Your science classroom : becoming an elementary/middle school science teacher

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Author:

Goldston, M. Jenice (Marion Jenice)

ISBN:

9781412975223

Personal Author:

Goldston, M. Jenice (Marion Jenice)

Publication Information:

Physical Description:

xx, 299 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Contents:

Part I: The Nature of Science. I Know What Science Is! It's an Experiment ; Are you Scientifically Literate? Why We Teach Science. -- Part II: The Nature of the Learner. Children's Construction of Science ; Children's Alternative Frameworks and Conceptual Change. -- Part III: 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. -- Part IV: 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.

Abstract:

"Designed around a practical "practice-what-you-teach" approach to methods instruction, Your Science Classroom: Becoming an Elementary / Middle School Science Teacher is based on current constructivist philosophy, organized around 5E inquiry, and guided by the National Science Education Teaching Standards. Written in a reader-friendly style, the book prepares instructors to teach science in ways that foster positive attitudes, engagement, and meaningful science learning for themselves and their students."--Publisher's website.

Subject Term:

Science -- Study and teaching (Elementary) -- United States.

Science -- Study and teaching (Middle school) -- United States.

Science teachers -- Training of -- United States.

Added Author:

Downey, Laura (Teacher)

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Designed around a practical "practice-what-you-teach" approach to methods instruction, Your Science Classroom: Becoming an Elementary / Middle School Science Teacher is based on current constructivist philosophy, organized around 5E inquiry, and guided by the National Science Education Teaching Standards. Written in a reader-friendly style, the book prepares instructors to teach science in ways that foster positive attitudes, engagement, and meaningful science learning for themselves and their students.