BIOL 333: Teaching Science I: Using the Nature of Science in the Classroom

Course Description

This course draws a parallel between the nature of science and teaching science through science inquiry. Students will study evidence-based reasoning and critical thinking in the discipline of science and learn to apply those concepts to classroom-based inquiry. Students will develop an understanding of what counts as learning and what counts as knowledge in the different fields of science with special emphasis on the biological sciences. Students will also study the parallel between historical examples of paradigm shifts in science and individual learning using the theory of evolution as an exemplar. Prerequisites: Admission to Licensure of Education majors, or the instructor consent for Non-Education majors.