CONT610: Senior Science - General
The Senior Science—General AQ will remind you of the importance of science in our ever-changing society and will encourage you to share the intrigue, discipline, importance and wonder of science while helping Senior Science students develop knowledge, skills, habits of mind and best practices to become life-long learners.
The emphasis is on the development of differentiated student-centred teaching and learning that supports students’ conceptual development, enduring understandings and wellness. By the end of the course, you will feel comfortable with the Senior Science curriculum, how students learn in science, how to ensure equity and cultivate success in the Science classroom and how to best use assessment and evaluation practices. Your skills and knowledge will be enhanced to give you confidence, resources, strategies, and a positive outlook on teaching Senior Science.
Learning Outcomes
What You Will Learn and Do
In this course you’ll have the opportunity to
- understand, analyze, and apply strategies to build a caring, equitable, safe, and engaging learning community that leads to achievement, success, growth, wellness and lifelong learning
- critically analyze and evaluate the design and content of the Senior Science curriculum to understand and apply the components within
- incorporate contributions and ways of knowing from the Indigenous peoples in Canada to create a richer and more holistic approach to the Senior Science curriculum
- establish and implement necessary modifications and accommodations in the Senior Science curriculum and adapt activities for students with exceptionalities
- integrate principles of environmental stewardship, sustainability, and student well-being into classroom practices
- ensure safety in the Senior Science classroom by being proactive, prepared and, if necessary, appropriately reactive
- understand and apply best practices including inquiry, investigation, engineering design, integration and implementation of technology
- appreciate and demonstrate that assessment and evaluation is best framed in a growth-based mindset and that a combination of assessment of, for and as learning can maximize student success, achievement, and wellness
- create and evaluate a focus curriculum unit using best design, instruction and assessment and evaluation practices
Assessments
Module 1
Beginnings
Module 2
Fostering Equity
Progress Update 1
Module 3
Cultivating Success
Module 4
STEM Skills
Progress Update 2
Module 5
Best Teaching Practices
Module 6
Assessment and Evaluation
Progress Update 3
Module 7
Wrapping Up – Looking Ahead
Final Report