Teaching Science Through Design Thinking
As part of the class requirements for EDUC 208B Curriculum Construction, I co-authored a 10-week science unit for Crest Secondary School, a new secondary school in Singapore intended to cater to students in the Normal (Technical) Stream. The school will take in its first students in 2013.
The curriculum uses the teaching of design thinking to support delivery of a curriculum unit on simple machines. It was designed to meet the needs of Normal (Technical) students, who typically require more help in attaining proficiency in literacy and numeracy. It was also designed to be highly experiential and to have concrete links with the students' everyday experience.
The curriculum has since been incorporated into the Lower Secondary Science curriculum that is being developed for Crest Secondary School.
The curriculum uses the teaching of design thinking to support delivery of a curriculum unit on simple machines. It was designed to meet the needs of Normal (Technical) students, who typically require more help in attaining proficiency in literacy and numeracy. It was also designed to be highly experiential and to have concrete links with the students' everyday experience.
The curriculum has since been incorporated into the Lower Secondary Science curriculum that is being developed for Crest Secondary School.
You can download the draft curriculum here.
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