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guest of Japan
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 Posted: Mon May 26, 2003 2:22 pm Post subject: Glenski and science |
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Hi Glenski. I saw your question about teaching science on the teaching forum, but I couldn't log on. Do I need to apply to use that forum too?
Anyway, I wanted to give you a response. I'm sorry, I don't know any specific websites to help you out, but I can recomment two periodicals. Science, and Science News are frequently used in American high schools.
I'm a little fuzzy on what exactly your gaols are for the course. Are you teaching them science at the same level as they would study in a Japanese class or are you teaching rudimentary science vocabulary and theory? Do you do experiments? Science Discussion? Scientific essay writing?
Apart from this info being useful for lending you a hand, I'm also just curious. Mark |
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Glenski
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Yes, you need to register or log on to that section in order to type replies.
Thanks for the suggestion about Science or Science News, but both publications are way over the heads of my students. I know those mags intimately.
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| I'm a little fuzzy on what exactly your gaols are for the course. Are you teaching them science at the same level as they would study in a Japanese class or are you teaching rudimentary science vocabulary and theory? Do you do experiments? Science Discussion? Scientific essay writing? |
Oddly enough, I'm a little fuzzy on the goals, too! This is a case where my high school has decided it wants to join the ranks of SELHi's, and by offering a handful of Saturday-only courses this year, they are testing the waters for being able to teach science in English. The bottom line is twofold. They want to eventually teach all science courses in English, because most students here now go on to liberal arts colleges instead, and they want to refocus the students to make the school look good. Second, they want to offer these Saturday courses to encourage the science-minded 1st year high schoolers to pursue their interests in science. I guess they figure with my extensive science background, I'd be a good candidate to do this.
How I do this was left entirely up to me, but with typical bureaucratic fumbling, they never really came out and said so until the last minute. It will be difficult, but I intend to provide some basic science vocabulary, teach some research concepts (for example, designing fair experiments, proving that a single test isn't always definitive, running control tests, etc.), write lab reports, and let the students perform some hands-on experiments (as well as watch me do some demonstrations). I am dubious that this will work at such a low level of students (low in the sense of their English skills), but I have no choice. It's been decided by the higher-ups, not me.
Since my background is microbiology, and my work experience is biotechnology, the school wanted me to focus on general biology and chemistry first. |
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