Description

This week, Dan and Sam are joined by Dr. Joy Barnes-Johnson to talk about disciplinary core ideas. Joy shares how she teaches the content found in the DCIs while prioritizing student exploration, play, and joy in the classroom.

Resources:

• Dr. Joy Barnes-Johnson's website
• Check out Joy's dissertation: Efficacy-Related Beliefs and Practices about Equitable Science Teaching: A Case Study in an Urban Elementary School
• Preparing Teachers to Engage Rural Students in Computational Thinking Through Robotics, Game Design, and Culturally Responsive Teaching

Joy's Recommended Reading:

• Why Trust Science? by Naomi Oreskes
• Learn more about Carolyn Parker
• Learn more about Ramanujan
• The Body: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson
• Books by George Washington Carver
• Learn more about the Blackwell Sisters

Follow along and send us the questions YOU have about science education!

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Our music is 'Rainbows' by Scott Buckley released under CC BY 4.0.