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Our Vision of Equity
We are committed to promote equity and justice through science teaching and learning at schools. By promoting equity and justice through science teaching, we mean expanding opportunities to learn for the students who have been historically marginalized at schools--students of color, multilingual students and students who live in poverty. Expanding opportunities to learn (OTL) is challenging because students’ OTL is dynamically and relationally co-constructed between the teacher and students in contexts. Teacher’s principled enactment of well-designed, research-based curricula contribute to expanding students’ opportunity to learn in classrooms.
We are committed to promote equity and justice through science teaching and learning at schools. By promoting equity and justice through science teaching, we mean expanding opportunities to learn for the students who have been historically marginalized at schools--students of color, multilingual students and students who live in poverty. Expanding opportunities to learn (OTL) is challenging because students’ OTL is dynamically and relationally co-constructed between the teacher and students in contexts. Teacher’s principled enactment of well-designed, research-based curricula contribute to expanding students’ opportunity to learn in classrooms.
NGSS Aligned Curriculum
Our curriculum is designed to promote 3-dimensional learning as expected by the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). This involves creating opportunities for students to make sense of how and why things occur (phenomena-centered instruction) or design a solution to solve a complex problem (engineering-centered instruction). In our curriculum, students are positioned as capable sense-makers or engineers who expand their understanding of how the world works. Students engage in scientific and engineering practices (SEPs) to make sense of how things occur or solve problems. They use disciplinary core ideas (DCIs) and cross-cutting concepts (CCCs) as conceptual and linguistic tools to deepen and communicate their thinking. For more information about 3D curriculum, read here.