It's Still Debatable!: Using Socioscientific Issues to Develop Scientific Literacy, K-5 - Tapa blanda

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Dr. Sami Kahn is a 30-plus-year veteran science educator with extensiveexperience in classroom teaching, professional development, and curriculumdevelopment. She is proud to share that she has taught scienceto students in almost every grade, from kindergarten through college. Dr. Kahncurrently serves as Executive Director of the Council on Science and Technologyat Princeton University where she works to promote scientific literacy for allthrough STEM education research, course development, and outreach. An awardwinningteacher and scholar, she uses her background in science education andlaw to inform her research and teaching on inclusive science practices, socioscientificissues (SSI), argumentation, and social justice. Dr. Kahn has authored numerousjournal articles, including several in Science and Children, and has coauthoredthree books on enhancing scientific inquiry experiences for children and adults,including the NSTA Press book It’ s Debatable! Using Socioscientific Issues to DevelopScientific Literacy, K– 12 (2014). Her service to the field includes leadership positionswith the National Science Teaching Association and the Association for ScienceTeacher Education. Dr. Kahn holds an MS in ecology and evolutionary biology fromRutgers University, a JD in law from Rutgers School of Law, and a PhD in curriculumand instruction with a specialization in science education from the Universityof South Florida, where she served as a presidential doctoral fellow. Before comingto Princeton, Dr. Kahn held positions at Ohio University, Collegiate School in NewYork City, and Rutgers University.