Initial Publication Date: October 13, 2006
Information Sources Related to Preparation of Earth Science Teachers
Education Standards | Data and Statistics | Education Reform | Learning | Professional Organizations
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Education Standards
- NRC, 1996 , National Science Education Standards
- NSTA, 2003, NSTA Teacher Preparation Standards, 2003 (PDF 124 Kb)
- Inquiry and the National Science Education Standards: A Guide for Teaching and Learning
- NRC, 1997. Improving Teacher Preparation and Credentialling Consistent with the National Science Education Standards: Report of a Symposium (more info)
Data and Statistics
- National Center for Education Statistics
- Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO)
- State Indicators of Science and Mathematics Education, 2003, R. Blank & D. Langesen, CCSSO, 2003. (PDF 2.4 Mb)
- State Indicators of Science and Mathematics Education, 2001, R. Blank & D. Langesen, CCSSO, 2001. (PDF 1.3 Mb)
- NSF Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE)
- National Assessment of Educational Progress ( This site may be offline. ) , 2000.
Education Reform
- US Dept of Ed, 2000 , Before It's Too Late
- AAAS/NSTA Project 2061 Science for All Americans
- AAAS/NSTA Project 2061 Benchmarks for Science Literacy
- AAAS/NSTA Project 2061 Atlas of Science Literacy
- NRC, 1997, Science Teacher Preparation in an Era of Standards-Based Reform
- NRC, 2001, Testing Teacher Candidates: The Role of Liscensing Tests in Improving Teacher Quality
- NRC, 2000, Educating Teachers of Science, Mathematics, and Technology: New Practices for the New Millennium (more info)
- NRC, 1996, The Role of Scientists in the Professional Development of Science Teachers
Learning
- NRC, 2000 , How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School
- NRC, 1997, Science Teaching Reconsidered: A Handbook
