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Chapter 10
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-5585-2.ch010
ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the goals of digital curation as an educational practice in K-12 science education
in the digital age and presents a model for science teachers’ professional development through digital
curation. The model proposed in this chapter was developed during a multiple-case study with the par-
ticipation of 44 science teachers. The model outlines a path to enabling teachers to learn and practice
curation as a teaching and learning practice and later to direct and apply curation in their classrooms.
In addition, it ofers guidelines for enabling teachers to practice thinking skills, such as making peda-
gogical decisions and defning teaching goals, through the digital curation process as a professional
learning method: (1) teacher professional learning goals, (2) pedagogical-practical goals, (3) social
and cooperative goals, (4) teacher personal goals. This model can be applied to science teachers’ pro-
fessional development and teacher training courses.
INTRODUCTION
An endless flood of information characterizes today’s digital age. Information in a wide range of fields
is easily accessible from anywhere and at any time, but this avalanche of information requires constant
The Role of Digital
Curation in Science Teacher
Professional Development
Efrat Dayan
Technion, Israel
Rivka Gadot
Technion, Israel
Dina Tsybulsky
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2434-8509
Technion, Israel