TY - CHAP
T1 - Engaging Future Teachers in Having Wonderful Ideas
AU - Atkins, Leslie J.
AU - Salter, Irene Y.
N1 - The Physics Teacher Education Coalition, the American Physical Society, and the American Association of Physics Teachers are proud to announce the release of a new peer-reviewed book: Recruiting and Educating Future Physics Teachers: Case Studies and Effective Practices, edited by Cody Sandifer and Eric Brewe.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - This chapter describes a course in open scientific inquiry for preservice teachers. The course uses neither a textbook nor a lab manual, but instead engages students in developing models of puzzling phenomena through an iterative process of designing experiments, crafting models, debating, and refining ideas. We outline strategies for planning such a course, including materials and classroom setup. We discuss basic structures in the class, including introducing an initial question or phenomenon, engaging in small-group investigations, leading whole-class conversations, and assessing students’ work. Included are a range of examples of student ideas and student work, and results of surveys on students’ progress.
AB - This chapter describes a course in open scientific inquiry for preservice teachers. The course uses neither a textbook nor a lab manual, but instead engages students in developing models of puzzling phenomena through an iterative process of designing experiments, crafting models, debating, and refining ideas. We outline strategies for planning such a course, including materials and classroom setup. We discuss basic structures in the class, including introducing an initial question or phenomenon, engaging in small-group investigations, leading whole-class conversations, and assessing students’ work. Included are a range of examples of student ideas and student work, and results of surveys on students’ progress.
UR - http://www.compadre.org/phystec/webdocs/EffectivePracticesBook.cfm
M3 - Chapter
BT - Recruiting and Educating Future Physics Teachers: Case Studies and Effective Practices
ER -