Didactics of Environmental Science

Μάθημα: Didactics of Environmental Science
Course Number: B1008
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  1. GENERAL
SCHOOL AGRICULTURAL AND FORESTRY SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
STUDY LEVEL Undergraduate
COURSE CODE B1008 SEMESTER 2nd /  4 th
COURSE TITLE DIDACTICS OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
INDEPENDENT TEACHING ACTIVITIES

 

 TEACHING HOURS PER WEEK ECTS
Lectures and exemplary teaching by the teacher and students

 

 

 5 5
COURSE TYPE  Specialization
PREREQUISITE COURSE(S): –
LANGUAGE (TEACHING AND EXAMS) Greek
THE COURSE IS OFFERED TO ERASMUS STUDENTS NO
COURSE WEBSITE (URL) https://agro.duth.gr/en/courses/teaching-of-environmental-science/

 

  1. TEACHING OUTCOMES
Teaching outcomes
At the end of the course the students will be able to design, apply and assess various learning models and techniques with regard to the subject of Environmental Science.

 
General capabilities
§  Individual work

§  Team work

§  Respect for the environment

 

  1. COURSE CONTENT
·        Theoretical foundations of teaching. Didactics as science. Special issues in the theory of teaching.

·        Objectives of teaching. Taxonomies of teaching objectives.

·        Teaching materials. The concept of teaching materials. Types of teaching materials.

·        Forms of teaching. The concept of forms of teaching. Direct instruction. Co-operative forms of teaching.

·        Models of teaching. Model of five stages. Kolb’s model. The gross problem-solving model. Model of combination of four learning modes.

·        Student evaluation. Principles of evaluation. Evaluation methods.

·        Exemplary teaching by the teacher.

·        Exemplary teaching by the teacher.

·        Exemplary teaching by the teacher.

·        Exemplary teaching by students.

·        Exemplary teaching by students.

·        Exemplary teaching by students.

·        Exemplary teaching by students.

 

  1. TEACHING AND LEARNING ASSESSMENT METHODS
DELIVERING METHOD In the classroom
IT USE §  Power point, video

§  e-class

 
TEACHING ORGANIZATION Activity Semester workload

 
Lectures 40
Exemplary teaching by the teacher 30
Exemplary teaching by students 55
Course total

(25-hour workload per credit unit)

  

125
STUDENT ASSESSMENT

 

 Final written examination.

Students with dyslexia are examined orally.

The examination questions in the final written examination state the points each question is worth.

Students can see the examination papers if they wish.

 

  1. PROPOSED LITERATURE
·        Evangelos I. Manolas, THE TEACHING AND LEARNING OF SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY ON THE ENVIRONMENT, Athens: Tipothito, 2001.

·        Anastasia Dimitriou, ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION: ENVIRONMENT, SUSTAINABILITY, THEORETICAL AND PEDAGOGICAL APPROACHES, Thessaloniki: Epikentro, 2009.

·        G. Tyler Miller & Scott E. Spoolman, (P. Dimitrakopoulos & K. Gavrilakis, Editors), ENVIRONMNTAL SCIENCE, Thessaloniki: Tziola Publications, 2018.