http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2008/10/30/documentary-explores-californias-science-deficit/ Katy Murphy's blog on Oakland schools Sun, 26 May 2013 03:49:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2008/10/30/documentary-explores-californias-science-deficit/comment-page-1/#comment-18690 LC Sun, 09 Nov 2008 01:11:56 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/?p=2183#comment-18690 As an elementary teacher at a Reading First school, I know first-hand the lack of science teaching that gets done in our schools. I am a first year teacher, but I student taught out-of-state in a school where I taught science almost every day. Here, i teach it once a week, but I know that I am the only teacher in my grade level even doing that. There is a requirement to teach ELA for 2.5 hours every day, but that is the only subject with a time requirement that I am aware of. The only way to fit in science or social studies is to cut some time out of there. I feel like I am doing a disservice to my students if I do not fit in at least some science. I may be more prepared to teach reading and math, but I would never be so selfish as to withhold that science learning from my students just because “I don’t enjoy it.” (although in reality I actually do enjoy teaching science a lot)

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