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Abstract:
This interrelatedness paradigm was the basis for the design of professional development for K-12 teachers. Three big ideas in science were sequentially developed over three, one-day professional development institutes: big bang theory and the formation and evolution of the elements and matter up to the scale of planets; plate tectonic theory and the evolution of the Earth; and organic evolutionary theory. All three "big ideas are intimately connected and interrelated through the common theme of change. Using evolution (broadly defined as change in any system, biological, physical, chemical) in framing professional development transcends science disciplinary boundaries. Change is a fundamental attribute of science and this attribute both creates unique challenges in constructing a coherent science curriculum but also provides a framework for bringing coherency to science curricula.
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See more from this Session: Teaching and Learning about Complex Earth Systems: Effective Strategies in Undergraduate Classrooms and Teacher Development Programs