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Change how we teach… Practical Approach to Teaching Science (inquiry-learning)

Change how we teach… Practical Approach to Teaching Science (inquiry-learning). Mouwafac Sidaoui 706-798 Principles of Organizational Change Summer 2004. Part I Description of the change.

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Change how we teach… Practical Approach to Teaching Science (inquiry-learning)

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  1. Change how we teach…Practical Approach to Teaching Science (inquiry-learning) Mouwafac Sidaoui 706-798 Principles of Organizational Change Summer 2004

  2. Part IDescription of the change. • We live in a fast-moving technological society. Therefore, the way we teach young people has to change. • If kids can't learn the way we teach, we must teach the way they learn. --Martine Wayman and Karol Pulliam (6th grade teachers) • Most scientists don't read reports on education, but they do read Science. -- Jo Handelsman • Less students are interested in science courses. -- Jo Handelsman

  3. Part IIExpected reactions to the change. • Some post-secondary educators: • feel intimidated by the challenge of learning new teaching methods. • fear that focusing on teaching will hurt their credibility as researchers. • why change???

  4. Part 3Actions to support and reduce resistance to the change. • Administrators must create opportunities to enable a shift from teacher-directed to student-centered instruction. • The school administration plays a large role in giving the time and resources to the faculty members to focus on teaching, not only research. -- Sunal,Hodges, Whitaker, Freeman, Edwards, Johnston, Odell, 2001 • Educators must become facilitators of learning. • Students must take on an active role in the acquisition of knowledge. • Change the reward Systems. • Teach students how science is done • engage them in science • ask them to become scientists

  5. Part 3Actions to support and reduce resistance to the change. Changing the Teacher’s Role

  6. Part 3Actions to support and reduce resistance to the change. Changing the Student’s Role

  7. Part 3Actions to support and reduce resistance to the change. • Administrators, educators and students must change every day and continuously. • teach science and technology to students in a way that makes the experience unforgettable. • recognize the pitfalls that are easily overlooked. • create enthusiasm for the world around us and keep it alive. • Administrators and educators need to renew their commitment to their students. • As technology changes, we must prepare our students to face the changes and be prepared for the world they will face and in which they will live and work. – William C. Kirby, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University

  8. Quotes • If you study to remember, you will forget, but, If you study to understand, you will remember. – unknown • Science is facts; just as houses are made of stone, so is science made of facts; but a pile of stones is not a house, and a collection of facts is not necessarily science. -Jules Henri Poincaré (1854-1912) French mathematician.

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