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SCI 6160:
LEARNING AND TEACHING MODELS

Fall 2006
Wednesdays 5:30-8:30 pm
2734 Wood Hall

Course Description
Instructor Information
Syllabus
Schedule
 

Course Description (to top)

This course will complement SCI 6150 in addressing the remaining themes or “commonplaces” of education in a science education context, namely learning and teaching. The major models of learning and approaches to teaching that are compatible with those models will be examined, including their relevance to classroom practice.

Instructor Information (to top)

INSTRUCTOR: Dr. Heather Petcovic
E-MAIL: heather.petcovic@wmich.edu
OFFICE: 3138 Wood Hall
PHONE: 269-387-5380

Syllabus (to top)

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Daily Schedule (to top)

5:30-5:45

 Class business
5:45-6:15 Gather/write responses to discussion questions
6:15-7:20 1st discussion period
7:20-7:30

Break
7:30-8:30 2nd discussion period

Course Schedule (to top)

Week

Date

Leader

1st Discussion Period

2nd Discussion Period

1

9/6/06

HP

Introduction, syllabus, and expectations

 

2

9/13/06

HP

Intro to Cognitive Science
Piaget (1964)

Wittrock (1979)

3

9/20/06

HP

Intro to Cog Sci – cont’d
Hunt (1989)

Jung (1993)
Shavelson et al. (2005)

4

9/27/06

HP

The Science of Learning: Key Findings
HPL p. 3-27 and HSL p. 1-26

Experts and Novices
HPL p. 31-50

Discuss group discussion leadership assignments

5

10/4/06

1. HP
2. CP

The Transfer of Learning
HPL p 51-78

 

Conceptual Change
Posner et al. (1982)

6

10/11/06

1. AJ
2. H3

Nersessian (1989)

Cultural Issues
Ladson-Billings (1995)

7

10/18/06

1. HP
2. JP

Cobern & Aikenhead (1998)

How Children Learn
HPL p. 79-113

Lit review/summary due

8

10/25/06

No class (GSA)

9

11/1/06

1. SO
2. AN

Mind & Brain
HPL p. 114-127

Blakemore & Frith p. 1-52

10

11/8/06

1. DA
2. JP

Blakemore & Frith p. 53-110

Research proposal due

11

11/15/06

1. H3
2. CP

Blakemore & Frith p. 111-195

 

12

11/22/06

 

No class (Thanksgiving)

13

11/29/06

1. SO
2. AN

Scientific Inquiry
HSL p. 397-419

Light
HSL p. 421-474

14

12/6/06

1. DA
2. AJ
3. HP

Guided Inquiry
HSL p. 475-513 Developing Understanding
HSL p. 515-565

Pulling Threads
HSL p. 569-590

Final paper due

15

12/11/06

 

Final Exam due, 5 pm

 

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