C&I 340: Principles and Practices in  Science Education

This course is offered through the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. As part of the Year Long Program, students are engaged in teaching and learning in public school classrooms while they take university courses.

The Science Education course covers the principles and practices of science education in school and in the lives of children. Designed for future teachers, it considers the organization of the science program, experiences and techniques of value in teaching, and the role of the classroom teacher and specialist.

• Instructors
• Chip Bruce (chip@uiuc.edu)
• Dean Grosshandler (grosshan@uiuc.edu)
• Class Members and Projects
• Course Information
• Course Goals
• Required texts
• Requirements
• Evaluation
• Schedule of assignments and class activities
• The Year-Long Program
• Resources
• Web unit template
• The Chickscope project
• The Astronomical Society of the Pacific
• Quote of the Day
• Local resources for science education
• 340 Virtual Library
• Teaching Science

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chip@uiuc.edu February 3, 1998