01/14/2020 07:00 pm - 04/21/20202020 Introduction to Modeling Methods Course - CLOSED |
Introduction to Modeling Methods Course, January 14 - April 21, 2020. This course is designed as a first exposure to Modeling Instruction. What are conceptual models? What is modeling? What is Modeling Instruction - what is it like for teachers? For students? How does it work? Why does it work? What does it have to do with NGSS? This distance learning course, Introduction to Modeling Instruction, will take on these questions and more in a 15-week distance learning format that meets once weekly, three hours per meeting. We will delve into the cognitive underpinnings of Modeling Theory - reading about some of the seminal theories upon which it is based, engage in Modeling discourse and practice discourse management, watch videos of Modeling classrooms and make sense of student thinking by watching them whiteboard and listening to them talk with each other. We will look at how Modeling uncovers the spectrum of middle and high school science topics, exploring the storylines from the various disciplines, discussing the fundamental models of each of these disciplines with expert Modelers from physics, chemistry, biology, and middle school science. This is not a Modeling Workshop, but by the end of the course you will have a solid grounding in model-based cognition and instruction, and a working knowledge of how Modeling Instruction unfolds in the secondary science classroom.
Duration: 15 weeks, January 14 - April 21, 2020 Costs: $750 for current AMTA members; $825 for non-members (includes a 1-yr AMTA membership) Optional Graduate Credits: 3 credits from University of Pacific are available for $79/hr ($237 total). Meet our Instructors Tanea Hibler: After living in Asia for 6 years, Tanea returned to the US to teach at Brophy College Preparatory in 2015. She previously taught at the Wells International School in Bangkok, Thailand, and then taught science for four years at Concordia International School in Shanghai. Prior to moving to Asia, Mrs. Hibler taught science in the Buckeye Union High School District. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Biology from California State University – East Bay, a Masters of Education from ASU, and a Masters of Science in Teaching Earth Science from Wright State University. Tanea took her first modeling class in 2008, and has spent the past 2 summers co-leading the Phoenix Biology Modeling workshop. Tanea also serves as a member-at-large on the board of the American Modeling Teachers Association. Tanea loves working with teachers, presenting at conferences, and advocating for diversity in the field.
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