Shaping Scientific Literacy in Every Elementary Classroom
- 202 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
Shaping Scientific Literacy in Every Elementary Classroom
About this book
This textbook guides teachers in enacting science instruction that results in the cultivation of scientifically literate students in elementary school. Prompting discussions in the pre-service environment around what it means to be scientifically literate, this book helps teachers introduce children to their world through science and its impact on their daily lives. Chapters show teachers how to design, implement, and assess inquiry-based science instruction through lessons that authentically model real science, investigating questions with multiple solutions, and discussing how these lessons build students' scientific literacy. Sample lessons are modeled on research and tested practice while also recognizing the need to accommodate a diverse range of students and classroom contexts. Ideal for pre-service science teachers, as well as in-service professional development, this book can be used in any elementary science methods course or wherever state or national standards require developing scientific literacy. In helping teachers produce scientifically literate students, it is a resource that enables students to have the content knowledge, attitudes, and abilities to see the role science plays in issues from the personal to the global.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-Title Page
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Series Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction to Science and Scientific Literacy
- 2 Teaching Scientific Literacy
- 3 Effective Science Teaching
- 4 Creating Positive Physical and Emotional Environments
- 5 Science Standards
- 6 Instructional Planning
- 7 Assessment and Evaluation: How Do You Know Your Students Are Developing Toward Scientific Literacy?
- 8 Locating and Adapting Resources for Teaching Science
- 9 Effective Scientific Literacy Instruction
- 10 Engineering in the Elementary Classroom
- 11 Integrating Science Across the Content Areas
- 12 Sample Lesson Plans
- Appendices: Copies of YCVS, VASI-E, and VNOS-E
- Index