Course Description
Historic and present day school science curricula. Literature, recent national reports, as well as national, state, and local standards, will be examined as a context which frames curriculum and its development.
Athena Title
SCIENCE CURRICULUM
Prerequisite
Permission of department
Semester Course Offered
Offered spring
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
1. Discuss and critique relevant contemporary issues in the science education curriculum. 2. Read and interpret science education literature. 3. Increase science education research skills. 4. Recognize important curriculum scholars and characterize their contributions. 5. Develop an argument for a curriculum position and articulate it in a scholarly paper. 6. Collect, analyze, and report on data relevant to an issue in science curriculum.
Topical Outline
1. Orientation to science education literature. 2. Guest speaker on library resources and retrieval systems I. 3. Guest speaker on library resources and retrieval systems II. 4. Practice using library resources and retrieval systems. 5. Characterizing excellent research. 6. Writing critiques of science education literature. 7. Critique presentations. 8. Identifying topics of interest and research questions. 9. Examining characteristics of a literature review. 10. Workshop on writing a literature review. 11. Presentations of a literature review. 12. Preparing for comps and prospectus writing