
Course Title : Natural Sciences Teaching | ||||||||
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Code | Course Type |
Regular Semester |
Lecture (hours/week) |
Seminar (hours/week) |
Lab (hours/week) |
Credits | ECTS | |
PRD 315-1 | B | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 5 | |
Lecturer and Office Hours | ||||||||
Teaching Assistant and Office Hours | ||||||||
Language | English | |||||||
Course Level | ||||||||
Description | ||||||||
Objectives | ||||||||
Course Outline | ||||||||
Week | Topics | |||||||
1 | Introduction, The pleasure of finding things out | |||||||
2 | Organising how children learn science | |||||||
3 | Scientific understanding and mental models, Talk for learning in science | |||||||
4 | Scientific enquiry and the passionately curious | |||||||
5 | Planning and assessing children’s science learning | |||||||
6 | The origins of scientific knowledge | |||||||
7 | Subject knowledge and ideas for practice, The Earth and beyond | |||||||
8 | Midterm exam | |||||||
9 | Energy and the well-being of the planet | |||||||
10 | Interdependence, Diversity | |||||||
11 | Health and well-being | |||||||
12 | Semestrial project | |||||||
13 | The particle nature of materials, Changing materials | |||||||
14 | Electricity and magnetism | |||||||
15 | Forces and motion | |||||||
16 | Final Exam | |||||||
Prerequisites | ||||||||
Textbook | ||||||||
Other References | ||||||||
Laboratory Work | ||||||||
Computer Usage | ||||||||
Other | ||||||||
Learning Outcomes and Competences | ||||||||
1 | Students will be able to explain the main elements of science education in early childhood. | |||||||
2 | Students will be able to discuss the conceptual development in early childhood | |||||||
3 | Students will be able to to explain scientific concepts by content related to early childhood | |||||||
4 | Students and qualified teachers to develop their subject knowledge and to gain insights into ways of teaching that promote the value of scientific understanding | |||||||
5 | The use of scientific ideas to solve theme-based ‘puzzles’ as part of a storytelling approach. | |||||||
6 | Theme-based science subject knowledge to help teachers develop their understanding of key concepts. | |||||||
Course Evaluation Methods | ||||||||
In-term studies | Quantity | Percentage | ||||||
Midterms | 1 | 30 | ||||||
Quizzes | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Projects | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Term Projects | 1 | 20 | ||||||
Laboratory | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Attendance | 1 | 10 | ||||||
Contribution of in-term studies to overall grade | 60 | |||||||
Contribution of final examination to overall grade | 40 | |||||||
Total | 100 | |||||||
ECTS (Allocated Based on Student) Workload | ||||||||
Activities | Quantity | Duration (hours) |
Total Workload (hours) |
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Course Duration (Including the exam week : 16 x Total course hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 | |||||
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice) | 14 | 3 | 42 | |||||
Assignments | 1 | 16 | 16 | |||||
Midterms | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||
Final examination | 1 | 11 | 11 | |||||
Other | 1 | 10 | 10 | |||||
Total Work Load | 129 | |||||||
Total Work Load / 25 (hours) | 5.16 | |||||||
ECTS | 5 |
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