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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
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SUMMER SEMESTER 2006
EDUC 416-4
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DESIGNS FOR LEARNING: SECONDARY SCIENCE
(D01.00)
Dr. Jan van Aalst
Office: EDB 8672
Phone: 291-4825
email: vanaalst@sfu.ca
Awneet Sivia
Office: EDB 9508
Phone: 291-5992
email: asivia@sfu.ca
MONDAY 8:30-12:20
EDB 7500F
PREREQUISITE:
EDUC
401/402.
Educ 405 desired.
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This course is designed for prospective and practicing secondary school teachers who wish to explore
the fundamentals of the learning/teaching process as it applies to science. The course will draw from the
latest research in science learning, and will show how such findings may be used in the classroom. You
are expected to become familiar with and confident in the use of a variety of teaching strategies. You are
also expected to prepare yourself for dealing with a range of classroom issues arising, for example, from
feminist, and anti-racist research traditions. Finally, you will prepare yourself for becoming lifelong
innovators in science education, continuing in your development as reflective practitioners.
OBJECTIVES:
On completion of the course it is hoped that you will feel more at ease with teaching science, be able to
deal confidently with the prescribed curriculum, and be able to plan teaching and learning science
instruction within a consistent framework.
TOPICS:
The nature of science; the science curriculum; misconceptions; constructivism; inquiry; critical thinking;
assessment; imagination; First Nations issues; learning in the lab; computers; and further topics as
decided in collaboration with students.
ASSIGNMENTS:
1.
(20%; P/F) Critical Challenge. You will design a lesson that fosters critical thinking.
2.
(30%; graded) Curriculum Development Project. This project is an opportunity to design a series
of about
five lessons on a topic of your choice, redesign one or more units you have taught in 405, design a
series
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of assessments for a given course, or similar work. The basis of the paper is not the actual materials
you produce but a short paper in which you conceptualize your work, making contact to ideas
introduced in
the course.
3.
(20%; P/F) Group lesson. Working in a group of 2-3 students, you prepare a lesson on a topic on
the
science curriculum.
4.
(10%, Graded) Self-analysis of Group Lesson. After teaching your group lesson, students
individually
write a response to feedback received from peers and the instructors.
5.
(20%; P/F) Individual inquiry. The goal of this project is to explore an area that you feel you need
to
work on but is not addressed by other assignments and activities. Examples might range from
examining
practicum experiences to exploring science within multicultural settings.
We look forward to meeting you in a stimulating course.
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