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Features

• NEW - Recommendations of the National Science Education Standards —Incorporated throughout the material.

  • Students learn to apply standards to science teaching, laboratory activities, and professional development—readies students for the expectations of pupils, parents, principals, and others.

• NEW - Technology notes highlight Internet resources and companion website activities—Two to four in every chapter, encouraging use of the new Companion Website, www.prenhall.com/trowbridge, and the availability of Internet resources for classroom use.

  • Offer resources for increasing involvement with chapter contents.

• The theme of Science, Technology, Society —Infused throughout text discussions.

  • Encourages awareness of the connections among science teaching, technological advances, and society—focuses students' attention on the need to nurture general scientific literacy.

• Discussion of technology in teaching situations and laboratory activities—Woven throughout all chapters.

  • Ensures future teachers to remain up-to-date on available technology—illustrates the pros and cons of current technological “tools” for enhancing scientific understanding.

• An appendix of daily lesson plans—Incorporating twenty instructional ideas for employing the 5-E Model, a learning cycle approach for teaching physical, biological, and earth sciences.

  • Provides a full complement of ready-made lesson plans future teachers can use as-is—serves as a source of templates for creating custom lesson plans to meet specific teaching goals.

• An appendix of science teaching activities—Presenting thirty research-based, class-tested, hands-on activities.

  • Offers meaningful activities for student projects and homework assignments—includes numerous ideas for creating engaging science fair exhibits and presentations.

New To This Edition

• Recommendations of the National Science Education Standards —Incorporated throughout the material.

  • Students learn to apply standards to science teaching, laboratory activities, and professional development—readies students for the expectations of pupils, parents, principals, and others.

• Technology notes highlight Internet resources and companion website activities—Two to four in every chapter, encouraging use of the new Companion Website, www.prenhall.com/trowbridge, and the availability of Internet resources for classroom use.

  • Offer resources for increasing involvement with chapter contents.

Table of Contents

I. INTRODUCTION.

II. HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES AND CONTEMPORARY TRENDS.

III. GOALS AND OBJECTIVES.

IV. CURRICULUM PERSPECTIVES.

V. PLANNING FOR INSTRUCTION AND ASSESSMENT.

VI. UNDERSTANDING AND WORKING WITH STUDENTS.

VII. INDUCTION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

Courses

Science Methods (Secondary)  [CORE TEXTS]   (Curriculum & Instruction)

Next Edition(s)

• Teaching Secondary School Science: Strategies for Developing Scientific Literacy, 9/E
  Bybee, Carlson Powell & Trowbridge
  ©2008  |  Allyn & Bacon  |  Paper; 384 pp  |  Instock
  ISBN-10: 0132304503  |  ISBN-13: 9780132304504
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  Solidly grounded in current recommendations of the National Science Education Standards, this text offers teaching guidance and strategies for physical, biological, and earth science courses for middle school, junior high, and high school. The authors' extensive curriculum development experience imbues the text with a practical focus. Their collective knowledge of the field balances coverage of the theory and research behind the strategies they present. Also, inherent in the text is a description of the role of constructivism in science teaching and the connection between science and society including how technological development is driven by societal needs.

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Backcover Copy

Merrill Education invites you to rediscover Teaching Secondary School Science: Strategies for Developing Scientific Literacy, Eighth Edition. Still reflecting the latest in learning theory, inquiry, and professional development, this text has new pedagogy that makes it even easier for students to incorporate the hands-on, practical activities and exercises in their own classrooms.

• Engage your students with Teaching Science Activity features, Investigating Science Teaching, Engaging in Action Research, and Experiencing Ethical Analysis. Located at the ends of the chapters, they provide an opportunity for students to experience science for themselves.
• Icons highlight new integrated technology resources. Discussions of technology have been updated and woven throughout the text, including Technology margin notes that encourage students to visit the text's website at www.prenhall.com/trowbridge for further research and supplemental science activities.
• Guest Editorials showcase real preservice and inservice science teachers. These editorials appear throughout the text to help illustrate concepts and provide real-world context for students.

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