Practitioner Articles
Articles designed to support teacher enactment of issues centered teaching.
- Kirk, E. A., Sadler, T. D., Xu, Z., Elsner, J. N., Lesnefsky, R., Ke, L. (in revision) Socioscientific Modeling: Helping Students See Systems and Understand Messy Issues. Science Scope.
- Rawson Lesnefsky, R., Sadler, T. D., Ke, L., & Friedrichsen, P. (2023). Instructional pathways to considering social dimensions within socioscientific issues. Innovations in Science Teacher Education, 8(2). Retrieved from https://innovations.theaste.org/instructional-pathways-to-considering-social-dimensions-within-socioscientific-issues/
- Elsner, J., Sadler, T., Kirk, E., Rawson, R., Friedrichsen, P., & Ke, L. (2023). Using Multiple Models to Learn about COVID-19 Breadcrumb. The Science Teacher, 90(3). https://www.nsta.org/science-teacher/science-teacher-januaryfebruary-2023/using-multiple-models-learn-about-covid-19
- Peel, A., Sadler, T. D., Friedrichsen, P. J. (2021). Using unplugged computational thinking to scaffold natural selection learning. American Biology Teacher. https://doi.org/10.1525/abt.2021.83.2.112
- Peel, A., Rockett, J., Friedrichsen, P., Zangori, L., Elmy, C., & Wagner, B. (2020). Is vaping harmful? The Science Teacher, 88(1), 51-57. https://www.jstor.org/stable/27048204
- Ewing, M., & Sadler, T. D. (2020). Socio-scientific issues instruction: An interdisciplinary approach to increase relevance and systems thinking. The Science Teacher, 88(2), 18-21. https://www.nsta.org/science-teacher/science-teacher-novemberdecember-2020/socio-scientific-issues-instruction#
- Foulk, J. A., Friedrichsen, P. J., & Sadler, T. D. (2020). Science in socio-scientific issues: Teaching with a timeline activity. The Science Teacher, 87(7), 35-39. https://www.jstor.org/stable/27048155
- Kinslow, A. T., & Sadler, T. D. (2018). Making science relevant: Using socio-scientific issues to foster critical thinking. The Science Teacher, 86(1), 40-45.
- Williams, M., Friedrichsen, P., Sadler, T. D., Brown, P. (2018). Modeling the emergence of antibiotic resistance in bacterial populations. American Biology Teacher, 80(3), 214-220. DOI: 10.1525/abt.2018.80.3.214
- Kinslow, A. T., Sadler, T. D., Friedrichsen, P., Zangori, L., Peel, A., & Graham, K. (2017). From global to local: Connecting global climate change to a local ecosystem using a socio-scientific issue approach. The Science Teacher, 84(7), 39-46.
Articles designed to support teacher educators.
- Kirk, E. A., Sadler, T. D. (2023). Ditch the Debate: Preparing Pre-Service Teachers to Nurture Productive Discourse About Controversial Issues. Innovations in Science Teacher Education. 8(2). Retrieved from https://innovations.theaste.org/ditch-the-debate-preparing-preservice-teachers-to-nurture-productive-discourse-about-controversial-issues/
- Foulk, J. A., Sadler, T. D., & Friedrichsen, P. (2020). Facilitating Pre-Service Teachers’ Socioscientific Issues Curriculum Design in Teacher Education. Innovations in Science Teacher Education, 5(3). Retrieved from https://innovations.theaste.org/facilitating-preservice-teachers-socioscientific-issues-curriculum-design-in-teacher-education/
- Peel, A., Sadler, T. D., Friedrichsen, P., Foulk, J. A., & Kinslow, A. T. (2018). Rigorous investigations of relevant issues: A professional development program for supporting teacher design of socio-scientific issue units. Innovations in Science Teacher Education, 3(3). Retrieved from http://innovations.aste.org/?p=3026