Course Identification
Biology module: Final project in biology education
Lecturers and Teaching Assistants
Dr. Gilat Brill, Dr. Inbal Ester Flash Gvili
Course Schedule and Location
Second Semester
Tuesday, 10:45 - 12:15, WSoS, Rm 4
20/03/2018
Field of Study, Course Type and Credit Points
Science Teaching (non thesis MSc Track): Lecture; Obligatory; 2.00 points
Comments
For 2nd year MSc students
Restrictions
For students in the Rothschild-Weizmann program only
Attendance and participation
Estimated Weekly Independent Workload (in hours)
Syllabus
After developing new teaching and learning materials in biology high school education according to the main change and goals which the material will achieve in light of the learning theory, a fourth element will be added: The ways to evaluate the achievements of the new teaching and learning materials. Students will strive to define these ways during the course and practice the research tools that are commonly used in evaluation research.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course- students should be able to:
- Define evaluation methods for achievements of new teaching and learning materials.
- Evaluate new learning materials taught in high schools biology classes.
- Plan a research which examines the outcomes of teaching of their new learning materials taught in high schools biology classes.
Reading List
Each student will receive individual list of suggested reading according to the subject of their project.