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TEACHING EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE: A DISTANCE LEARNING COURSE FOR A DISTANCE LEARNING COURSE FOR DADE COUNTY FLORIDA TEACHERS DADE COUNTY FLORIDA TEACHERS

AACE Award Ruscher, P., Gallard, A., Cherrier, J., Hancock, E. & Petrovich, F. (2000). TEACHING EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE: A DISTANCE LEARNING COURSE FOR A DISTANCE LEARNING COURSE FOR DADE COUNTY FLORIDA TEACHERS DADE COUNTY FLORIDA TEACHERS. In D. Willis et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2000 (pp. 1811-1816). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
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Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2000
2000
ISBN 1-880094-37-1
  Dee Anna Willis, Jerry Price & Jerry Willis
AACE

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Authors

Paul Ruscher, Alejandro Gallard, Florida State University, United States; Jennifer Cherrier, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, United States; Elizabeth Hancock, Fred Petrovich, Florida State University, United States

Abstract

This paper describes a new program of study for inservice teachers in Miami/Dade County Florida, for the purpose of developing more teachers interested in teaching middle school science. At the end of this interactive/distance learning program, teachers will have gone from an elementary/early childhood specialty to middle school science certification, helping to meet a critical shortage of teachers in this area. The community of teachers is dominated by females and the students they teach consist of the most heterogeneous population in the state, with many minority groups represented. This ongoing course is still evolving and the teachers are responding very favorably to this approach of combining instruction in pedagogy with scientific methods and ideas.

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