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MSPnet Academy Discussion: The NRC Framework for K-12 Science Education

MSPnet Academy Discussion: The NRC Framework for K-12 Science Education

MSPnet Academy Discussion
September 15 - September 27, 2011

Heidi Schweingruber, Deputy Director of the Board on Science Education at the National Research Council (NRC)
Philip Bell, Associate Professor of Learning Sciences, University of Washington.

Heidi Schweingruber and Philip Bell present and discuss a recently released National Research Council (NRC) report "A Framework for K-12 Science Education: Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and Core Ideas." This new framework for K-12 science education calls for a shift in the way science is taught and learned in the United States.


Discussion Posts

Thread Date Author
Welcome to the discussion 09/15/2011 01:17 pm Heidi Schweingruber
Systems thinking 09/15/2011 06:10 pm Brian Drayton
Systems thinking 09/19/2011 11:33 am Heidi Schweingruber
K-12 teacher input on standards; and validation me 09/19/2011 08:16 am Brian Drayton
K-12 teacher input on standards 09/19/2011 11:38 am Heidi Schweingruber
Integration Efforts and Projects 09/20/2011 03:27 pm Betsy Stefany
Moving beyond K-12 09/24/2011 02:06 pm Nancy Shapiro