Student learning in science & student conceptions; Theories of learning: constructivist and sociocultural perspectives; Appropriate pedagogies, the SIT Science Components, diagnostic and formative assessment, conceptual change strategies, scaffolding, classroom discourse, questioning. E-learning. Planning a science lesson; The nature of science; historical narratives, the relationship between theory and evidence in science, contemporary science practice. The relationship between environmental education and science; Investigative processes; types of question, design, measurement, data representation and analysis, writing in science; Higher order thinking and reasoning in... -- Course Website
Instructor: C Campbell
