Calls for the improvement of science education in the USA continue unabated, with
particular concern for the quality of learning opportunities for students from historically …

This special issue brings together a set of articles by scholars working to expand equitable
forms of learning and teaching that contribute to a socially just democracy—or what we …

The purpose of this article is to build a conceptual framework that informs current
understanding of how professional learning communities (PLCs) function in conjunction with …

Many school-improvement efforts include time for teacher collaboration, with the assumption
that teachers' collective work supports instructional improvement. However, not all …

This study addresses how to help elementary science teachers explore the uncertainty
inherent in scientific activity and support elementary students to engage in more complex …

Drawing on sociocultural learning theory, this book offers a groundbreaking theory of
secondary mathematics teacher learning in schools, focusing on the transformation of …

In the accountability era, educators are pressed to use evidence-based practice. In this
comparative case study, we examine the learning opportunities afforded by teachers' data …

Concepts and conceptual change have been studied extensively as phenomena of
individual thinking and action, but changing circumstances of social or cultural groups using …

Purpose Though test-based accountability policies seek to redress educational inequities,
their underlying theories of action treat inequality as a technical problem rather than a …

Collaborative design (co-design) involving practitioners and researchers is emerging as a
productive context for addressing theoretical as well as practical issues of teaching and …