ELE343 METHODS OF TEACHING SCIENCES I
| Course Code: | 4100343 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (2.00 - 2.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 6.0 |
| Department: | Elementary Education |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Prof.Dr. CEREN ÖZTEKİN |
| Offered Semester: | Fall Semesters. |
Course Objectives
Upon completing this course, each student should be able to;
- gain a basic knowledge about fundamental aims and values of science education
- develop an understanding of the nature of science, scientific inquiry and scientific literacy
- perform activities related to the science concepts, nature of science and science process skills
- clarify and refine their own views of the science
- appreciate the role of nature of science and history of science in teaching and learning science
- aware of misconceptions and prior knowledge students bring to science lessons and
- gain a basic understanding of use of graphical organizers in teaching and learning science concepts in both classroom and laboratory environments
- assess the quality of scientific claims and decisions about scientific and technological issues.
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Course Content
Concepts of science process skills, scientific inquiry, nature of science, conceptual understanding, graphical organizers, such as concept map, V-diagram, KWHL, and roundhouse, and teaching strategies and their applications in elementary science education. Analysis of science textbooks will also be the focus of course.
Course Learning Outcomes
Student, who passed the course satisfactorily, will be able to:
- develop pedagogical content knowledge for science teaching.
- learn knowledge construction in science.
- develop a contemporary view of science and science teaching
- translate educational theories into appropriate classroom strategies
- learn recent developments in science teaching and learning and use this knowledge to enhance meaningful science learning
- appreciate the value of models in teaching and learning of scientific concepts
- use skills effectively related to methods, strategies, and techniques for teaching and learning in science
- design and suggest appropriate activities that promote the development of concepts, process skills, and scientific literacy
- aware of commonly-held ideas that students and teachers hold related to science concepts
- distinguish between scientific and non-scientific approaches to the understanding of the natural world.