{"id":6675,"date":"2019-03-27T15:33:07","date_gmt":"2019-03-27T19:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/citl\/?p=6675"},"modified":"2019-08-06T14:22:56","modified_gmt":"2019-08-06T18:22:56","slug":"rise-center-colloquium-examining-the-impact-of-professional-training-on-science-teachers-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/citl\/2019\/03\/27\/rise-center-colloquium-examining-the-impact-of-professional-training-on-science-teachers-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"RiSE Center Colloquium &#8211; Examining the Impact of Professional Training on Science Teachers\u2019 Learning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4686 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/citl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/266\/2018\/01\/Screen-Shot-2018-01-30-at-3.27.31-PM-300x252.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"208\" height=\"175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/citl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/266\/2018\/01\/Screen-Shot-2018-01-30-at-3.27.31-PM-300x252.png 300w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/citl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/266\/2018\/01\/Screen-Shot-2018-01-30-at-3.27.31-PM-105x88.png 105w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/citl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/266\/2018\/01\/Screen-Shot-2018-01-30-at-3.27.31-PM-317x266.png 317w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/citl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/266\/2018\/01\/Screen-Shot-2018-01-30-at-3.27.31-PM.png 326w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,208px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>At this colloquium Dr. Marisa Castronova will discuss her current study, which examined how professional training, focused on the\u00a0<i>Next Generation Science Standards<\/i>\u00a0(NGSS), impacted teacher learning.\u00a0 In her research she focused on changes in pedagogical discontentment and pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) of modeling and argumentation as conceptual change models identify teacher dissatisfaction (discontentment) and teacher ability (PCK) as influential precursors in the process.\u00a0 Data was collected and analyzed in two sequential phases examining conceptual change from a broad perspective.<\/p>\n<p>This RiSE Center Colloquium will take place on Monday, April 1st at Hill Auditorium from 3-4 pm.\u00a0 Refreshments will be served.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Bio: Dr. Castronova is a science teacher for the Montville Township public schools, a part-time instructor at Caldwell University, and an NGSS Teacher Leader facilitating professional development for teachers across New Jersey. Marisa earned a bachelor\u2019s degree in Biology and a master\u2019s degree in Secondary Science Education from Lehigh University. In 2011, she earned a master\u2019s degree in biology from Montclair State University and recently earned her Ph.D. in Educational Leadership from Caldwell University in 2018.\u00a0 Dr. Castronova is the creator of several innovative, grant-funded programs including STEM PALS and the Lazar Honeybee Initiative.\u00a0 As a researcher, Marisa is interested in understanding how teachers learn, especially in the midst of reform.\u00a0 She is an active member of the New Jersey Science Teachers Association (NJSTA), and serves on the Executive board of the Maitland P. Simmons Memorial Award Committee, a committee dedicated to providing professional training activities for science teachers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At this colloquium Dr. Marisa Castronova will discuss her current study, which examined how professional training, focused on the\u00a0Next Generation Science Standards\u00a0(NGSS), impacted teacher learning.\u00a0 In her research she focused on changes in pedagogical discontentment and pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) of modeling and argumentation as conceptual change models identify teacher dissatisfaction (discontentment) and teacher ability [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1051,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","spc_primary_category":0},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":1,"label":"Uncategorized"}]},"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"","author_link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/citl\/author\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":1,"name":"Uncategorized","slug":"uncategorized","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":47,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":1,"category_count":47,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Uncategorized","category_nicename":"uncategorized","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/citl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/citl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/citl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/citl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1051"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/citl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6675"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/citl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6675\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7507,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/citl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6675\/revisions\/7507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/citl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/citl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/citl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}