Science Education: Model-Based Inquiry

Maastricht Science Programme

Science Education: Model-Based Inquiry

Full course description

Science teaching is a complicated craft, involving extensive knowledge and skills from various fields that you will not have time to completely master by the end of this course. In this course, students will develop and use explanatory models for a core idea in science, which will play a key role in their lesson plans and implementation of teaching activities.

Course objectives

At the end of this course, students will be able to:

  • prepare to carry on inquiry-oriented activities by engaging in investigations involving exploration and discovery
  • develop a series of explanatory models and activities to explain a specific phenomenon
  • evelop teaching skills by preparing and implementing an in-depth inquiry project

Prerequisites

  • INT2013

Co-requisites

  • PRA3025

Recommended reading

We will use primary literature, which are accessible through the course Canvas/UM Library webpage. No textbook is required.

INT3012
Period 5
7 Apr 2025
6 Jun 2025
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ECTS credits: 
5.0
Instruction language: 
English
Coordinator:
Teaching methods: 
Lecture(s), PBL, Work in subgroups
Assessment methods: 
Presentation, Assignment, Attendance, Written exam