Course Identification

Didactics of Biology
20235053

Lecturers and Teaching Assistants

Dr. Cippora Hofman
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Course Schedule and Location

2023
Full Year
Thursday, 09:00 - 12:00, WSoS, Rm 2
06/11/2022
21/07/2023

Field of Study, Course Type and Credit Points

Science Teaching -Teaching Certificate: Lecture; Obligatory; Regular; 0.00 points

Comments

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Prerequisites

No

Restrictions

25

Language of Instruction

Hebrew

Attendance and participation

Required in at least 80% of the lectures

Grade Type

Pass / Fail

Grade Breakdown (in %)

10%
20%
70%

Evaluation Type

Final assignment

Scheduled date 1

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Estimated Weekly Independent Workload (in hours)

2

Syllabus

Students learn the basic theoretical aspects of teaching biology in high-school. These include the biology syllabus and central ideas in biology, question asking, models and analogies, inquiry in the school laboratory and research projects, cooperative learning, inductive and deductive teaching, planning teaching sequences. All aspects are taught using the constructivist and socio-cultural perspectives about learning, which serve as models for the students' exercises in teaching throughout the course.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to

  1. Implement teaching strategies in simulated lessons
  2. Explain their choices teaching strategies by using the main theories in science teaching.

Reading List

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Website

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