Making Science Mentors: A 10-session Guide for Middle Grades - Softcover

Zubrowski, Bernie; Troen, Vivian; Pasquale, Marian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1933531142 ISBN 13: 9781933531144

Publisher: Natl Science Teachers Assn, 2008

Synopsis

Many peer-mentoring guides claim to be unique. This one is. It trains middle school science teachers to be effective mentors for other middle school teachers and does so using a long-term, inquiry-based approach to teaching and learning how to be a more effective science educator. Developed under a grant from the National Science Foundation, the principles of this guide s procedures and materials were field-tested with 50 mentors and new teachers in a variety of middle schools. Making Science Mentors comes with everything you need to set up and run a comprehensive program: 10 session-by-session lesson plans A planning and observation protocol to guide mentor-mentee interaction, both in conferences and during classroom observation Handouts and citations (on paper and on CD) for use in preparing mentors Video clips on DVD that show middle grades science classrooms and teacher mentoring Making Science Mentors is ideal if you have state, district, or school-based teacher preparation programs and don't want to start from scratch when setting up a research-based mentoring system. As the authors promise, Using this guide, you will master inquiry-based mentoring and share it with mentors, who, in turn, will share it with their mentees, all in the name of improving the classroom experiences and achievement of students.

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Review

The Best Approach to Science Mentoring. I have never come across an excellent and very practical guide before. It helps both mentor and mentee to reflect on their practice. Awesome videos and well-planned session. Research recommends Inquiry-based instruction and it is an excellent idea to use the same approach to mentor science teachers. --Reviewed by: Fadia Ahmed Hussien (Orlando, FL) on July 21, 2008

Edition details

• Publisher: Natl Science Teachers Assn
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1933531142
• ISBN 13: 9781933531144
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 270