Science Planning Team
Planning for Instruction and Curriculum Revision
Goals:
2. Increase the frequency of student inquiry. The power of an inquiry-based approach to teaching and learning is the potential to increase intellectual engagement and target deep understanding through the development of a hands-on, minds-on and research-based disposition towards teaching and learning. Inquiry reflects knowledge construction and provides opportunities for both teachers to collaboratively build, test and reflect on their learning. Inquiry can take many shapes and forms.
3. The evolution of science instruction reflects moving to the right on the following rubric or an agreed upon departmentally created rubric: http://www.galileo.org/research/publications/rubric.pdf
Inquiry vs. Coverage Approach
Why Inquiry Learning is Worth the Trouble
Inquiry Learning Vs. Standardized Content: Can They Coexist?
The Plan
1. Volunteers for The Science Planning Team
2. 6 ED Hours this summer:- Find a common date to curate resources and set goals for revision
3. 15-16 school year: PD time focused on collaboration, creation of materials, and lesson planning to meet goals.
=Homegrown meaningful PD
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Email: lwitman@eastpennsd.org
Website: pd.eastpennsd.org
Phone: 610.966.8323
Twitter: @laurawitman