BES 141: Pedagogy of Science

By Dr. Anjuli Suhane | Indira Gandhi National Open University

Learners enrolled: 1072

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 Jan 2024
End Date :	30 Apr 2024
Enrollment Ends :	29 Feb 2024
Exam Date :	18 May 2024 IST
Exam Shift :	Shift-II

Note: This exam date is subjected to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.

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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. Anjuli Suhane

Indira Gandhi National Open University

Dr. Anjuli Suhane works in Indira Gandhi National Open University in the School of Education at the capacity of Assistant Professor. Presently she is coordinating Certificate in Guidance (CIG) Programme and various courses of different programmes i.e. Pedagogy of Mathematics(B.Ed), Pedagogy of Science (B.Ed.) ,Learning and Teaching (B.Ed.) and Education as a Practice (B.A. General) .

Dr. Anjuli Suhane holds a Masters in Physics from Dr. Hari Singh Gour University, Sagar; M.Ed. and Ph.D. (Education) from Regional Institute of Education, Bhopal and PGDEL from IGNOU, New Delhi. She started her career in 2001 as a teacher-educator in the conventional teaching-learning institute. From 2006, she taught at Regional Institute of Education, Bhopal for five years and has been associated with IGNOU since July 2012.

In addition to publishing many papers in various journals, she has participated and acted as a resource person in various seminars and workshops. She also contributed various units in self learning materials of different programmes of School of Education, IGNOU. Her areas of interest are Environmental Education, Science Education, Mathematics Education , Educational Measurement and Evaluation and Educational Statistics.

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