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Teaching Secondary Science by Keith Ross; Liz Lakin; Janet McKechnie; Jim Baker
ISBN: 9781138833425
Publication Date: 2015-06-16
The fourth edition of Teaching Secondary Science has been fully updated and includes a wide range of new material. This invaluable resource offers a new collection of sample lesson plans and includes two new chapters covering effective e-learning and advice on supporting learners with English as a second language. It continues as a comprehensive guide for all aspects of science teaching, with a focus on understanding pupils' alternative frameworks of belief, the importance of developing or challenging them and the need to enable pupils to take ownership of scientific ideas. This new edition supports all aspects of teaching science in a stimulating environment, enabling pupils to understand their place in the world and look after it. Key features include: Illustrative and engaging lesson plans for use in the classroom Help for pupils to construct new scientific meanings M-level support materials Advice on teaching 'difficult ideas' in biology, chemistry, physics and earth sciences Education for sustainable development and understanding climate change Managing the science classroom and health and safety in the laboratory Support for talk for learning, and advice on numeracy in science New chapters on e-learning and supporting learners with English as a second language.
Relevant Chemistry Education by Ingo Eilks (Volume Editor); Avi Hofstein (Volume Editor)
ISBN: 9789463001748
Publication Date: 2015-01-01
This book is aimed at chemistry teachers, teacher educators, chemistry education researchers, and all those who are interested in increasing the relevance of chemistry teaching and learning as well as students' perception of it. The book consists of 20 chapters. Each chapter focuses on a certain issue related to the relevance of chemistry education. These chapters are based on a recently suggested model of the relevance of science education, encompassing individual, societal, and vocational relevance, its present and future implications, as well as its intrinsic and extrinsic aspects.
Learning to Teach Science in the Secondary School by Rob Toplis (Editor)
ISBN: 9780415826433
Publication Date: 2015-01-19
Learning to Teach Science in the Secondary School is an indispensable guide with a fresh approach to the process, practice and reality of teaching and learning science in a busy secondary school. This fourth edition has been fully updated in the light of changes to professional knowledge and practice and revisions to the national curriculum.
Visible Learning for Science, Grades K-12 by John T. Almarode; Douglas Fisher; Nancy Frey; John Hattie
ISBN: 9781506394183
Publication Date: 2018-03-23
In Visible Learning for Science, the authors reveal that it′s not about which strategy to use, but when to use it, and plot a vital K-12 framework for choosing the right approach at the right time, depending on where students are within the three phases of learning: surface, deep, and transfer. Synthesizing state-of-the-art science instruction and assessment with over fifteen years of John Hattie′s cornerstone educational research, this framework for maximum learning spans the range of topics in the life and physical sciences. Employing classroom examples from all grade levels, the authors empower teachers to plan, develop, and implement high-impact instruction for each phase of the learning cycle.
Science Education by Keith S. Taber (Volume Editor); Ben Ben Akpan (Volume Editor)
ISBN: 9789463007481
Publication Date: 2017-01-01
This book comprises a wide range of scholarly essays introducing readers to key topics and issues in science education. Science education has become a well established field in its own right, with a vast literature, and many active areas of scholarship. Science Education: An International Course Companion offers an entry point for students seeking a sound but introductory understanding of the key perspectives and areas of thinking in science education. Each account is self-contained and offers a scholarly and research-informed introduction to a particular topic, theme, or perspective, with both citations to key literature and recommendations for more advanced reading. Science Education: An International Course Companion allows readers (such as those preparing for school science teaching, or seeking more advanced specialist qualifications) to obtain a broad familiarity with key issues across the field as well as guiding wider reading about particular topics of interest. The book therefore acts as a reader to support learning across courses in science education internationally. The broad coverage of topics is such that that the book will support students following a diverse range of courses and qualifications. The comprehensive nature of the book will allow course leaders and departments to nominate the book as the key reader to support students--their core 'course companion' in science education.

Library Resources

Week 1

Introduction to Course: Learning to be a science teacher
Course Overview
Required Reading:

Dillon, J., & Manning, A. (2010). Science Teachers, Science Teaching: Issues and Challenges. In J. Osborne & J. Dillon, (Eds.), Good practice in science teaching: What research has to say: What research has to say. McGraw-Hill.
Toplis, R. (2015). Learning to teach science in the secondary school: A companion to school experience (4th ed.). Routledge. (Chapter 1)

Week 2

Effective Teaching Practices for Science Education: What does the
research say?
Required Reading:

Luft., J.A. & Dubois, S.L. (2017). Essential Instructional Practices for Science Teaching. In K. S. Taber & B. Akpan (Eds.), Science education: An international course companion. Sense Publishers.
Holbrook, J. (2017). 21st Century Skills and Science Learning Environments. In K.S. Taber & B. Akpan (Eds.), Science Education. Sense

Week 3

Inquiry-based Learning (1)
Practical Examples in the Chemistry Classroom
A Critical Overview of Research Evidence
Required Reading:

Riga., F., Winterbottom., M., Harris., E. & Newby, L. (2017). Inquiry-based science education. In K. S. Taber & B. Akpan (Eds.), Science education: An international course companion. Sense Publishers.
De Jong, O. & Talanquer, V. (2015). Why is it relevant to learn the big ideas in chemistry at school? In I. Eilks, & A. Hofstein (Eds.). Relevant chemistry education: From theory to practice. Springer. (Chapter 2)

Recommended Reading:

Cobern, W. W., Schuster, D., Adams, B., Applegate, B., Skjold, B., Undreiu, A., & Gobert, J. D. (2010). Experimental comparison of inquiry and direct instruction in science. Research in Science & Technological Education, 28(1), 81-96.
Cairns, D. (2019). Investigating the relationship between instructional practices and science achievement in an inquiry-based learning environment. International Journal of science education, 41(15), 2113-2135.

Week 4

Inquiry-based Learning (1)
Linking the Use of Metacognitive Strategies with IBL in the Chemistry
Classroom
Required Reading:

Seraphin, K. D., Philippoff, J., Kaupp, L., & Vallin, L. M. (2012). Metacognition as means to increase the effectiveness of inquiry based science education. Science Education International, 23(4),366-382.
Harlen, W. (2018). The Teaching of Science. 7th Edition. Routledge. (Chapter 8: Learning through Inquiry)

Week 5

Active Learning Approaches in Science: Bridging the gap between
Theory and Practice
Required Reading:

Ben, R. (2018). The Big Ideas in Chemistry and How to Teach Them:Teaching Chemistry 11–18. Routledge.
Crawford, B. A., & Capps, D. K. (2018). Teacher cognition of engagingchildren in scientific practices. In Cognition, metacognition, and culture in STEM education (pp. 9-32). Springer.
Toplis, R. (2015). Learning to teach science in the secondary school: Acompanion to school experience (4th ed.). Routledge. (Chapter 5)

Week 6

Effective Teaching Strategies in Science
Hands on science activities with real-life chemistry applications
Required Reading:

Hattie, J. (2018). Visible Learning for Science, Grades K-12: What Works Best to Optimize Student Learning. Corwin. (Chapter 1)
Ross, K., Lakin, L., McKechnie, J., & Baker, J. (2010). Teaching secondary science: Constructing meaning and developing understanding. Routledge.

Week 7

Planning and Preparation for Effective Chemistry Pedagogy
Lesson planning (I)
Required Reading:

Taber, K.S. (2017). Teaching and Learning Chemistry. In K. S. Taber & B.Akpan (Eds.), Science education: An international course companion. Sense. (Ch. 24).
Harlen, W. (2018). The Teaching of Science. 7th Edition. Routledge. (Chapter 20: Class level planning)

Week 8

Planning and Preparation for Effective Chemistry Pedagogy
Lesson Planning (II)
Required Reading:

Childs, P.E., Hayes, S.M.& O’Dwyer, A. (2015). Chemistry and every-day life: Relating secondary school chemistry to the current and future lives of students. In I. Eilks, & A. Hofstein (Eds.). Relevant chemistry education: From theory to practice. Springer. (Chapter 3)
Toplis, R. (2015). Learning to teach science in the secondary school: A companion to school experience (4th Ed.). Routledge. (Chapter 4).

Assignment 1A due

Week 9

Strategies for teaching “Hard to teach” (H2T) topics in Chemistry (I)
Examples for the Chemistry Classroom
Required Reading:

Kaur, T., Blair, D., Moschilla, J., Stannard, W., & Zadnik, M. (2017). Teaching Einsteinian chemistry at schools: part 1, models and analogies for relativity. Chemistry Education, 52(6). ????????
Hattie, J. (2018). Visible Learning for Science, Grades K-12: What Works Best to Optimize Student Learning. Corwin. (Ch.7)

Week 10

Professional learning and meeting teaching standards as a science
teacher through critical reflection.
Required Reading:
Teacher standards: [link to most updated version will be added]
UAE inspection framework: [link to most updated version will be added]

Websites

SOFTWARE AND ONLINE RESOURCES

https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/category/chemistry

https://www.tes.com/

https://www.pasco.com/resources/blogs/index.cfm

http://thescienceteacher.co.uk/biology-teaching-resources/

In-Service Postgraduate Diploma in Education: EDUCH2 - Evidence-based Approaches to Teaching and Learning in Chemistry I

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