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Albert Morales 0:09 This is teachers care society with Albert Morales Welcome to the teachers care society, the podcast that talks about on use and development in educational field. We have a good show for you today as I'm joined by Dr. Lisa Martin. She's currently the chair of science education department at California State University of Long Beach College of Natural Science and Mathematics. Today we'll be discussing the four models that the State Superintendent release, which one fits best for science. And we'll also be talking about media stereotypes about scientists and how it's mind that future generations of scientists. So without further ado, let's jump right in. Our first guest is Dr. Lisa mine. She's currently the chair of science education department at California State University of Long Beach in the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics. She's a former elementary and middle school science teacher. But the doctor is in science education from the University of Iowa with an emphasis in curriculum and instruction. So Dr. Lisa Martin, why did you choose to teach science? Dr. Lisa Martin 1:27 Sir, I'd be happy to. Thanks for having me here today, Albert, I appreciate the chance to chat with you. And you asked why I was most interested in teaching science and like anyone who enters at any career, everybody has, you know the story of how you got there. I think with my story, I started off as a small child, young girl, really interested in nature and the world around me. But sadly, the longer I was in School the more that I actually learned not to like science by the time I graduated from high school, it was really not an interest to me at all. In my life. I kind of knew I always wanted to be a teacher, but I really thought I was going to be an art teacher, or maybe a music teacher, because those were things that I really enjoyed. And I excelled in. When I went to school at University of Northern Iowa, and I was working on observing and an art classroom. I also was required to take a general education course and I know you've had a bunch of those in your background too. And one of those jeddak courses, of course, is a science course you have to choose something and I thought, you know, I've really never had geology before. And it sounded kind of interesting, and I thought, well, why not? We can try that one. So I signed up for geology. I started taking the class. It was pretty interesting. And then one day we went on an optional field trip. And I still remember this huge aha moment that I had when I was exploring, which was actually a big gravel pit and finding fossils all over the place. It was so exciting. And so hands on and tangible. I just realized that science didn't have to be just something I read out of a book. It could actually be something that you do, and you can go outside and it can be really interesting. So on the spot, I changed my intent from becoming an art teacher to becoming a science teacher. And and that was it. I've never looked back. Albert Morales 3:50 Growing up, I wanted to be a movie director. I fell in love with cinema from a young age. But I had a field trip in elementary school and that field trip was the California Science Center. And from there, there was this exhibit that I liked, I think is the body works exhibit. And that was my big fascination for it. And then Middle School came, I fell in love with art, I wanted to be an artist. And then High School came, I fell back in love with science, particularly because there's one class called environmental science and it was a brand new class that they had there. And this teacher really pushed us and she really thought outside the box. And then later on when I went to college, I attended Community College for two years. Then I transferred over to California State University of long beach where I pursued dual credential program in multiple subjects and a special education mod severe is also included an autism authorization and an E Ll authorization. Now, the big news that happened here in California was states superintendent, Tony thump burn released four model guidelines for opening up the schools again. Now with these four model guidelines, it's up to the district to choose which model works best for their district or best for their school. Now, he also came out in an interview talking about the number of students that will be allowed in the classroom, and he predicts a range between 10 to 15 students, and this includes different factors such as the classroom size, me, I have worked at a charter school that shares site with a church. So these classrooms are quite small, as you can imagine,