Your Science Classroom : Becoming an Elementary / Middle School Science Teacher

by M. Jenice Goldston

• ISBN13: 9781412975223
• ISBN10: 1412975220
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781452289359
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-01-18
• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc

Summary

Focused on teaching methods, Your Science Classroom: Becoming an Elementary / Middle School Science Teacher is a core textbook for use in elementary / middle school science methods courses. Designed around a practical, ôpractice-what-you teachö approach to methods instruction, the text is based on current constructivist philosophy and organized around 5E inquiry and guided by the National Science Education Teaching Standards. The text is purposely designed to prepare teachers to teach science in ways that foster positive attitudes and engagement in meaningful science learning for themselves and their students.

Table of Contents

Preface

Nses Teaching Standards

The Nature of Science

I Know What Science Is! It?s an Experiment

Are you Scientifically Literate? Why We Teach Science

The Nature of the Learner

Children?s Construction of Science

Children?s Alternative Frameworks and Conceptual Change

The Nature of Science Teaching

Classroom Teaching Practices: Questioning and Inquiry

Inquiry Teaching Approaches and Science Process Skills

Inquiry Lesson Planning: 5E Instruction Model

Assessment or Evaluation: a Guide for Science Instruction

The Nature of Diversity in Science Teaching and Learning

Learning Styles and Diverse Learners

Addressing Student Diversity: Science for All

Interdisciplinary Connections: Science Across the Curriculum

How Do I Write an Instructional Objective?

Safety in Your Science Classroom

Science Inquiry Learning Centers

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