Disco Dancing and Kinetic Theory
Citation
Karakas, M. (2010). Disco dancing and kinetic theory. Journal of Chemical Education, 87(9), 928-930.Abstract
Many science educators see teachers' professional development as the most critical and complex variable in the science
education reform movement (1, 2) (ref 3, as cited in ref 4). The
National Research Council (NRC) standards (5) state,“since the
current reform effort requires a substantial change in how science
is taught, an equally substantive change is needed in professional
development practices” (p 56 in ref 5). The goal of teacher education programs should not be to indoctrinate or train teachers
to behave in prescribed ways, but to educate teachers to reason
soundly and scientifically about their teaching as well as to perform skillfully (ref 6, as cited in ref 7).