Teaching and Learning Science

This book touches on many of the most controversial topics facing science educators and students today, including evolution, testing, homeschooling, ecology, and the achievement gaps faced by girls, children of color, and ESL learners.

Teaching and Learning Science is an excellent resource for those studying science instruction as well as those in need of a survey course in science education. Readers will certainly appreciate the suggested readings and websites at the end of the chapters. The book is also a valuable tool for conducting a book study for science professionals and is highly recommended for all science learning institutions, especially college libraries.

US teachers of K-12 science and teachers who teach them explore core issues in science education to help teachers, parents, students, and the general public become better informed about the science education curricula and public debates around it. The themes they address include language and scientific literacy, home and school relationships, equity, connecting science to the rest of the world, resources, and science in the news.

Kenneth Tobin is presidential professor, Urban Education Program, The Graduate Center, City University of New York.