Syllabus

Teacher Education
07S:151 Science Tchng & Prac With Early Learners
Fall, 2009

Instructors: Dr. Cory Forbes

Emails: cory-forbes@uiowa.edu

Course Web Site: https://icon.uiowa.edu

Course Description

This course is designed to provide you with meaningful and practical learning experiences that will prepare you to create effective science learning environments for secondary school age students and to construct a vision of yourself as a teacher of secondary science. In this course you will also have field experiences in elementary classrooms to understand the nature of elementary school learners and the science experiences they have had before they get to middle schools.

Required Readings

Readings to be provided as assigned

Focus Standards and Student Assignments

Standards	Student Assignments
A: Student Learning	Written assignment: Articulating a perspective on student learning Elementary School Student Interviews Project
C: Planning Instruction	Developing learning goals from standards assignment Developing inquiry-based lessons from activities assignment Science Lesson Planning and Enactment Project
H: Reflection and Professional Development	Science Lesson Planning and Enactment Project Individual and collaborative reflection and evaluation of planned and enacted science lessons Written assignment: Purpose(s) of teaching science
J: Technology	Using Technology in Communication and Instruction (The standard met by using technology in practicum classroom teaching.)