The Case of Polar Bears

Autor/inn/en	Rowlands, Olivia; Hokayem, Hayat; Biediger, Debbie
Titel	The Case of Polar Bears
Quelle	In: Science and Children, 55 (2017) 3, S.60-65 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0036-8148
Schlagwörter	Leitfaden; Unterricht; Lehrer; Science Education; Multiple Literacies; Teaching Methods; Learning Modalities; Grade 4; Investigations; Elementary School Science; Animals; Science Instruction + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lesson concept; Instruction; Unterrichtsentwurf; Unterrichtsprozess; Teacher; Teachers; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Lernumgebung; School year 04; 4. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 04; Untersuchung; Animal; Tier; Tiere; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht
Abstract	"A Framework for K-12 Science Education" emphasizes the need to teach students the core ideas of science through capitalizing on students' curiosity to discover the world around them (NRC 2012). Children's experiences vary, and for educators to engage them in the process of science, they need to think of diverse ways to nourish their inborn curiosity. Research has advocated the "pedagogy of multi-literacies" that can serve two purposes: embracing diversity and attending to the different learning styles (Cope and Kalantzis 2000, p. 61). Millard (2003) calls for a "literacy of fusion" where various discourses (such as technology/mass media and academic) serve to teach children the required concepts. The authors have therefore used the 5E model (Bybee 2015) to design a lesson that fuses several modalities to teach students about the structure and function of organisms. The lesson presented in this article on polar bears and their adaptations was taught in a fourth-grade classroom of 21 students over two days for an hour-and-a-half period each day. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01