SCI EDU 10XP

Main Course

Classroom Practices in Middle School Science

Description

Seminar, 90 minutes; fieldwork, three hours. Introduction for prospective science teachers to field of secondary education and teaching and learning of science in middle school classrooms. Pairs of students are placed in local middle school classrooms to observe, participate, and assist mentor teachers in instruction. Discussion of learning in middle school culture, cognitive development of students at this level, and best means to teach appropriate science concepts at this level. P/NP grading.