BES 141: Pedagogy of Science

By Dr. Gaurav Singh | Indira Gandhi National Open University

Learners enrolled: 1276

The course “Pedagogy of Science” discusses not only the pedagogical aspects of teaching-learning of Science but also some selected content areas from secondary school curriculum, where a secondary school science teacher may need some inputs for smooth transaction of the content. The course will be offered in 16 weeks (04 months). e-text, videos and discussion forum will be essential part. Activities will be given and live sessions will be organized in synchronous mode for interaction and resolving the doubt. There will be one compulsory quiz every week. Quizzes/assignment and term-end examination will be part of formal assessment for this course.

Course Credit

Summary

Course Status :	Completed
Course Type :	Elective
Duration :	16 weeks
Category :	Teacher Education
Credit Points :	4
Level :	Undergraduate
Start Date :	01 Feb 2022
End Date :
Exam Date :

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Course layout

PEDAGOGY OF SCIENCE
Week 1	What is Science?
Week 2	Science as a process of Inquiry
Week 3	Aims and Objectives of Science Teaching-learning
Week 4	Shifts in Science Pedagogy
Week 5	Process Skills in Science
Week 6	Scientific Attitude and Scientific Temper
Week 7	Science in School Curriculum
Week 8	Organizing Teaching-Learning Experiences
Week 9	Approaches in Science Teaching-Learning
Week 10	Methods in Science Teaching-Learning
Week 11	Learning Resources in Science
Week 12	Assessment in Science
Week 13	Content Based Methodology (Food and Material)
Week 14	Content Based Methodology (The Living World and How things work)
Week 15	Content Based Methodology (Moving Things, people and Ideas)
Week 16	Content Based Methodology (Natural Phenomenon and Natural Resources)

Books and references

IGNOU B.ED. Study Material BES-141: Pedagogy of Science

http://egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/46666/1/BES-141B1E.pdf
http://egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/46679/1/BES-141B2E.pdf
http://egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/46699/1/BES-141B3E.pdf
http://egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/46713/1/BES-141B4E.pdf

Instructor bio

Dr. Gaurav Singh

Indira Gandhi National Open University

Dr. Gaurav Singh is working at School of Education, IGNOU, New Delhi. At present, he is coordinating the Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.) Programme at School of Education, IGNOU, New Delhi. He is the Channel Coordinator, of SWAYAM PRABHA Channel:20 SOUs and Teacher Education (A MOE Project) since July, 2016.

Dr. Gaurav Singh has done M.Sc. in Chemistry, M.Ed. (Gold Medallist), UGC-NET (Education) and Ph. D. in Teacher Education and also completed PGDDE (Gold Medal). He started his career as teacher educator in 2003 in a conventional teacher education Institute and Joined School of Education, IGNOU in November, 2011.

His 28 (Twenty-Eight) research papers/ articles have been published so far in various National and International Journals. He has also contributed more than 10 chapters in edited book, 36 chapters/units to ODL Study Material. He has recorded/developed 63 modules/lectures for MOOCs till date and coordinated the development of various lectures for SWAYAM and SWAYAMPRABHA. He has authored one book on Teacher Education and guided one Ph.D. on E-learning. Dr. Singh has participated in various International and National Seminars in India as well as abroad. He has also completed one NIOS funded Research Project as Co-Researcher on Educational Status of Purvi Uttar Pradesh.

He is offering two courses of SWAYAM platform, i.e. “Learning and Teaching” and “Pedagogy of Science” in which more than 20000 learners have got benefitted in July 2020 and January 2021 cycles.

Dr. Gaurav Singh has been conferred silver medal of Best Practices by Asian Association of Open Universities (AAOU), 2018 at Hanoi, Vietnam and is recipient of Distinguished Distance Educator Award by National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS), Noida.

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