{"id":1012,"date":"2018-09-11T14:08:14","date_gmt":"2018-09-11T18:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/edt431-531\/?p=1012"},"modified":"2018-09-11T14:08:14","modified_gmt":"2018-09-11T18:08:14","slug":"what-is-exemplary-science-teaching-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/2018\/09\/what-is-exemplary-science-teaching-2\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Exemplary Science Teaching?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Exemplary Science teaching is:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Teaching science in a way that all students will stay engaged in the lesson or experiment.<\/li>\n<li>Using strategies that will allow a large amount of student understanding and comprehension.<\/li>\n<li>Increasing the amount of student involvement and encouraging all students to participate in all classroom activities and experiments.<\/li>\n<li>Maintaining a positive and inviting learning environment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1013 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.miamioh.edu\/edt431-531\/files\/2018\/09\/a1b09756f2fd5d042e429219593fce69-teacher-appreciation-quotes-robert-john-200x300.jpg?resize=200%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/files\/2018\/09\/a1b09756f2fd5d042e429219593fce69-teacher-appreciation-quotes-robert-john.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/files\/2018\/09\/a1b09756f2fd5d042e429219593fce69-teacher-appreciation-quotes-robert-john.jpg?w=236&amp;ssl=1 236w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Exemplary teaching can be incorporated into classrooms in a few ways such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Inquiry or investigation, leads to all students asking questions and also leads to students trying to figure out the answers to the questions. Curiosity of students is what drives learning.<\/li>\n<li>Discussion, will help engage all students in the classroom and allows students to be in charge of the topics being discussed .<\/li>\n<li>Exploration, allows for students to have hands on activity which allows them to think critically and really learn the main objectives.<\/li>\n<li>Focusing on the students, will allow them to feel more accomplished in the classroom which encourages more learning in the classroom.<\/li>\n<li>Based on all of the above, student based learning will be the most effective way of exemplary teaching.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Having hands on experiments or exploration will lead to a way more engaged and active classroom!<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1050 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.miamioh.edu\/edt431-531\/files\/2018\/09\/1200-503943513-students-doing-experiment-300x200.jpg?resize=300%2C200\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/files\/2018\/09\/1200-503943513-students-doing-experiment.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/files\/2018\/09\/1200-503943513-students-doing-experiment.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/files\/2018\/09\/1200-503943513-students-doing-experiment.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/files\/2018\/09\/1200-503943513-students-doing-experiment.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Please view the tweet to see strategies for small group and class discussion!<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Strategies for facilitating small group and whole class conversations with students in grades 3 to 12. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zMuHGgheju\">https:\/\/t.co\/zMuHGgheju<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PTdEiYNV4B\">pic.twitter.com\/PTdEiYNV4B<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; edutopia (@edutopia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/edutopia\/status\/1037326493804679169?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 5, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Examples of lessons with exemplary teaching:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A lesson with exemplary teaching could be allowing students to create their own experiments testing how the buoyancy and displacement is affected by different liquids.<\/li>\n<li>Another lesson would be allowing students to design an experiment that they&#8217;ve always wanted to do.<\/li>\n<li>Allow students to pick related discussion topics and encourage them to engage 100%.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As teachers we need to remember that we need to &#8220;do science&#8221; rather than just memorizing it!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"In elementary education, \u2018doing science\u2019 rather than just memorizing it\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/I3O-w76aMS0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>After going through what it means to be an exemplary teacher a few words really stick out to me!<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1056 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.miamioh.edu\/edt431-531\/files\/2018\/09\/Word-Art-1-300x151.jpeg?resize=413%2C208\" alt=\"\" width=\"413\" height=\"208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/files\/2018\/09\/Word-Art-1.jpeg?resize=300%2C151&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/files\/2018\/09\/Word-Art-1.jpeg?resize=768%2C386&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/files\/2018\/09\/Word-Art-1.jpeg?w=996&amp;ssl=1 996w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 413px) 100vw, 413px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Exemplary Science teaching is: Teaching science in a way that all students will stay engaged in the lesson or experiment. 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