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Instructor: Todd Milford Office: Mac A526 Class location: Mac D016 Phone: (250) 514-2154 Class times: T/F 10:00 to 11:30 Fax: (250) 721-7598 E-mail: tmilford@uvic.ca[|twitter] @toddmilford Office Hours: T/F 11:30 to 1:00 Web Site: __[]__ || Outline: Lab Supervisor: costa13@uvic.ca ||
 * ===**EDCI 767 - Secondary Science Methods** ===

Calendar Description
A study of the curriculum organization, instructional strategies, and assessment practices in secondary sciences. Includes consideration of the nature of science, the interactions of science, technology, society and environment, the development of science literacy through constructivist approaches to teaching, and selected current trends and issues in science education such as meeting the needs of diverse students and the use of technology in the science classroom.

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This course is intended to provide you with a beginning knowledge and understanding of teaching science in the secondary classroom. You are expected to attend every class having prepared by reading relevant references from the reading list and by thinking about the procedures, knowledge, concepts and related issues. You are strongly urged to engage in discussion in this class since many of the topics covered can be viewed from a number of perspectives and many issues in the area of classroom instruction do not lead to clear, solitary conclusion. ======

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I will provide topical and appropriate instruction that will assist you to become practitioners of classroom science instruction and provide you with information on resources that will assist you in developing sound instructional practice. I do not offer final and absolute truths on this subject matter. Instead, I try to encourage a stimulating and engaging atmosphere in which students may ask new questions, may seek answers, and be free to discover what works best for them. ======

My goals for the class include helping you to:

 * ======build understanding of the nature of science, the needs of society and the nature of the learner and their influence on science curricula and science teaching ======
 * ======develop familiarity with the BC science curricula (8-12) ======
 * ======demonstrate skill in planning instructional units and lessons ======
 * ======build knowledge of instructional skills and classroom practice ======
 * ======<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">develop insights into contemporary models of learning and conceptual difficulties in science ======
 * ======<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">nurture positive attitudes toward and knowledge about effective use of teaching/learning strategies in science ======

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<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Herr, N. (1999). //The Sourcebook for Teaching Science, Grades 6-12: Strategies, Activities and Instructional Resources//. San Francisco, CA: Jossy Bass-Wiley ======

<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">There will be an additional fee of $10.00 for course handouts in excess of the departmental allocation.
<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">**Course Outline**

<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">- “How I see myself as a science teacher” and “My concerns” <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">- “The Nature of Science” <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">- CMEC URL __ [] __ <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Text Chap. 5 pgs 79-105 || <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Case discussion <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Investigations and concerns <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Unbrellaology || <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">[] <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">[] || <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Define science activity || <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">- How I see myself ” & “My concerns”: <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">due for aggregation || <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Constructivists theory || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Other sites for interest: <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">[] <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">[|http://www.indiana.edu/~ensiweb/natsc.fs.html] || <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">NOS activities (3 hole bottle demo and the blank checks activity) <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Case Studies || <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Text Chap. 11 pgs 203-224 || <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Power Point <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Ed Psych Activities || <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">- Common science misconceptions <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">- Science Misconceptions wiki and podcast <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">http://scienceinquirer.wikispaces.com/misconception <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Text Chap. 2&3 pgs 35-57; Text Chap. 7 pgs 125-148 || <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Video <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Concept maps || <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">- “Basic guide to Secondary School IRP Topics in BC & Appendix G or IRP – Science K to 10 Topics.” URL <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">[] <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Text Chap. 6 pgs 106-111 || <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Class activity <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Introduction to the IRP’s <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">IRP assignment || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">- <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">IRP due (5marks) || <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Models of Learning || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">- The Learning Cycle Approach URL <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">[] <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">- The 5 E’s URL <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;"> [] <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Text Chap. 25 pgs 517-528 || <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Unit and Lesson Planning <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">EDU model || <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">- “Levels of Inquiry” <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">- Myth of the science method URL <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">[] <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">-NAST position on Inquiry URL <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">[] <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">- Evidence to support Inquiry <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">[] <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Text Chap. 22 pgs 459-472 || <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Inquiry in Science || <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">-“Effective Questioning” <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Chapter Review due <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">(20 marks) || <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">How to Lead a Discussion || <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">- “Textbook comprehension strategies” <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">-“ Scientific Literacy” <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Text Chap. 2&3 pgs 35-57 || <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Write to Learn <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Read to Learn || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">-“Inquiry – what physics labs should include” <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">-“Demo as inquiry” || <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Demonstration <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Models || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">-“Tools for converting cookbook labs to inquiry” || <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">In class activity || <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">- Classroom discipline URL <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">[] <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">- “Safety in Science Education” <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">- URL’s <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">[] <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">[] <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">-“10 Commandments of Science” <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Unit Overview & Lesson Plans: due <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">(40 marks) || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Ethics in the Classroom
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Date ** || **<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Topic ** || **<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Readings/Assignments ** || **<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Activities ** ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Sept 9 || **<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Intro to class ** || <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">First day of class – instructor and class overview. Think pair share. ||  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Sept 13 || **<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Intro to science teaching ** || <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">- “Umbrellaology”
 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Sept 16 || **<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Goals ** || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Sites for interest:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Sept 20 || **<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Planning to teach ** || <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">- Umbrellaology: due <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;"> (10 marks)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Sept 23/27 || **<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">NOS ** || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">- Why Study Science?” URL [|http://www.physics.unc.edu/~mcmahan/astr31/WhyStudyScience.htm]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Sept 30 || **<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Ed Psych ** || <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">- Effective Learning and Teaching
 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Oct 4 || **<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Misconceptions ** || <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">-Students’ thinking and learning of science: a constructivist view
 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Oct 7 || **<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Planning ** || <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">-“Three Question Model for Lesson Planning”
 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Oct 11 || **<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Models ** || <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">- “Models in Science”
 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Oct 14 || **<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Planning ** || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">- “Planning Science Lessons – the EDU Model”
 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Oct 18 || **<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">More Planning ** || <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">- Reflection Paper due <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;"> (5 mark) || <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Small group Lesson Plan discussions ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Oct 21 || **<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Prep and Planning Day ** || <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">In class resource and check in period. Use the time to look forward to the final two assignments in the class and check in with me on your progress. ||  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Oct 25 ||  || <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">No class or Guest speaker ~ Todd has a conference to attend. ||   ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Oct 28 || **<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Inquiry in Science ** || <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">- “Teaching Science through Inquiry”
 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Nov 1 || **<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;"> Question Discuss ** || <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">-“Productive Questions”
 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Nov 4 || **<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Science Literacy ** || <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">- “Learning from writing in Secondary Science: Some theoretical and practical implications”
 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Nov 8 || **<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Lab et al ** || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">- “Cookbook labs”
 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Nov 15 || **<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Lab activity ** || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">- “Guide to Lab Assessment”
 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Nov 18 || **<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Mini Lesson ** || # <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">In class groups of 2 to 3 mini lesson || <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Student professional development ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Nov 22 || **<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Mini Lesson ** || # <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">In class groups of 2 to 3 mini lesson || <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Student professional development ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Nov 25 || **<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Mini Lesson ** || # <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">In class groups of 2 to 3 mini lesson || <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Student professional development ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Nov 29 || **<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Mini Lesson ** || # <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">In class groups of 2 to 3 mini lesson || <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Student professional development ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Dec 2 || **<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Individual Difference **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Assessment **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Materials and Safety ** || <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">- “Dealing with disruptive behavior in the classroom”

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<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Assessment <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Course Eval <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Self Eval <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12px;">Wrap Up ||