Debra Zinicola Office Hours - Mon., Fri. Course Description Elementary Science content areas , process skills, teaching styles, strategies, and techniques are explored through class lectures, discussions, assigned readings, lesson planning and teaching, cooperative group work, research, projects, experiments, demonstrations, use of technology, and presentations. 72 hours of field experience is required, and assignments will be related to field work. The process of learning by doing science with a constructivist emphasis is demonstrated and practiced in class as well as the integration of science with other subject areas.
Materials Have the following available for each class.
A 3-ring binder will serve as your journal for all notes, assignments, and handouts. Please be punctual and prepared with assignments that are due. Weekly attendance is most important. Class involvement and participation are integral parts of the substance of this course. It is the responsibility of each student to borrow and copy notes from a classmate for a missed class, however, the interactions, processes, and understandings that are vital to the learning and teaching of science cannot be re-created.