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Foreword
Lisa Martin-Hansen has provided a story of a fascinating journey that she has taken as she became an inquirer—in terms of teaching and learning. She shares her experiences that have changed her life—and it continues to change as she adapts accordingly. It is exciting to see her stages of development—all starting with the realization that most teaching does not result in corresponding learning. She shares her own growth by noting that real learning cannot take place directly by transfer from teacher to student; it is not like turning on a light switch—and suddenly there is light!
Surely, the Iowa experiences have been enhanced with major international attention to the importance of defining science as inquiry. This idea has driven the Iowa Science Teacher Education Program with major funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the U.S. Department of Education, a MacArthur Foundation