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Doing Science
Innovative Curriculum for the Life Sciences

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August 1996 | 184 pages | Corwin
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Problem-based, student-centred learning is the key to implementation of the national standards for science education in the United States. Students learn science best by `doing' science, by identifying real-world problems and designing projects that lead to possible solutions.

Based on extensive experience in an award-winning US high school science programme, this book provides a step-by-step guide for designing problem-based learning in the life sciences.

 
Introduction to Science Teaching Philosophy
Looking at an Old Paradigm with New Eyes

 
 
Teaching and Learning Today
The Basic Styles and Options

 
 
The Basic Elements or Characteristics of the Problem-Based Curriculum
 
Science without the Mess
Where to Find Investigations and Sources of Data

 
 
Big Nonlaboratory Problems (but Could Include Laboratory Experiences!)
 
Doing Authentic Science
 
Examples of Mentored Project Experiences
 
Other Real Science Projects
 
Defining the Outcomes
Problem-Based Assessment and Evaluation Philosophy

 
 
Curricular Accountability
 
Science Education Then and Now
Students, Parents, and Staff in the New Paradigm

 

Neal A. Glasgow

Neal A. Glasgow's experience includes serving as a secondary school science and art teacher both in California and New York, as a university biotechnology teaching laboratory director and laboratory technician, and as an educational consultant and frequent speaker on many educational topics. He is the author or coauthor of ten books on educational topics: What Successful Schools Do to Involve Families: Fifty Research-Based Strategies for Teachers and Administrators (2008), What Successful Literacy Teachers Do: 70 Research-Based Strategies for Teachers, Reading Coaches, and Instructional Planners (2007), What Successful Teachers Do in... More About Author

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