Methods One Tentative Summer Schedule of Events

(Reading assignments will be discussed ON THE DAY of the assignment.)

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

July 10

Forming Family

First day of class

Getting acquainted

Personality Profiling

Value Profiling

July 11

Syllabus Review

Computer Lab time (to set up e-mails and review NERDS)

Read: Teaching without Coercion

July 12

Our Goals for Teaching Science

Student generated Outcomes & Guy Doud tape

Read: Teachers Poem

July 13

Video taping of lessons

(Must bring VCR tape and lesson plan)

July 14

Blooms and Questioning

Read Red Book selection, Ask, Think and Listen & Blooms Guide or PDF

Due: Nature of Science survey, Picture of science teacher

July 17

Reform Overview

Blocks to develop patterns

Spinners to develop inquiry

Inquiry & process skills

Read: Inquiry Editorial & Review National (chapter 6) and NE State Science Standards other State Standards

Read: Oklee Lee article: Conceptions of Science Achievement in Major Reform Documents, Process verse Content, Inquiry notes, & NRC Inquiry material

 

Due: Critique of video teaching

July 18

Paradigms in Education

 

Review Competency and Skill list

Skill Assignments for Fall Semester

 

Read: Red Book selection (Saber Tooth Curr) & Plato's Allegory of the Cave

July 19

Knowing yourself and Others

Team Building & The role of personality Profiles (Bring both printouts)

Additional printout information

July 20

Your Portfolio

UNL Teaching Standards & Competencies

 

 

 

You are to have read the Portfolio Book by this date

 

Please use National Board Portfolio Guidelines for captioning

July 21

Report on items below

Read at least three reviews from NARST Research Matters

Due: Journal Article Review

 

 

July 24

Teaching for what goal? & for whom?

Read: Richard Feynman,

Constructivism article

TanGrams and Learning Styles

Read Red Book selection (lost at C or PDF version) & Confessions of a Frustrated Student or PDF version

July 25

Concept Mapping as a tool

What we have learned from "Good Practice"

Computer Lab

Read: Concept Map Article

Also review: Alternative Assessment Strategies & these links to other Concept Map pages

July 26

Creativity

"Why Man Creates"

Read Red Book Creativity

Angels on a Pin

Due: Draft of Rationale paper

July 27

Equity Issues

Instructor: Nancy Ehlers Gender:First paper

Gender:Second paper

July 28

Project Wild/Wet

 

Instructors: Richard Levy and Jason Morphew

 

More on Constructivism (This is an awesome site!!)

July 31

Project Wild/Wet

Day 2

 

Instructors: Richard Levy and Jason Morphew

Aug 1

The Nature of Science

Instructor: Cindy Larson-Miller

Read: What is Science, & What is a Theory? What is a Law?

Also read:

Nature of Science & Teaching Evolution

look at Evolution web page

Aug 2

Visiting Instructor

Jason Krska

 

 

Download and review Harry Wong Guide Notes plus McNuggets for Teaching

Aug 3

Share draft of portfolios and idea book items

 

 

Aug 4

Lesson Planning format from Japan

Read: Beyond Fourth-Grade Science: Why Do U.S. and Japanese Students Diverge?

LPS curriculum material review

OPS Curriculum material review

(use Japanese Format to help students decide on content for their curriculum lesson plan requirement)

 

Aug 7

Misconceptions

Sinkers & Floaters, Private Universe

 

Read: Conception Article

Due: Fact Sheets for out of classroom experiences

Aug 8

Demo Day

Due: Inquiry based Science Demo & Lesson Plans

Fall practicum placements

 

Aug 9

STS

Readings from Red Book

Due: Unit Lesson Plans

Due: Due: Final draft of Rationale paper

Due: Draft Portfolio

Aug 10

Each student will schedule one hour with Dr. Bonnstetter

Setting up MST programs

Aug 11

Each student will schedule one hour with Dr. Bonnstetter

Setting up MST programs

 

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