COD 2013 - S474
AS Biology: enhancing students' performance
New and less experienced AS Biology teachers.
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sessions, start: 16-Sep
The course chosen does not allow any new enrolment
Course detail
Year: 2013
Level: Secondary
Language: English
Status: Postponed
Lugar: ESSARP - Deheza 3139, CABA
Facilitator/s: Prof. Marcela Rodriguez
ESSARP Schools
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Exams Schools
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Non affiliate
ARS 125.00
ARS 125.00
Sessions
| Sessions | Dates | Start | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16 September 2013 | 05:30 pm | 08:30 pm |
Facilitator/s
Marcela Rodriguez
New and less experienced AS Biology teachers.
To provide new/ less experienced teachers with classroom strategies and resources to improve the performance of their students, on the basis that each class is unique and will demand different strategies even within the same institution.
- Choosing suitable teaching strategies.
- Syllabus organization.
- Some useful strategies (teaching/learning, practice and revision, assessment) and resources.
- Dealing with specific syllabus topics.
- Syllabus organization.
- Some useful strategies (teaching/learning, practice and revision, assessment) and resources.
- Dealing with specific syllabus topics.
Introduction: participants introduce themselves and share their experience teaching AS Biology.
Powerpoint presentation, discussion and exchange: factors affecting the choice of strategies; ways of dealing with AS Biology syllabus (chapter sequence); examples of strategies for teaching, revising, and assessing; resources.
Presentation of resources: books and booklets, Edmodo virtual classroom, animations, videos.
Discussion: difficulties which usually arise when teaching some specific topics, alternatives to deal with them and how to avoid common misconceptions. (I present some of them, teachers bring their own)
Powerpoint presentation, discussion and exchange: factors affecting the choice of strategies; ways of dealing with AS Biology syllabus (chapter sequence); examples of strategies for teaching, revising, and assessing; resources.
Presentation of resources: books and booklets, Edmodo virtual classroom, animations, videos.
Discussion: difficulties which usually arise when teaching some specific topics, alternatives to deal with them and how to avoid common misconceptions. (I present some of them, teachers bring their own)
- Jones, M. and Fosbery, R.; AS and A Level Biology, CIE, Cambridge University Press, 2003.
- OCR past papers.
- Allan, R. and Greenwood, T.; Advanced Biology 1 and 2- Student Resource and Activity Manual, Biozone International, 2000
- Baker and Morris, Do Brilliantly at AS Biology, Collins, 2001.
WEB RESOURCES
www.bitesize.co.uk
www.edmodo.com
http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com
www.kscience.co.uk,
www.learnerstv.com
http://.vcell.ndsu,edu/animations
www.youtube.com
- OCR past papers.
- Allan, R. and Greenwood, T.; Advanced Biology 1 and 2- Student Resource and Activity Manual, Biozone International, 2000
- Baker and Morris, Do Brilliantly at AS Biology, Collins, 2001.
WEB RESOURCES
www.bitesize.co.uk
www.edmodo.com
http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com
www.kscience.co.uk,
www.learnerstv.com
http://.vcell.ndsu,edu/animations
www.youtube.com