I think all the science tutorials we have had have been really fun, I also like the way they are set out as its more like an example lesson. Overall I’ve not learned loads about how to teach science specifically but iv’e learned loads about teaching in general. I don’t know if I haven’t taken in much in terms of science because I done quite a lot of sciences in school.
We do a lot of discussion and even the way the lectures are structured for us makes them very fun and interesting. Today we were learning about forces and we had some rockets that we got to launch. the whole input was set out as if we were the pupils then after we had to give feedback as if we were the CT giving a student feedback. This was really useful as it gave us a chance to look critically at a lesson from both points of view. I enjoy the way the tutorials are as interactive as possible for example today we were using white boards to share ideas and we had rockets that we actually go to launch.
I like how closely everything we do gets related back to the E’s and O’s because that helps us understand why things are done/taught. This was helpful because he put it into the context of lesson planing. we were also given sheets that help us plan out a lesson in five minutes that we can use when teaching and build into a larger more structured lesson plan.
