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Title | ESL Article: Finding the Language to Teach Science |
Body | From http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2008/10/01/06science_ep.h28.html?tmp=1920869798 Finding the Language to Teach Science By Sean Cavanagh October 1, 2008 Martina Perez is one of more than 400 educators in the Miami-Dade County, Fla., school system taking part in a professional-development and curriculum program that attempts to build students’ science knowledge while also helping them master English. Developed by researchers at the University of Miami, the Promoting Science among English Language Learners program, or P-SELL, addresses a number of the crucial challenges facing elementary teachers in urban districts and other communities that have seen an influx of non-native English-speakers. Ms. Perez, like all participating P-SELL teachers, attended three years of professional-development workshops. Those sessions focused on improving teachers’ science understanding, and showed them how different activities, such as hands-on experiments, small-group discussions, and writing, can improve students’ knowledge of both science and English. Read the entire article at http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2008/10/01/06science_ep.h28.html?tmp=1920869798 . |
Source | Education Week |
Inputdate | 2008-10-05 02:21:06 |
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Publishdate | 2008-10-06 00:00:00 |
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