Course Title : Natural Sciences Teaching
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)
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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