By the end of this course, students will be able to:
- critically evaluate and reflect upon their own views and represent their own practices about science teaching and learning.
- develop positive attitudes towards science and be motivated to teach science
- be a professional science doer
- recognize developmental milestones of children
- learn how to support young children’s positive attitudes and practices about science
- motivate young children to do science and to be a professional science doer
- plan and practice developmentally appropriate and culturally relevant preschool science activities
- use appropriate teaching methods to enhance children’s science learning
- use a variety of assessment techniques to monitor children’s science learning
- develop and practice science integrated preschool activities
- involve parents and community in science teaching
- integrate science into daily life
- become familiar with alternative resources to assist children
- prepare and organize hands-on and minds-on science materials
- prepare challenging and supportive indoor and outdoor learning environments for science teaching