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Apr 29, 2024
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2015-2016 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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GNSC 0571 - Methods of Science Education for the Middle School
Credits: 3
This course emphasizes the inquiry approach to teaching science. Students will be introduced to the National Science Education Standards and the current curricula based on these standards. Students will make a series of planned observations in area schools. These observations will be the basis for discussion of topics including: teacher-student interaction; introduction, presentation and summary of a lesson; evaluation; discipline; laboratory procedures and safety. Students will develop lesson plans and a comprehensive unit plan, and they will present lessons to both their classmates and to one of the classes that they have observed. Other areas presented in this course will include professional organizations and journals, science software, audiovisual materials and IEPs/504s. Thirty hours of classroom observation are required.
Prerequisites: CHEM 0111 General Chemistry II; PHSC 0117 General Physics II, Lecture-Lab; one course in biology; and one course in either astronomy or geology.
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