September 2008

Date & Time

Topic

Readings, assignments
and
resources

SCI/MATH
Class 1

Wednesday, September 3

10:30 am

Intro to Sci/Math

Intro to Sci/Math
An Invitation to Teaching Science & Math

Science Class 2

Monday,

September 8

10:30 am

Vision of science methods

What is science and who are scientists?
Barton: Chapter 1

Science Class 3

Wednesday, September 9; 10:30 am

Developing Goals for Science Methods

Read:
CP: Chapter 2: Inquire Within: What is Inquiry?

Developing Inquiry Methods with Informational questions

Science Class 4

Monday,

September 15
10:30 am

Inquiry Methods (1)

Developing Inquiry Methods with Informational questions

Course packet read: Inquiry cycle page 1 & Inquiry-Based Learning beginning with page 3

Science Class 5
Wednesday, September 17

10:30 am

Inquiry Methods (2)

Field study: collecting data

Science Class 6

Monday, September 22

10:30 am

Inquiry Methods (3)

In Course Packet: Inquiry and Thinking Skills section; please read carefully pages 3-10 and review up to page 44.

Science Class 7

Tuesday, September 23

10:30 am

Inquiry Methods(4)

Nature of Science section in Course Packet: Chapter 1 from Benchmarks for Science Literacy (from Association fro the Advancement of Science: AAAS), review the PowerPoint that follows the chapter.

Inquiry section: Read a new vision of Science Education (Chapter 1 from Ready, Set, Science)

Science Class 8
Monday, September 29

10:30 am

Science & Literacy Skills

October

Science Class 9

Thursday, October 9

8:00 am

Processing informational questions; word scavenger hunt, science word walls

Read: Barton: Chapter 2

Science Class 10

Friday, October 10

10:30 am

Read: Barton: Chapter 3

Science Class 11

Monday, October 13

10:30 am

Researching your teaching

Topic: Qualitative Methods
Read in the assignment section of CP on Researching Teaching: Descriptive Inquiry as Contemplative Practice; Phenomenology Handout; Chapter Five: Gathering Data in the Field; Qualitative Data Analysis 

Science Class 12

Tuesday, October 28

10:30 am

Course Packet: Read :What we know about teaching phonics" (pages 105-110 are most important)

The how to's in locating research articles
Math & Science notebook check this week

November

Science Class 13

Monday, November 3

8: 00 to 9:00am
9:00 to 10:00 (note time change)
10:30-11:30

11:30-12:20

Peer teaching

Peer Teaching of Science Lessons

Peer review and feedback of science lesson plan 1:
Due Tuesday, April 1, 2008 at 7:30pm by e-mail to Michele and your peer reviewer

SCI/MATH Class 1
Friday, November 7
10:30 am

Read: Barton: Chapter 4 & 5

SCI/MATH Class 2
Tuesday, November 25
10:30 am

Course packet: (Research
articles and additional reading section) page 65: Stockall, N., &
Gartin, B.  (2002).  The nature of inclusion
in a blue ribbon school: a
revelatory case.  Exceptionality, 10 (3), .

Bring inclusion text book to class. Read in your inclusive classrooms
book about teaching students with
special needs in
a subject specific classroom. Bring
this book to class.

Second hour: Topic: Qualitative Methods
Read in the assignment section of CP on Researching Teaching: Qualitative Data Analysis

December

SCI/MATH Class 3

Friday, December 5
8:00 am

Finish Barton
Research topics and preparation

SCI/MATH Class 4

Monday, December 8

1:30 pm

Research presentations to whole class
Math & Science notebook due for final check

Tuesday, December 16

Small group final exam

10:30-12:00 or 12:15-1:45 pm