Ways to Achieve Scientific Literacy

1. Ways to Achieve Scientific Literacy Promising Approaches

2. Promising Approaches • Active learning • cooperative learning • misconceptions / concept change • constructivism • inquiry practices • problem-based learning • case study • Science-Technology-Society • Real-world connections • Integration of prior learning • Interdisciplinary approach

3. Teacher Skills & Competencies Teacher education programs should develop basic skills and competencies thatgivethe teacher an ability to: • communicate more collaboratively. • use technology.

4. relate theory to practical, real world experiences. • relate content across disciplines and to work with teachers of diverse backgrounds. • apply academic and technical knowledge. • work with secondary and post-secondary faculty.

5. design instructional assessments. • develop a comprehensive level of knowledge and skill in the use of a variety of teaching methods. • develop life-long learning skills and attitudes. • instill pride in the profession.

6. Teachers as Change Agents Embrace the Spirit of Science • longing to know and understand • questioning all things • searching for empirical facts • respecting logic • considering the premises • considering the consequences

7. Teachers as Change Agents Employ the “Rational Powers” • recalling and imagining • classifying and generalizing • comparing and evaluating • analyzing and synthesizing • deducing and inferring

8. Scientific Literacy The central questions are: • “How can science be taught to help students become skilled in creative and critical thinking?” • “How can pre-service teachers be taught to help students become skilled in creative and critical thinking?”