| This course will offer comprehensive preparation for teaching science in secondary schools through discussing, reading, writing, and completing projects. As part of this course, students will design lesson plans that will include teaching the literacy of science for all students including those with disabilities; explore and utilize materials, techniques and methods of lab instruction for a variety of populations including those with disabilities; create and teach a lesson for a target audience; synthesize, reconfigure, and connect what they have learned within the areas of scientific literacy, writing and education; evaluate student work by creating their own rubrics to assess learning in units and assignments for all students including those with disabilities; use technology effectively as an instructional tool; establish and practice appropriate classroom management strategies. 4 hours a week of fieldwork is required. Prerequisite: Biology, Chemistry, or Physics major or
permission of the instructor. 3 credits. |