Course Identification
Biology module: Developing new teaching and learning materials in biology 3
Lecturers and Teaching Assistants
Dr. Gilat Brill, Dr. Inbal Ester Flash Gvili
Course Schedule and Location
Tuesday, 10:45 - 12:15, WSoS, Rm 5
02/11/2017
Field of Study, Course Type and Credit Points
Science Teaching (non thesis MSc Track): Lecture; Obligatory; 2.00 points
Restrictions
For students in the Rothschild-Weizmann program only
Attendance and participation
Estimated Weekly Independent Workload (in hours)
Syllabus
In this third part of the course students are required to implement the materials they developed in the two first parts of the course and to conduct a research that examines the impact of the implementation. To this end, students pose and refine a research question according to their own interest in the implementation process.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course students should be able to:
- Formulate a research question which includes measurable variables.
- Design and conduct a research that will answer the research question according to defined criteria, and which examines the outcomes of teaching of their new learning materials.
- Find and summarize relevant to the problem they had defined.
- Analyze data collected through qualitative evaluation tools.
- Write a discussion including a reflection on how the outcome of the data may influence their future teaching.
Reading List
Each student will receive individual list of suggested reading according to the subject of their project.