- Code
- PRD 315
- Name
- Natural Sciences Teaching
- Semester
- 5
- Lecture hours
- 3.00
- Seminar hours
- 0.00
- Laborator hours
- 0.00
- Credits
- 3.00
- ECTS
- 5.00
- Description
- Objectives
- Java
- Tema
- 1
- Introduction, The pleasure of finding things out
- 2
- Organising how children learn science
- 3
- Scientific understanding and mental models, Talk for learning in science
- 4
- Scientific enquiry and the passionately curious
- 5
- Planning and assessing children’s science learning
- 6
- The origins of scientific knowledge
- 7
- Subject knowledge and ideas for practice, The Earth and beyond
- 8
- Midterm exam
- 9
- Energy and the well-being of the planet
- 10
- Interdependence, Diversity
- 11
- Health and well-being
- 12
- Semestrial project
- 13
- The particle nature of materials, Changing materials
- 14
- Electricity and magnetism
- 15
- Forces and motion
- 16
- Final Exam
- 1
- Students will be able to explain the main elements of science education in early childhood.
- 2
- Students will be able to discuss the conceptual development in early childhood
- 3
- Students will be able to to explain scientific concepts by content related to early childhood
- 4
- Students and qualified teachers to develop their subject knowledge and to gain insights into ways of teaching that promote the value of scientific understanding
- 5
- The use of scientific ideas to solve theme-based ‘puzzles’ as part of a storytelling approach.
- 6
- Theme-based science subject knowledge to help teachers develop their understanding of key concepts.
- Quantity Percentage Total percent
- Midterms
- 1 30% 30%
- Quizzes
- 0 0% 0%
- Projects
- 0 0% 0%
- Term projects
- 1 20% 20%
- Laboratories
- 0 0% 0%
- Class participation
- 1 10% 10%
- Total term evaluation percent
- 60%
- Final exam percent
- 40%
- Total percent
- 100%
- Quantity Duration (hours) Total (hours)
- Course duration (including exam weeks)
- 16 3 48
- Off class study hours
- 14 3 42
- Duties
- 1 16 16
- Midterms
- 1 2 2
- Final exam
- 1 11 11
- Other
- 1 10 10
- Total workLoad
- 129
- Total workload / 25 (hours)
- 5.16
- ECTS
- 5.00