Teaching of Science 📚

(A) Objectives

(i) Understand the importance and planning of a Science laboratory. 🧪
(ii) Identify and apply various methods and approaches of Teaching of Science. 🎓
(iii) Develop the scientific attitude among the students. 🔬
(iv) Train the students to use the new problem-solving approaches. 🤔

Science Laboratory: Planning, Purchase and Maintenance of apparatus, Maintenance of stock and store registers, Maintaining Records and Safety Procedures. 📝
Co-curricular and non-formal Approaches: field trips, school gardening, biology clubs, visit to science museums, science fairs, excursions, quiz, seminars. Science note books, reference books, science journals and library for Science. 🌿

Methods of teaching: Lecture method, Lecture-cum-demonstration method, Heuristic method, Problem solving method and Unit Planning. Lesson planning in Science: concept, objectives, importance and steps. 📖
Evaluation: concept, importance and types, Continuous and comprehensive evaluation (CCE), qualities of a good test, tools of evaluation, various types of questions and construction of an achievement test in Science. 📊

Practicing at least two experiments to be conducted / demonstrated in secondary classes. 🔍
Writing two lesson plans. 📝
Construction of an achievement test. 📝

Cutting, Roger and Kelly, Orla (2014). Creative Teaching in Primary Science. Sage. 📘
Dunne, Mick (2014). Primary Science (2nd ed.). Sage. 📗
Their, H.D. (1970). Teaching Elementary School Science: A Laboratory Approach. New Delhi: Sterling Publishers. 📕
Vaidya, N. (1989).The Impact Science Teaching. New Delhi: Oxford and IBH Publishing Company. 📙
Mohan, R. (2002). Innovative Science Teaching. Delhi: Prentice-Hall. 📗
Collete, Alfred T. and Eugene L. Chiappeta (1994), Science Instruction in the Middle & Secondary Schools, Macmillan, New York. 📕