Teaching Children Science: A Project-Based Approach, 2/e

Joe Krajcik, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Charlene Czerniak, University of Toledo
Carl Berger, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

What Are the Next Steps?

REVISITING INITIAL IDEAS IN YOUR PORTFOLIO

Materials Needed:


1		In Portfolio Activity 1.5, you identified your science teaching goals. Have these goals changed since you completed this activity? How so?



2		Examine your response to Portfolio Activity 1.4. How have your beliefs about why children should learn science changed since the beginning of this book?



3		Throughout this book, you have encountered a number of ideas about teaching science to children. Examine your beliefs now about these ideas. What are your beliefs about the role of investigations now? How have they changed since you read the book? What are your views on collaboration? Have they changed? How? What will you do differently in your classroom in the future? What were your views about covering basic science content and skills before exploring the ideas in this book? Have they changed? How will this affect your teaching? What were your views about assessment before reading this book? Have your views changed? How will this affect your teaching in the future? What were your beliefs about classroom management before reading this book? Have they changed? How so? How will they affect your teaching in the future? What did you think about curriculum integration prior to exploring the ideas in this book? Explain your beliefs now. How will your teaching be -affected?



4		How has this book informed your teaching practices? What will you try to change? What will you keep about your current teaching?



5		Record your thoughts in your portfolio.

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