Faculty-led Inquiry into Reflective and Scholarly Teaching (FIRST)
Date of this Version
2015
Document Type
Portfolio
Abstract
Teaching Science in the Elementary School (TEAC 315) is an upper-division course taken by elementary education majors as a requirement for the Bachelor of Science (BS) in Education. The peer review of teaching project had me identify concerns for teaching the elementary methods course. The concerns I wanted to address focused on eliciting teacher candidate’s views and experiences with teaching science as well as my ability to identify evidence of growth. The first area focuses on my needing to understand if I need to develop more instructional strategies to support teacher candidate growth. This involves both in terms of specific topics for teaching science as well as addressing an integrated view of teaching. The final area is the inability to determine when a response represents growth rather than presenting experiences.
Included in
Educational Methods Commons, Elementary Education Commons, Higher Education Commons, Higher Education and Teaching Commons, Science and Mathematics Education Commons
Comments
Course portfolio developed as part of the UNL Peer Review of Teaching Project (peerreview.unl.edu)
Copyright (c) 2015 Krista Adams