Course+Objectives



Course Objects: Students should use course content and their own experience to develop the following understandings/abilities:

1. An understanding of recent trends in science education policy and goals. 2. An understanding and ability to design science lessons and units that are developmentally appropriate and sensitive to the needs, values, and interests of a diverse group of students. 3. An ability to construct assessment plans (formative and summative) that are compatible with teaching goals and methods and allow for a multiple ways of representing knowledge (multiple intelligences, differentiating instruction). 4. An ability to use information gathered from various forms of assessment to guide instruction and lessons. 5. An ability to use diagnostic observation skills, instructional strategies, and classroom management techniques to promote science learning in a variety of classroom settings (individual, small group, whole group). 6. An ability to create meaningful lessons that integrate more than one subject. 7. An awareness of organizations and resources that serve the professional development of elementary science teachers. (NSTA….) 8. An understanding of the role of reflection in professional development and lifelong learning.
 * The course objectives are all related and linked to the [|Wisconsin Educator Standards].