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Penn State professor Dr. Scott McDonald joins ChangED to reveal how Pennsylvania's STEELS standards are flipping science education on its head! Forget silent classrooms with teachers droning on—Scott's vision has students buzzing with scientific conversations while teachers take a backseat as guides.
"I'd love to see kids talking a lot more in class to each other about science ideas," says Scott, who trains tomorrow's science teachers. The content hasn't changed, but the delivery? Completely transformed!
We explore why veteran teachers might struggle with this shift (old habits die hard!), how the three dimensions of STEELS standards create a framework for success, and why treating science as an isolated subject is a massive missed opportunity.
Join us for this mind-expanding conversation at the crossroads of pedagogy and cognitive science. Your science class will never look the same again!
To learn more about Scott's podcast "Science In Between" at this link: https://scienceinbetween.fireside.fm/
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