science Education, February 6th, 2012.
Presentation on NSF grant DRL-0741760 (""Future Earth Initiative)"") presented at the CAISE Convening on Sustainability Science and Informal Science Education, February 6th, 2012.
Presentation on NSF grant DRL-0813135 (""Communicating Climate Change (C3)"") presented at the CAISE Convening on Sustainability Science and Informal Science Education, February 6th, 2012.
Presentation on NSF grant DRL-1113648 "Creating Communities of Learners for Informal Cognitive Science Education" presented at the CAISE Convening on ISE Organizational Networks, November 17, 2011.
Concepts and findings from research on identity development are employed to better understand why current science teacher preparation programs are failing to prepare teachers who are able and choose to implement the vision for science education articulated in professional standards. Identity theory is used as a theoretical lens to make sense of and better address some of the unique challenges of becoming a reform-minded science teacher, a professional identity that does not reflect the common norm in the profession; these challenges include the emotional risk and possible need for “repair work