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Advice on Working with Teachers
These resources help prepare scientists who want to work with teachers. It is especially important to understand teachers' professional needs, work culture, and communication styles, and the ways in which these differ from those of scientists.
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This article highlights some differences between the professional cultures of scientists and K-12 teachers, including differences in language, and encourages an approach that fosters mutual learning rather than expectations of one-way benefit. The introduction references some existing models for
scientist-teacher partnerships.
"Approaches to Biology Teaching and Learning: Science Teaching and Learning Across the School-University Divide--Cultivating Conversations through Scientist-Teacher Partnerships." Kimberly D. Tanner, Liesl Chatman, and Deborah Allen. Cell Biology Education Features 2, 195-201, Winter 2003. DOI:10.1187/cbe.03-10-0044 [ cellbioed.org ]
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