New NSTA Book on Inquiry-Based Teaching Practices for Middle and High School Science Educators

Jan 29, 10:23 AM

Contact: Roberta Banning of the National Science Teachers Association, +1-703-312-9285, rbanning@nsta.org

ARLINGTON, Va., Jan. 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --- The National Science Teachers Association announces the release of Science as Inquiry in the Secondary Setting.This engaging new book serves as a compact, easy-to-understand orientation to inquiry. Its ideal for guiding discussion, fostering reflection, and helping you enhance your own classroom practices while improving student science literacy.

As chapter author Mark Windschitl writes, The aim of doing more authentic science in schools is not to mimic scientists, but to develop the depth of content knowledge, the habits of mind, and the critical reasoning skills that are so crucial to basic science literacy.

This book has the best and most useful answers about the importance of inquiry and its integration into the science classroom.

About the Editors

Julie Luft,a professor of science education at Arizona State University-Tempe, was also a middle and high school life sciences and physical science teacher. Randy L. Bellis an associate professor of science education in the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia. A former middle and high school science teacher, he has been recognized as the National Association for Research in Science Teachings Early Career Researcher of the Year. Julie Gess-Newsomeis the J. Lawrence Walkup Distinguished Professor of Science Education at Northern Arizona University and director of NAUs Center for Science Teaching and Learning. She previously taught high school biology and general science for eight years.

You can browse sample pages of this new title free at the NSTA Science Store Website at http://www.nsta.org/store.

For additional information or to purchaseScience As Inquiry in the Secondary Setting and other books from NSTA Press, visit the NSTA Science Store athttp://www.nsta.org/store.To order by phone, call800-277-5300 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET weekdays. Outside the United States and Canada, call 301-638-0200. The 149-page book is priced at $24.96 and discount-priced for NSTA members at $19.96 (Stock # PB216X, ISBN # 978-1-93353-126-7).

The Arlington, Va.-based National Science Teachers Association is the largest professional organization in the world promoting excellence and innovation in science teaching and learning for all. NSTAs current membership includes more than 55,000 science teachers, science supervisors, administrators, scientists, business and industry representatives, and others involved in science education.

NSTA Press produces twenty new books each year. Focused on the PreK-16 market and specifically aimed at teachers of science, NSTA Press titles offer a unique blend of accurate scientific content and sound teaching strategies.

SOURCE National Science Teachers Association

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