Ambitious Science Teaching collection
Episode 116: Scott McDonald Bingo
This week we talk about the dimensions of contrast between Ambitious Science Teaching and more traditional status quo teaching.
Episode 109: Kidnapped to Paragraph Island
In this episode, we discuss the importance of curricular planning and discuss how big ideas, anchoring events, and storylines can inform the process.
Episode 57: Not Scott's Age. Or Episode 56
In this episode, we dig into the second phase of Ambitious Science Teaching: Eliciting students' ideas.
Episode 58: Not The Nonsense You Came For
In this episode, we talk about the second AST practice, supporting students' on-going thinking.
Episode 59: Pocket Full of Questions
In this episode, we discuss the final practice in their Ambitious Science Teaching series: Pressing for evidence-based explanations.
Episode 72: At the Very End of the Long Tail
This week we dip our toe into the questions of why equity matters in science education. We begin with thinking about why sense making is so central to equity.