Teachers' Domain, Building Understanding, published June 19, 2009, retrieved on ,
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Building Understanding is a graduate-level professional development course. It is designed to enhance your understanding of inquiry-based approaches to teaching standards-based physical science at the high school level. In two sessions, you will investigate physical science topics and teaching methodologies using a wide range of online resources, including video segments, interactive activities, readings, and other multimedia materials. It uses science inquiry, active learning, and curriculum design strategies to explore atomic structure, chemical reactions, motions and forces, the electromagnetic spectrum, and related topics.
This course is the third in a series of four courses that cover key content and methodologies for teaching physical science in the high school classroom. A full survey course, offering 45 contact hours, is also available.
Building Understanding
This course examines how you can match content knowledge to a range of pedagogical strategies to improve students' understanding of motions and forces and other topics in physical science.
Session 1: Pedagogical Content Knowledge
Learners examine how combining content knowledge and knowledge of pedagogy can lead to more effective teaching of motions and forces.
Session 2: Making Energy Understandable
Learners explore how they can modify and shape their teaching strategies to meet the needs of individual learners.
All sessions and their content correspond to the National Science Education Standards.
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