Betty Young
Education
Rhodes University
United States of America
Biography
Young has studied what prospective and current teachers need to develop their teaching skills using exploratory and inquiry-based science lessons. She uses a No Teacher Left Behind attitude to teaching future educators the most effective ways to teach science to children. Young led the CAREERS Projects – Change Associated with Readiness, Education, and Efficacy in Reform Science, a 5-year study in which she developed a new curriculum for current education students and tracking the results.
Research Interest
education reform in k-8 science and math, gender issues in stem disciplines, nclb, teacher education, teachers' working lives, teaching
Publications
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Young BJ, Lee SK. The effects of a kit-based science curriculum and intensive science professional development on elementary student science achievement. Journal of Science Education and Technology. 2005 Dec 1;14(5-6):471-81.
