Childhood Science Teaching Methods

Catalog description

In this course, students will learn how to teach elementary science by integrating and extending lesson development through linking the sciences to writing, science, and the arts. Given this, students will engage in curriculum development and personal instructional planning with strategies designed to all students, including those with disabilities, students at risk and ELLs to attain the highest level of academic achievement and independence. Students will use formal and informal methods of assessment as a means of not only for analyzing student learning, but also for differentiating instruction. All students will be required to include technology as a means of developing and extending personal lesson planning as an adjunct to their professional growth and their ability to fully participate in student overall achievement. Fieldwork is required.