Subsections
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- Role of experiment in science teaching- Meaning of an experiment, misconception about the idea of experiment in science teaching and possibilities. of the use.
- Going from concrete to abstract in science teaching- Its meaning and misconceptions.
- Activity based science teaching-learning- Activity as Experiment? Confusion around the notion of an activity for science learning.
- The development and Meaning of concept with examples. (Concepts and misconception.)
- How can concepts be taught?- Understanding a few concepts in science. Planning a way for transaction in classroom. Concepts for this can for example be: (a) Inertia (b) Cell (c) Evolution (d) Molecules and Atoms (e) Negative numbers (f) Graphical representation of data
- What does a teacher need to know for teaching a topic well - Pedagogy, content and understanding social-cultural and political situation fo the learner.
- a) Teaching learning materials, kit and its choice.
b) Designing and setting up experiments and learning tasks
c) Learning in groups, control experiments, long duration experiments
- Is science teaching the same as following the method of science?
- Development of teaching plan.
(a) What is meant by learning of a concept in science?
(b) When can we say a concept has been learned?
(c) What does learning by doing and relating to life mean?
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