Universität Wien

300473 SE+UE Interdisciplinary Project für teacher candidates (2009W)

Fostering pupils competences through experimentation

3.00 ECTS (3.00 SWS), SPL 30 - Biologie
Continuous assessment of course work

Vorbesprechung: 06.10.2009 um 14:00-15:00 Uhr im Seminarraum 2F161 UZA II
Block 1: 16.10.09 15:00 - 18:00, 17.10.09 9:00-17:00, 18.10.09 9:00-12:00
Block 2 (Abschluss): 11.12.09, 15:00-18:00
Schultermin nach freier Vereinbarung. Anmeldung auch unter Email: Doris.Elster@univie.ac.at

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 16 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes

Currently no class schedule is known.

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

In this practical course you will learn how to conduct experminents in the classroom. Therefore, to generate hypotheses, to plan, implement and evaluate an experiment, and to draw conclusions should be promoted using the context of sparkling "egg races". What problems have pupils in the conduct of experiments? And how can (prospective) teachers handle them?
In this project we investigate - in close exchange with pupils of a Viennese gymnasium - the fostering and hindering conditions for experimentation in the classroom.

Assessment and permitted materials

Portfolio, formative testing.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Information about a school-based concept of experimentation.
Development of a school unit (Egg Race) in teamwork.
Testing the unit in the classroom.
Reflections about results and experiences.

Examination topics

Partner- und groupwork at the development and testing of materials and units.
Presentation of the results.
3 meetings at university, 1 school visits.

Reading list

Arbeitsunterlagen und Skripte werden in der Lehrveranstaltung ausgegeben.

Association in the course directory

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