This article by Jeffrey Bennett reprinted from Mercury magazine, Nov/Dec 1999 issue. ...scientists should be no more willing to fly blind in their teaching than they are in scientific research, where no new investigation is begun without an extensive examination of what is already known. --Bruce Alberts, former President of the National Academy of Sciences Two "Laws" of Teaching First Law: Assume that your audience knows LESS than you think they should. Second Law: Assume that your audience is MORE intelligent than you think they are. Five Key Strategies for Astronomy Strategy 1: Provide a Contextual Framework Strategy 2: Create Conditions for Conceptual Change Strategy 3: Make the Material Relevant Strategy 4: Limit Use of Jargon Strategy 5: Challenge Your Students Putting It All Together I hope that the strategies discussed here will be useful to readers in future teaching efforts, but remember that there is no foolproof recipe for teaching success. Every teacher has a unique style of presentation, and every student has a unique style of learning. Good teaching therefore means adapting to your students1 needs, and always being willing to try a new strategy when an old one fails. It1s hard work, and requires constant effort to improve. But modern astronomy is a subject that belongs to the public at large: the public pays for it, supports it, wants to know about it. We owe it to society to make whatever effort is required. ps. If you find any of the laws or strategies interesting, go read it at http://www.jeffreybennett.com/astronomy.html
TUESDAY JUNE 21, 2011 at 3:00PM POST 723 Strategies for Teaching Science No matter whether you are teaching school children, undergraduates, or colleagues, a few key strategies are always useful. After an introduction on teaching philosophy, five key strategies for teaching science will be discussed, all designed to help non-science majors learn about the nature of science and key scientific ideas. The ideas are easy to implement and apply across the science curriculum, although most of the examples will be drawn from astronomy and physics. Note: This talk is updated and adapted from an article written for Mercury, Nov/Dec 1999. Dr. Bennett has developed many innovative strategies for teaching science to non-science majors and has written leading textbooks in both astronomy and astrobiology. As a result, he has spoken about strategies for teaching science to faculty at many colleges and universities, including the University of Kentucky, UCLA, San Diego State, Emory University, BYU-Idaho, SUNY-Stonybrook, Rice University, Charleston College, Indiana/Purdue, and many more. ps. Ok, you may have missed his talk, but you can check out his website below. In the mean time, I am trying to get a copy of his ppt for the talk. http://www.jeffreybennett.com/index.html
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