GK-12 Education Component:
Fall 2000 Seminar Schedule

Seminar

Dates and Instructors

Seminar Series II

Introductions
Expectations, logistics and procedures
Overview of the education component
Presentations by senior fellows
Program evaluation
Question & Answer
Schedule for fall 2000

Readings: Science for All Americans (xiii-xxiii; 197-214)

Location: UHS 1-107
Day & Time: Thursday, August 31, 2000
2:00–5:00
Kaneshiro, Young, Conant, Kinzie, Landsman
Baumgartner, Felling, Gruner (speakerphone), Rodman
Lai, Afaga

 

Introduction to CRDG/ULS

Campus tour/Introduction of science staff K–12

Introduction to Inquiry
What is inquiry? (Introduction to Buoyancy)

Readings: Science as Inquiry
Effective Instruction for All Students
National Science Education Standards:Teaching Standards (1-53)
Powerpoint handouts

Location: UHS 1-107
Day & Time: Thursday, September 7, 2000
Young
Senior fellows

 

Introduction to National Science Education Standards

Inquiry teaching and learning continued
Open ended inquiry. (Balloons in Water)
Kinds of inquiry

Logging activities on web database & GK12 Website Procedures, category descriptions, examples

  Readings: National Science Education Standards (103-119)      
Case Studies (Bonnie Bradley)

Location: UHS 1-107
Day & Time: Thursday, September 14, 2000
Young
Senior fellows

 

Inquiry teaching and learning continued
Indirect evidence. (Evidence for Atoms)

Preparing for classroom observations
Scheduling ULS classroom observations
 

Readings: National Science Education Standards
Case Studies (Frank Oakley)
Classroom Observation Instrument

Location: UHS 1-107
Day & Time: Thursday, Septmeber 21, 2000
Young
Landsman

 

Structure of the Hawaii Department of Education

Introduction to Hawaii Content and Performance Standards (HCPS) II

Hawaii’s Strategic Plan for Standards-based Reform

Readings: Making Sense of Standards
Hawaii Content and Performance Standards II 
Strategic Plan for Standards-based Reform

Location: UHS 1-107
Day & Time: Thursday, September 28, 2000
Murakami/Mew

Reporting/debriefing ULS classroom observations

Conducting safe and effective classroom/field activities

Readings: Guidelines for Water-related Activities

Location: UHS 1-107
Day & Time: Thursday, October 5, 2000
Landsman
Murakami

 

ULS Class Observations (group)
Debriefing class observations

Discussing the case studies (Bradley & Oakley)

Inquiry teaching discussion

Readings: Powerpoint handouts
Case studies

Location: UHS 1-107
Day & Time: Thursday, October 19, 2000
Young, Landsman
Senior fellows

Fellows research presentations
Identifying possible K-12 involvement
Planning for school-based activities

Readings: The Case for Constructivist Classrooms (3-14; 33-98)

Location: UHS 1-107
Day & Time: Thursday, November 2, 2000
Senior fellows, fellows
Landsman
Young  

Fellows research presentations
Identifying possible K-12 involvement
Planning for school-based activities

Location: UHS 1-107
Day & Time: Thursday, November 16, 2000
Senior fellows, fellows
Landsman
Young

Using technology in teaching

Hawaii Watersheds Database/Student Field Trips

Analyze and debrief interactive/inquiry presentation

Analyze and debrief field safety issues

Readings: Guidelines for Water-Related Activities
HDOE Hawaii Watersheds Database

Location: UHS 1-107
Day & Time: Thursday, November 30, 2000
Speitel
Senior fellows
Landsman
Young

Classroom organization and management

Project evaluation issues, matrix, instruments

Readings: First Year Teacher (80-194)
Enhancing Professional Practice (29-37; 79-89)
Teacher and Student Roles

Location: UHS 1-107
Day & Time: Thursday, December 14, 2000
Senior fellows
Young
Afaga/Lai

Constructivism and misconceptions
Video Analysis

Making and using concept maps in instruction

School activities progress reports/needs

Readings: Overview of Misconception Video
National Science Education Standards
Hawaii Content and Performance Standards II

Location: UHS 1-107
Day & Time: Thursday, January 4, 2000
Young
Landsman

School activities progress reports/needs

Learning styles: Strategies for learning

Readings: Using the 4MAT System
Learning Styles Descriptions and Worksheets
Learning/Teaching Styles:Their Nature and Effects
Minds View Videotape

Location: UHS 1-107
Day & Time: Thursday, January 18, 2001
Landsman
Young

School activities progress reports/needs

Learning styles: Exploring alternative teaching strategies

Readings: Brain Basics
Styles of Learning and Thinking
Brain Compatible Learning

Location: UHS 1-107
Day & Time: Thursday, February 1, 2001
Landsman
Young

School activities progress reports/needs

Educational Beliefs Self Assessment

Learning styles: Strategies for teaching
Teaching styles and alternative views on teaching

Readings: Differentiating Instruction
Educational Beliefs Self Assessment
Sample science lesson plans
Powerpoint handouts

Location: UHS 1-107
Day & Time: Thursday, February 15, 2001
Landsman
Young

School activities progress reports/needs

Research on learning: Using learning styles research to develop a sequence of lessons that address diverse needs

Developing and critiquing plans

Readings: Lesson Plan Critique Form
Kinds of Objectives
Multiple Intelligences in the Classroom

Location: UHS 1-107
Day & Time: Thursday, March 1, 2001
Landsman
Young

School activities progress reports/needs

Grouping students for instruction
Objectives & strategies

Questioning strategies for inquiry classrooms

Applications in fellows’ lessons

Readings: Planning for Effective Group
Interaction Facilitating Group Discussion
Circles of Learning

Location: UHS 1-107
Day & Time: Thursday, March 15, 2001
Landsman
Young

 


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