Teaching Children Science: A Discovery Approach (Book Alone) - Hardcover

Abruscato, Joseph A.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0205284108 ISBN 13: 9780205284108

Publisher: Pearson, 1999

Synopsis

"This revision of a very successful science methods text includes coverage of methods, activities, and science content. "Teaching Children Science" presents current ideas about teaching children science in a motivating, engaging style that will positively draw students towards the teaching of science to young children." There are nine basic science teaching methods chapters and three potentially free standing parts that focus respectively on how to teach Earth/Space, Life and Physical Science content. Each of these three parts has a lesson and unit plan, followed by chapters that provide science content and chapters that contain activities and demonstrations for children. Through its structure, writing style, and attention to contemporary issues, this volume serves as an important resource in teaching students to create science experiences within the context of discovery learning; thereby, providing students with the necessary skills and knowledge to fully comprehend that they will be teaching children science, not the other way around." For readers with an interest in science and, perhaps, drawing children to the teaching of science as a career choice.

About this title

From the Back Cover

Teaching Children Science:  A Discovery Approach, Seventh Edition

 

Dr. Joseph Abruscato, Retired from University of Vermont

Dr. Donald DeRosa, Boston University

 

While encouraging a “discovery approach” to teaching science, this popular text provides comprehensive coverage of the three major aspects of science teaching–methods, content, and activities. A motivating and engaging writing style makes this one of the most accessible science methods book on the market today. Extensively revised, this seventh edition presents the progression of inquiry and the 5Es of Learning as a theme of the text and the framework for each chapter.  This consistent framework throughout the methods, content, and activities helps novice teachers establish a solid foundation in science pedagogy for application to lesson planning and classroom instruction.

 

New to This Edition

• MyEducationLab: An Integrated Online Resource. Bring the classroom to life through classroom-based video examples and access to numerous web resources. Look for the www.MyEducationLab.com logo in the margins of the text to identify related media assets. To make this online resource available to your students contact your local Pearson Representative for ordering information. 

  To order this book WITHOUT MyEducationLab use this ISBN: 9780137156771.  To order this book WITH MyEducationLab use this ISBN: 9780138006112.

• Parts reorganized for practical application ―Parts II through IV -- each part now includes two "content" chapters and one "Putting the Content into Action" chapter replete with assessment probes; unit, lesson, and enrichment starter ideas; activities and demonstrations; and one full sample lesson plan.
• New! Coverage of technology/multimedia, engineering, and energy conservation appears in the new Chapter 8, Using Technology to Enhance Science Learning, andPart IV, The Physical Sciences, which includes more earth-friendly and “green” science activities.
• New! Universal Design for Learning discussion in Chapter 9,Adapting the Science Curriculum, presents an approach to designing course instruction, materials, and content to benefit students of all learning styles. 
• New! Coverage of curriculum materials including how to distinguish between good and bad science kits and how to utilize them effectively in the classroom.

About the Author

 Joseph Abruscato is a former public school science teacher and Science Methods professor retired from University of Vermont.  He has also wrote or co-authored a variety of materials for teachers and students including Teaching Children Science:  Discovery Methods for the Elementary and Middle Grades, Third Edition and The Whole Cosmos Catalog of Science Activities.

 

Dr. Donald DeRosa has worked in the field of science education for twenty years as a classroom teacher; teacher educator; and director of CityLab, a biotechnology-learning laboratory for teachers and students at the Boston University School of Medicine. He is a member of the Department of Curriculum and Teaching where he teaches courses in elementary science education. His research interests focus on the development of effective methods to teach scientific thinking. In addition to conducting workshops on biotechnology education and inquiry-based science teaching for in-service teachers, Dr. DeRosa has co-authored several curriculum supplements in biotechnology and has consulted in the development of biotechnology programs throughout the United States and Europe.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0205284108
• ISBN 13: 9780205284108
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 488