Welcome toELED 437!

Elementary School Science and Health Education

Professor MacGregor Kniseley

Goals

1. To establish a learning community.2. To get to know each other.3. To have some fun.4. To reflect on learning of science.5. To learn about the course.

THINGS TO DO1. Sign-in.2. Create name card (5 x 8 notecard)3. Reflect on your early recollections

of learning science.4. Complete

Practicum Preferences Survey. See hyperlink in mail message.

Introductions

Introduce yourself. Your Name Content Major Career Objective Something Not Many People Know About

You Personal Goal for Learning This Semester

You’re an Animal!

GOALDetermine the animal name on your back!

Practice your questioning!

Ask other class members questions that can be answered with a “YES” and “NO” to

determine the animal on your back.

Group Poses

1. Talk about different ways you could pose for a group photograph.

2. Visit the “group photo center” for you group pose!

ELED 437 LEARNING COMMUNITY OUR SHARED VALUES

 We promise to work together to create a safe, trusting, and fun learning environment to support our learning, our students’ learning and classroom practice.  As a learning community, we engage in a continuous cycle of inquiry and improvement. We pose questions, set goals for deep learning, plan, investigate, analyze, theorize, self-assess, and reflect. We focus on how we learn and how our students learn. We focus on results. We connect what we learn from this course, to other courses, extracurricular activity, and our personal lives. We communicate effectively our personal goals and needs for learning and support. We promise to be:

• Be Respectful• Be Positive• Be Active, Attentive and Focused • Have an Open Mind and Take Risks• Be Mutually Caring and Supportive

Three Biggest Compliments

1. I feel more confident teaching science.2. In this course, I had some fun and learned

how to teach science and much much more.

3. I am more aware of my own learning and my students’ learning.

What I Hope I Can Say About Each of You

1. You are more comfortable and confident in teaching science.

2. You not only learned how to teach science, but also manage a whole class of students engaged in hands on science!

3. You are a constant, deep learner with a high level of curiosity.

4. You demonstrate a high level of professionalism and commitment towards achieving your career objective.

Things to Do!

1. Complete Practicum Preferences Survey.2. Check your BCI and update it if needed.3. Upload Questionnaire in Blackboard>My

Course Work>Questionnaire4. See course schedule “Preparation for

Class.”