SCIENCE EDUCATION: SCIENCE FOR CITIZENSHIP
| Title | ΔΙΔΑΚΤΙΚΗ ΦΥΣΙΚΩΝ ΕΠΙΣΤΗΜΩΝ: ΦΥΣΙΚΕΣ ΕΠΙΣΤΗΜΕΣ ΓΙΑ ΤΗΝ ΕΚΠΑΙΔΕΥΣΗ ΤΟΥ ΠΟΛΙΤΗ / SCIENCE EDUCATION: SCIENCE FOR CITIZENSHIP |
| Code | Υ-19 |
| Faculty | Education |
| School | Primary Education |
| Cycle / Level | 1st / Undergraduate |
| Teaching Period | Winter/Spring |
| Coordinator | Fani Seroglou |
| Common | Yes |
| Status | Inactive |
| Course ID | 80003860 |
| Academic Year | 2016 – 2017 |
| Class Period | Winter |
| Faculty Instructors |
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| Weekly Hours | 3 |
| Total Hours | 39 |
| Class ID | 600038587
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Class Schedule
| Building | Παιδαγωγική Σχολή (Πύργος) |
| Floor | Όροφος 1 |
| Hall | ΑΙΘΟΥΣΑ ΜΕΓΑΛΗ 1ου ΟΡ. (177) |
| Calendar | Παρασκευή 09:00 έως 12:00 |
Course Type 2016-2020
- Scientific Area
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600038587
- Other: http://atlaswiki.wetpaint.com
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
- Greek (Instruction, Examination)
- English (Instruction, Examination)
Learning Outcomes
After the end of the course student-teachers are able to:
1. Design and develop teaching material for teaching science in the primary school.
2. Design and develop teaching strategies and apply suitable teaching methods for teaching science in the primary school.
3. Teach science and aim their pupils to develop skills and attitudes in the context of scientific literacy.
4. Design and develop slowmation movies for or with their pupils in order to teach the nature of science.
5. Teach science though narratives in the primary school.
General Competences
- Apply knowledge in practice
- Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
- Adapt to new situations
- Make decisions
- Work autonomously
- Work in teams
- Work in an interdisciplinary team
- Generate new research ideas
- Design and manage projects
- Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
This course aims to prepare future teachers for teaching science in the classroom. Through lectures and workshops pre-service teachers are introduced to aspects of science education that attempt to provide functional answers to the following questions:
a) Why teach science in the primary school?
b) What teaching material should be used in order to support science teaching?
c) How should we teach science in the primary school?
d) What methods of evaluation shall we use in order to assess science teaching and learning?
During the lectures of this course, instructional material design and use as well as a variety of teaching styles are presented. During the workshops of the course future teachers are introduced in designing and using teaching material and activities for teaching science in the classroom.
During the course many examples of instructional material and case studies of various teaching styles and teaching strategies are presented (with an attempt to focus on the content of the case study as well) in the context of current science curricula.
In this course student-teachers are introduced to scientific literacy focusing on teaching and learning the nature of science though narratives (literature, cinema, amimation, slowmation).
Educational Material Types
- Slide presentations
- Audio
- Multimedia
- Book
- educational wiki
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
- Use of ICT in Laboratory Teaching
- Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Description
During the lectures powerpoint and prezi slideshows are presented as well as film abstarcts, videos from the classroon, audio files, slowmation and animation movies. Students as a final project design and develop slowmation movies for science teaching (in laboratory meetings in groups). During the semester all communication about the course is supported by an educational wiki atlaswiki (http://atlaswiki.wetpaint.com) and by e-mail.39
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 9 | 0.3 | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Seminars | 15 | 0.5 | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Laboratory Work | 15 | 0.5 | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Reading Assigment | 30 | 1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Interactive Teaching in Information Center | 20 | 0.7 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Written assigments | 30 | 1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Artistic creation | 30 | 1 | ✓ | ✓ | |
| presentation | 1 | 0.0 | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Total | 150 | 5 |
Student Assessment
Description
Student teachers develop a final project individually or in small groups. They have to develop a slowmation short movie about a science topic that is taught in the primary school aiming in scientific literacy and presenting the nature of science. Each movie is evaluated concerning its science content, structure, nature of science and interest that provokes to young children.
Student Assessment methods
- Oral Exams (Summative)
- Performance / Staging (Formative, Summative)
- Labortatory Assignment (Formative, Summative)
- Development of a slowmation movie (Formative, Summative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
Τίτλος συγγράμματος: Φυσικές Επιστήμες για την Εκπαίδευση του Πολίτη
Συγγραφέας: Φανή Σέρογλου
Εκδοτικό Οίκος: Επίκεντρο
Κωδικός βιβλίου στον Εύδοξο: 15203
Additional bibliography for study
Harlen, W. & Elstgeest, J. (2005) Διδασκαλία και μάθηση των φυσικών επιστημών στην πρωτοβάθμια εκπαίδευση, Τυπωθήτω, Αθήνα.
Κολιόπουλος, Δ. (2006) Θέμματα διδακτικής των φυσικών επιστημών. Η συγκρότηση της σχολικής γνώσης, Μεταίχμιο, Αθήνα.
Κουλαϊδής, Β., Αποστόλου, Α. & Καμπουράκης, Λ. (επιμ.)(2008)Η φύση των φυσικών επιστημών - Διδακτικές προσεγγίσεις, Child Services, Αθήνα.
Χαλκιά, Κ. (2010) Διδάσκοντας φυσικές επιστήμες: Θεωρητικά ζητήματα, προβληματισμοί, προτάσεις, Εκδόσεις Πατάκη, Αθήνα.
Last Update
20-12-2016
