Derive activity-based lesson plans from 20 professional journals articles. Positive strategies for lesson planning and implementation will be stressed. The remaining part of the grade will be determined through class quizzes and tests. Attending all classes is mandatory and a 10 point deduction will be made for each absence if the make-up assignment is not completed. It is impossible to be a interesting teacher unless you are interested in learning.
Teachers often teach the way they have learned.
Several lesson planning strategies will be modeled and analyzed. Readings in this section of the course will deal with the nature of science and the seeds of curiosity needed to investigate natural phenomena. Readings in this section of the course will reflect several diverse ideas on the nature of learning. Teachers cite the lack of teaching materials as a major reason for not teaching science. This model emphasizes ways to make sense of the world by acquiring and organizing data, sensing problems and generating solutions to them.