Bill Robertson, Ph.D. - Classes
Teacher Education Department
MSED 4311 - Teaching Science in Intermediate and Middle Grades - Readings
Required
Richard Howell Allen (2001). Impact Teaching: Ideas and Strategies for Teachers to Maximize Student Learning, Allyn & Bacon.
Robertson, William H. (2008). Developing Problem-Based Curriculum: Unlocking Student Success Utilizing Critical Thinking and Inquiry, Kendall Hunt Publishing, Des Moines, Iowa.
Rutherford, F. James and Algrehn, Andrew (1990). Science For All Americans, New York, Oxford University Press.
Additional
Constructivism: From Philosophy to Practice - How we perceive knowledge and the process of coming to know provides the basis for educational practice. If we believe that learners actively construct knowledge in their attempts to make sense of their world, then learning will likely emphasize the development of meaning and understanding. Constructivists generally claim that knowledge is not discovered and that the ideas teachers teach do not correspond to an objective reality.
Cooperative Grouping Practices - Grouping practices - especially tracking - often have the effect of reducing equity. Research generally shows that tracking and between-class ability grouping benefit students who are placed in high-end tracks or groups while having a detrimental effect on students placed in low-end tracks or groups.
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Bill Robertson, Ph.D. (robertson@utep.edu)
Teacher Education Department, College of Education, University of Texas at El Paso