The Role of Scientists in the Professional Development of Science Teachers (1996) / Chapter Skim
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4 Administrators' and Others' Responsibilities for Encouraging Scientists' Participation in Professional-Development Programs
4 Administrators' and Others' Responsibilities for Encouraging Scientists' Participation in Professional-Development Programs
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The institutional culture of nearly every university requires that faculty contribute by research, teaching, and service, but few institutions 1 The need for increased recognition and reward applies to other kinds of teaching at research universities as well, for example, undergraduate teaching. This matter is being addressed by the National Research Council Committee on Undergraduate Science Education.
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, whereas teaching is rewarded externally or internally only rarely and sometimes by no one but appreciative students. Faculty members, therefore, routinely undervalue undergraduate teaching, including the teaching of future science teachers.
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They can provide space and joint appointments, thereby allowing university staff to spend time in teaching or research and time in outreach programs. That would give staff an academic home; built-in contacts with faculty, graduate students, and postdoctoral researchers in their departments; academic credibility; and accessibility to scientific research.
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It occasionally includes education papers in its professional journal, Genetics, and disseminates information about outreach programs in a booklet titled GENeration and another titled Genetics in the Classroom. Similarly, the American Society for Cell Biology includes education articles in the essays section of its journal, Molecular Biology of the Cell.
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· Forming partnerships with schools and school districts and working with school administrators. · Providing incentives for faculty to be involved in K-12 science education by recognizing faculty involvement in teacher professional development, rewards through promotion and tenure decisions, and recognition of professional development as a legitimate teaching activity of university science faculty.
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· Participating in national science-education reform at all educational levels and facilitating the participation of their faculty. Scientific Professional Societies Scientific professional societies can do a number of things to promote scientists' involvement in improving science-rich opportunities for K-12 teachers.
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