S1-02. Community and joy within K-8 science instruction: Desiré Whitmore

03/09/22 • 46 min

In this episode, we join Eric Cross as he sits down with physicist and science education specialist, Desiré Whitmore. Listen in as Desiré explains her work at the Exploratorium, a public learning laboratory. Eric and Desiré discuss finding passion in science, the importance of connecting with students, and science instruction with real-life implementations to inspire K—8 students.

Quotes:

"I think it's really amazing when we can realize as teachers... our job is not just to enforce rules on our students... our job is is to help students achieve more learning."

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03/09/22 • 46 min

Science Connections - S1-02. Community and joy within K-8 science instruction: Desiré Whitmore

Transcript

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I think it , it's really amazing when we can realize as teachers, like, no, our job is not to just enforce rules on our students, right? Our job is to like, help students to achieve more learning.

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Welcome

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To Science Connections. I'm your host, Eric Cross . My guest today is Dr. Desiree Whitmore. Desiree has held positions as a science curri

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