Deep Knowledge: Learning to Teach Science for Understanding and Equity

by Douglas B. Larkin

Deep Knowledge is a book about how people’s ideas change as they learn to teach. Using the experiences of six middle and high school student teachers as they learn to teach science in diverse classrooms, Larkin explores how their work changes the way they think about students, society, schools, and science itself. Through engaging case stories, Deep Knowledge challenges some commonly held assumptions about learning to teach and tackles problems inherent in many teacher education programs. Larkin digs deep into the details of teacher learning in a way seldom attempted in books about teacher education. Book

176 pages, Paperback

First published April 12, 2013

Reviews

[Tanya]

This is a great book for thinking about what one has to know to be a teacher.

[Eric]

A very interesting and fascinating read, especially as an educator in NYC. To hear stories from educators in the midwest and there take on teaching for social justice is mind-blowing. I believe preservice programs and education programs absolutely MUST teach social justice for more than one class. Teachers need to check their biases on race and learn how to talk about these issues in school because it is STILL happening, even in 2020, and ESPECIALLY with the President we have right now in office.