Elementary Science Education - OPNE4E034B

• Title: Elementary Science Education
• Form of teaching: lecture
• Guaranteed by: Katedra chemie a didaktiky chemie (41-KCHDCH)
• Faculty: Faculty of Education
• Actual: from 2025
• Duration in semesters: 1
• Semester: winter
• E-Credits: 2
• Examination process: winter s.:
• Hours per week, examination: winter s.:1/0, Ex [HT]
• Extent per academic year: 0 [hours]
• Capacity: 18 / unknown (12)
• Maximum number of enrolled students: 12
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Repeated enrollment: 2 / 2 / 3 / 2
• Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan; enabled for web enrollment; priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan
• Guarantor: doc. PhDr. Martin Rusek, Ph.D.
• Teacher(s): doc. PhDr. Martin Rusek, Ph.D.

Annotation

English

This course focuses on goals and content of elementary science education with scientific literacy being the main focus. Also, the results of international tests (PISA and TIMSS) are analysed with respect to elementary science education. Thle last part of the course is dedicated to elementary science learning conception at elementary level in course participants' country.

Last update: Rusek Martin, doc. PhDr., Ph.D. (13.01.2024)

Czech

This course focuses on goals and content of elementary science education with scientific literacy being the main focus. Also, the results of international tests (PISA and TIMSS) are analysed with respect to elementary science education. Thle last part of the course is dedicated to elementary science learning conception at elementary level in course participants' country.

Last update: Svoboda Petr, Mgr. (04.11.2019)

Literature

Eshach, H., & Fried, M. N. (2005). Should science be taught in early childhood? Journal of Science Education and Technology, 14(3), 315-336.

Martin, M. O., Mullis, I. V., Foy, P., & Stanco, G. M. (2012). TIMSS 2011 International Results in Science. International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement. Herengracht 487, Amsterdam, 1017 BT, The Netherlands.

OECD. (2012). PISA 2012 Assessment and Analytical Framework. Paříž: OECD Publishing.

OECD. (2016). Pisa 2015 Results (Volume 1): Excellence and Equity in Education. Retrieved from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/9789264266490-en

Last update: Rusek Martin, doc. PhDr., Ph.D. (13.01.2024)

Course assessment methods and requirements for successful completion, grading scheme

There are three parts which make up the final mark: student's participation, homeworks, final oral exam.

For every lesson, students receive a homework which contributes to the topic of the next lesson. The final exam is a procc section of all the topics of the course.

Last update: Svoboda Petr, Mgr. (04.11.2019)

Syllabus

1. Position of science in public opinion and its roots in conception of education,
2. International comparative projects concerning science education (PISA, TIMSS), scientific literacy and curriculum,
3. Why is science difficult to learn?
4. Tasks in science education,
5. The course's participants' learning activities' presentations
6. The course's participants' learning activities' presentations
7. Final colloquium.

Last update: Rusek Martin, doc. PhDr., Ph.D. (13.01.2024)