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Professional and Pedagogical experience Repertoire (PaPer)

by Claudia

Jul 22, 2013

Hi there,

I am currently studying for the Graduate Diploma of Education (Secondary). I have to write 2 Overviews of Professional and Pedagogical experience Repertoire (PaPer) for the topics "Forces and Motion" (year 7 Physics, Newton's 3 laws, gravity, energy conservation) and "Excretory Systems" (year 11 Biology). I have instructions from my lecturer to interview experienced teachers for this task. Can I please, please, ask any of you, who have taught these subjects if they could please share with me their experiences, in terms of which pedagogical approach worked best for them or how they usually teach the concept, what limitations they came across, what students' common misconceptions are, and how students usually understand these concepts? Even little episodes are very helpful for me.

Thank you so much!

kind regards

Claudia

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Myriam Cruz Hi Claudia:

I have been a science teacher in Puerto Rico for ten years and I have taught from 7th to 12th. When teaching physics concepts (it does not matter the level), the first misconception students have is that physics is another math class. So, in order to eliminate this obstacle, I start by bringing physics concepts to our daily li...See MoreHi Claudia:

I have been a science teacher in Puerto Rico for ten years and I have taught from 7th to 12th. When teaching physics concepts (it does not matter the level), the first misconception students have is that physics is another math class. So, in order to eliminate this obstacle, I start by bringing physics concepts to our daily lives, without the math issue. By doing this, students understand that physics is completely pertinent to us. Then, concepts are introduced and explained together with lectures and hands-on activities,such as demonstrations and labs. Once the students become friends to the concepts, math applications come into the picture. Depending on the grade level and group characteristics is the math difficulty level. For me, deriving the equations (without using the term "derive" -it usually creates panic!!) is the best way to bring the students' understanding from the simplest to the most complicated level. The students can see how one apparently complicated equation comes from simpler concepts which usually they already know.

In terms of biology, all kind of visual resources are great. Remember, biological as well as biochemical processes are taught on faith based on scientific research because they are not seen. With time, I have understood that teaching biology following the levels of organization of life is vital. This way, students get to understand the events in the sequence that they must follow in order for life to develop. As for the Excretory System, as you can imagine, students usually think that it is just about the anus. Usually, they do not picture the kidneys as well as other organs as part of this system. When the relationship between all the other systems with the excretory system is explained, they really understand that life is a chain of very regulated processes. At least for me, dissecting is a great tool for students to understand the systems.

Hope this might help,

Cheers,

Myriam Cruz

On 7/22/13, Claudia wrote: > Hi there, > > I am currently studying fo r the Graduate Diploma of > Education (Secondary). I have to write 2 Overviews of > Professional and Pedagogical experience Repertoire (PaPer) > for the topics "Forces and Motion" (year 7 Physics, > Newton's 3 laws, gravity, energy conservation) > and "Excretory Systems" (year 11 Biology). I have > instructions from my lecturer to interview experienced > teachers for this task. > Can I please, please, ask any of you, who have taught these > subjects if they could please share with me their > experiences, in terms of which pedagogical approach worked > best for them or how they usually teach the concept, what > limitations they came across, what students' common > misconceptions are, and how students usually understand > these concepts? Even little episodes are very helpful for > me. > > Thank you so much! > > kind regards > > Claudia

Jul 22, 2013

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Claudia Freyer Thank you so much, Myriam

Jul 25, 2013

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