COD 2013 - S474

AS Biology: enhancing students' performance

New and less experienced AS Biology teachers.

1 sesiones, inicia: 16-Sep

Ficha del curso

Ciclo: 2013
Nivel: Secundaria
Idioma: Inglés
Estado: Pospuesto
Lugar: ESSARP - Deheza 3139, CABA
Capacitador/es: Prof. Marcela Rodriguez
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ARS 125.00

Sesiones

Sesiones Fechas Inicia Termina
1 16 Septiembre 2013 05:30 pm 08:30 pm

Capacitador/es

Marcela Rodriguez

Marcela Rodriguez is a Specialist in Science Education (Universidad de San Andrés) and holds a degree in Environmental Management (UNICEN). She is a graduate Biology and Geography teacher and has been teaching IGCSE Environmental Management, Geography, Biology and AS Biology since 1996 at various schools in the the northern area of Great Buenos Aires. She is a Cambridge Assessment Specialist, IBO senior examiner and reviser of Science textbooks.
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.
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)
- 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
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