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Just Schools: Building Equitable Collaborations with Families and Communities
This book speaks to the possibility of involving families and communities in schools for the purpose of transforming education systems towards equity.

Resource Type: Book or book chapter(s)
Teacher Prep Topic: Equity, inclusion and diversity
Grade Level: Elementary STEM teacher preparation, Secondary STEM teacher preparation

TeachingWorks High-Leverage Practices
A website that identifies 19 "high-leverage practices," fundamental capabilities of teaching that supports students' content and social-emotional learning. These HLPs are not grade- or discipline-specific. This is a good list to spark conversation with colleagues (or yourself) when considering course or program outcomes.

Resource Type: Tools, rubrics, etc. for programmatic improvements
Teacher Prep Topic: Clinical practices, pedagogies, and partnerships
Grade Level: Elementary STEM teacher preparation, Secondary STEM teacher preparation

Those who understand : Knowledge Growth in Teaching
Original writings of Shulman on the development of understanding and Pedagogical Content Knowledge: know what you teach, who you teach and why you teach.

Resource Type: Position papers or recommendations, Tools, rubrics, etc. for programmatic improvements
Teacher Prep Topic: Pedagogical Strategies in STEM Teacher Preparation, Integrative or Disciplinary Resources:Pedagogical Content Knowledge/Content Knowledge for Teaching , Integrative or Disciplinary Resources
Grade Level: Elementary STEM teacher preparation, Secondary STEM teacher preparation

Helping students make sense of the world - Developing and Using Models
This book chapter describes the importance of instruction that focuses on the NGSS practice, developing and using models. Includes examples in both elementary and secondary classrooms, tips for getting started, and explicit connections to the other NGSS practices.

Resource Type: Book or book chapter(s), Courses, Tools, rubrics, etc. for programmatic improvements
Teacher Prep Topic: Equity, inclusion and diversity, Pedagogical Strategies in STEM Teacher Preparation, Integrative or Disciplinary Resources:Pedagogical Content Knowledge/Content Knowledge for Teaching , Integrative or Disciplinary Resources
Grade Level: Elementary STEM teacher preparation, Secondary STEM teacher preparation

A conceptual framework for integrated STEM education
This article outlines a STEM education conceptual framework, with the goal of helping educators conceptualize how STEM cuts across disciplines. The authors claim that in order to prepare students for a complex global society, we must understand the complexity of our own disciplines.

Resource Type: Position papers or recommendations
Teacher Prep Topic: Clinical practices, pedagogies, and partnerships
Grade Level: Elementary STEM teacher preparation, Secondary STEM teacher preparation

Proposing a core set of instructional practices and tools for teachers of science
This article argues for the value of a fundamental set of research-based teaching practices (core practices) that preservice science teachers can learn to enact "ambitious teaching," and it proposes one possible set of such practices.

Resource Type: Peer-reviewed article
Teacher Prep Topic: Clinical practices, pedagogies, and partnerships
Grade Level: Elementary STEM teacher preparation, Secondary STEM teacher preparation

Pedagogical content knowledge and preparation of high school physics teachers
This paper provides a detailed description of the practices and course work of a physics and physical science teacher prep program where the multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary aspects of Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK) are foundational. They offer their philosophy and curriculum to be adapted and applied in other STEM teacher preparation programs.

Resource Type: Peer-reviewed article, Courses, Tools, rubrics, etc. for programmatic improvements
Teacher Prep Topic: Clinical practices, pedagogies, and partnerships, Pedagogical Strategies in STEM Teacher Preparation, Integrative or Disciplinary Resources:Sciences (Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Earth and Space Science, Environmental Science), Pedagogical Content Knowledge/Content Knowledge for Teaching
Grade Level: Secondary STEM teacher preparation

Redefining Teaching, Re-Imagining Teacher Education
The authors advocate for a conceptualization of teaching as a complex endeavor where teachers are decision-makers and reflective practitioners, with an accompanying shift of teacher education to emphasize clinical practice and pedagogies of enactment.

Resource Type: Peer-reviewed article
Teacher Prep Topic: Clinical practices, pedagogies, and partnerships
Grade Level: Elementary STEM teacher preparation, Secondary STEM teacher preparation

A Framework for Practice-Based Teacher Education
This resource introduces a research-based framework for understanding practice-based teacher education (PBTE). It represents a synthesis of the recent literature on PBTE and builds a case for why student learning, professional teaching, and teacher preparation benefit from practice-based pedagogies in teacher education.

Resource Type: Tools, rubrics, etc. for programmatic improvements
Teacher Prep Topic: Clinical practices, pedagogies, and partnerships
Grade Level: Elementary STEM teacher preparation, Secondary STEM teacher preparation
Resource Origin: Generated by NextGen-WA STEM Teacher Prep project

Knowledge Base for Teaching and Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK): Some Useful Models and Implications for Teachers' Training
This study looks critically at the various Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK) models frequently cited in literature and points out similarities and differences so that the reader can develop more insight into PCK and analyze the models' use and validity.

Resource Type: Peer-reviewed article
Teacher Prep Topic: Pedagogical Strategies in STEM Teacher Preparation, Integrative or Disciplinary Resources:Pedagogical Content Knowledge/Content Knowledge for Teaching
Grade Level: Elementary STEM teacher preparation, Secondary STEM teacher preparation