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Designing and Teaching the Secondary Science Methods Course

An International Perspective

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  • © 2017

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Editors:
  1. Aaron J. Sickel

    1. Western Sydney University, Australia

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  2. Stephen B. Witzig

    1. University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, USA

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  • This book provides a wide range of perspectives on designing and teaching secondary science methods courses from experts across the world.
  • This book provides a unique combination of over-arching design principles along with detailed teaching and assessment strategies that can be adopted by other teacher educators when designing science methods courses.
  • This book provides descriptions of both interdisciplinary science methods courses, and methods courses specific to the different science subjects, i.e. biology, chemistry, physics, and Earth Science.

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Setting the Landscape

    • Stephen B. Witzig, Aaron J. Sickel
    Pages 1-8

  3. Interdisciplinary Science Methods Courses

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
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    2. The 5E Model as a Framework for Facilitating Multiple Teacher Education Outcomes

      • Aaron J. Sickel
      Pages 11-31

    3. Interdisciplinary Secondary Science Methods

      • Stephen B. Witzig
      Pages 33-52

    4. Developing Science Education Research Literacy among Secondary in-Service Teachers

      • Shirly Avargil, Ornit Spektor-Levy, Michal Zion
      Pages 53-70

    5. Steam Methods

      • Heba El-Deghaidy
      Pages 71-87

  4. Interdisciplinary Science Methods Courses

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 89-89
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    2. Developing a Repertoire for Teaching Biology

      • Fred Janssen, Jan Van Driel
      Pages 91-107

    3. Educating Biology Teachers from a Socio-Cultural Perspective

      • Danusa Munford, Marina De Lima Tavares, Francisco Ângelo Coutinho, Maria Luiza Neves
      Pages 109-127

    4. Chemistry Teaching Method Course for Secondary Science Teacher Training

      • Sevgi Aydin-Günbatar, Betül Demirdöğen
      Pages 129-148

    5. Implementing Pck Topic by Topic in Methodology Courses

      • Elizabeth Mavhunga, Marissa Rollnick
      Pages 149-170

    6. Educating New Secondary School Physics Teachers

      • Keith Postlethwaite, Nigel Skinner
      Pages 171-187

    7. Methods for Physics Teachers

      • Nam-Hwa Kang
      Pages 189-206

    8. Teaching Methods For Earth Science

      • Ann E. Rivet
      Pages 207-221

  5. Synthesis across Contexts

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 223-223
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    2. Science Methods Courses across Contexts

      • Aaron J. Sickel, Stephen B. Witzig
      Pages 225-250

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 251-255
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About this book

The improvement of science education is a common goal worldwide. Countries not only seek to increase the number of individuals pursuing careers in science, but to improve scientific literacy among the general population. As the teacher is one of the greatest influences on student learning, a focus on the preparation of science teachers is essential in achieving these outcomes. A critical component of science teacher education is the methods course, where pedagogy and content coalesce. It is here that future science teachers begin to focus simultaneously on the knowledge, dispositions and skills for teaching secondary science in meaningful and effective ways. This book provides a comparison of secondary science methods courses from teacher education programs all over the world. Each chapter provides detailed descriptions of the national context, course design, teaching strategies, and assessments used within a particular science methods course, and is written by teacher educators who actively research science teacher education. The final chapter provides a synthesis of common themes and unique features across contexts, and offers directions for future research on science methods courses. This book offers a unique combination of ‘behind the scenes’ thinking for secondary science methods course designs along with practical teaching and assessment strategies, and will be a useful resource for teacher educators in a variety of international contexts.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Western Sydney University, Australia

    Aaron J. Sickel

  • University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, USA

    Stephen B. Witzig

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Designing and Teaching the Secondary Science Methods Course

  • Book Subtitle: An International Perspective

  • Editors: Aaron J. Sickel, Stephen B. Witzig

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-881-5

  • Publisher: SensePublishers Rotterdam

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: SensePublishers-Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2017

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-6300-881-5Published: 13 April 2017

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: CCLVI, 8

  • Topics: Education, general

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