Teaching Science in Diverse Classrooms

This book speaks to all types of science teachers and their different contexts-Doug Larkin is writing to a diverse science teacher audience. The way he integrates and weaves together stories from his teaching and his work as a teacher educator with those of other teachers makes the whole book feel connected, an authentic learning experience. The book is written the same way he envisions science teaching-it is meant to be intriguing and real not just a series of facts forced onto the reader. Anna Monteiro, Ph.D., Program Officer, Knowles Teacher Initiative I love the tempo and approach to this book. It is accessible and clearly connects the 'bigger issues' of science education to the actual practices of teaching. Dr. David Meshoulam, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Speak for the Trees and High-School and College Science Instructor. As a (former) science teacher I felt both validated and challenged by the book. It is a wonderfully realistic portrayal of teaching science in real classrooms and recognition of all that science teaching entails. I like that Larkin encourages teachers to forge stronger connections to science practices and deeper learning, and he communicates these important messages as a nudge towards more collaborative sense-making. It's positive and encouraging and offers teachers ways to reorient what they already do towards more robust science teaching. Jennifer Wilfrid, Senior Outreach Specialist, WIDA at the Wisconsin Center for Education Research