Syllabus

Teacher Education
07S:153 Instructional Issues in Teaching Science
Fall, 2009

Instructors: Soonhye Park, Ph.D.

Emails: soonhye-park@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 for student teaching and to construct a vision of yourself as a teacher of secondary science. In this course, while some of the topics that were addressed in Methods I and II will be revisited in a more depth, new topics related to planning, teaching, and assessment in the secondary science classroom will be introduced. The course is organized around three major themes: (1) engaging students in active learning in science, (2) teaching science for all students, and (3) continuing to learn to teach from your own teaching.

Required Readings

Articles or book chapters related to course topics

Focus Standards and Student Assignments

Standards	Student Assignments
A: Student Learning	Inquiry-based unit plan Multicultural essay
C: Planning Instruction	Inquiry-based unit plan Microteaching preparation form
D: Instructional Strategies	Demonstration of discrepant events Review of research on science teaching strategies
E: Learning Environment	Statement of teaching philosophy Multicultural essay
G: Assessment	Inquiry-based unit plan Microteaching preparation form
H: Reflection and Professional Development	Statement of teaching philosophy Reflection on microteaching