Syllabus
Goals of science education
Scientific literacy
PISA
TIMSS
Science problem tasks
Education experiment and its role in science education
Annotation
This course focuses on goals and content of elementary science education with scientific literacy being the main focus. Also, the results of international tests (PISA and TIMSS) are analysed with respect to elementary science education.
The last part of the course is dedicated to elementary science learning conception at elementary level in course participants' country