Improving Nature of Science Instruction in Elementary Classrooms with Modified Trade Books and Educative Curriculum Materials

2020 ◽  
pp. 437-450
Author(s):  
Jeanne L. Brunner ◽  
Fouad Abd-El-Khalick
Keyword(s):  
Nature Of Science ◽  
Science Instruction ◽  
Elementary Classrooms ◽  
Curriculum Materials ◽  
Trade Books ◽  
Educative Curriculum Materials ◽  
Educative Curriculum

scholarly journals Failing Forward: Educative Curriculum Materials, an English Teaching App, and a Revolution

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 137-148
Author(s):  
Janine Julianna Darragh ◽  
Gina Mikel Petrie ◽  
Stan Pichinevskiy
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Delivery System ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Curriculum Materials ◽  
Dual Function ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
English Teaching ◽  
Educative Curriculum Materials ◽  
Educative Curriculum ◽  
Digital Delivery

Educative Curriculum Materials (ECMs) are teaching materials that have the dual function of providing learning activities to students and providing professional development to the teachers that use them. Answering a call for professional development opportunities, and with input from English teachers in rural Nicaraguan schools, the designers created a set of ECMs aligned with the Nicaraguan Ministry of Education Curriculum. When physically bringing the completed materials to educators in rural Nicaraguan schools became impossible, it was determined that the delivery system had to change. With support from a team of undergraduate computer science students, the ECMs were transferred to a digital delivery system, the new format allowing for even more English teaching and learning support. This paper shares how a revolution in Nicaragua and failed project ultimately led to the creation of the English teaching app Reaching for English.

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