TY - JOUR
T1 - Refuting Myths about Secondary Chemistry Teaching: Getting the Facts out to Current and Future Educators
AU - Chambers, Terri M.
AU - Gravely, Etta C
AU - Hunter, William
AU - Nielson, Jennifer B.
AU - Yezierski, Ellen J.
PY - 2019/7/9
Y1 - 2019/7/9
N2 - Misperceptions about careers in STEM secondary school teaching keep interested students from pursuing teaching and explain why some chemistry educators may not recommend that their most successful students explore a career in teaching. The United States has a shortage of STEM teachers in middle and high school; highlighting the facts about STEM teaching can help to address this predicament. Get the Facts Out is an NSF-funded project designed to give chemistry and other STEM educators the tools to explain and correct misperceptions with data on salary, benefits, and career satisfaction of STEM secondary school teachers. Chemistry educators at all levels can access the Get the Facts Out toolkit, which includes resources to share with students, colleagues, and administrators, and can become change agents in this crucial conversation.
AB - Misperceptions about careers in STEM secondary school teaching keep interested students from pursuing teaching and explain why some chemistry educators may not recommend that their most successful students explore a career in teaching. The United States has a shortage of STEM teachers in middle and high school; highlighting the facts about STEM teaching can help to address this predicament. Get the Facts Out is an NSF-funded project designed to give chemistry and other STEM educators the tools to explain and correct misperceptions with data on salary, benefits, and career satisfaction of STEM secondary school teachers. Chemistry educators at all levels can access the Get the Facts Out toolkit, which includes resources to share with students, colleagues, and administrators, and can become change agents in this crucial conversation.
KW - General Public
KW - Misconceptions/Discrepant Events
KW - Professional Development
KW - Public Understanding/Outreach
KW - Student/Career Counseling
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U2 - 10.1021/acs.jchemed.9b00547
DO - 10.1021/acs.jchemed.9b00547
M3 - Review article
SN - 0021-9584
VL - 96
SP - 1291
EP - 1293
JO - Journal of Chemical Education
JF - Journal of Chemical Education
IS - 7
ER -