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REALISTIC APPROACH TO THE TEACHING OF BASIC JUNIOR HIGH SCIENCE STUDENTS

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Date Issued:
1971
Summary:
Changes took place in the science curriculum during the 1960's; the "classical" approach was discarded for laboratory oriented courses. The courses were excellent for highly motivated students but little was developed for the slow or basic students. This author found that in trying to develop a course for basics, one must look at the students and develop a program around their needs. They need to teel important and that they are not failures. This writer also found the teacher to be of prime importance to the su.ccess of the program, strict discipline and lecturing will not work with the basic students. The teacher must be willing to remove failure from the classroom, make the material sufficiently elementary, arouse curiosity, and make the material appealing and relevant. A basic program must be based on a humanistic approach, if the children are to learn.
Title: A REALISTIC APPROACH TO THE TEACHING OF BASIC JUNIOR HIGH SCIENCE STUDENTS.
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Name(s): STULL, DONNA JEAN.
Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 1971
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 73 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: Changes took place in the science curriculum during the 1960's; the "classical" approach was discarded for laboratory oriented courses. The courses were excellent for highly motivated students but little was developed for the slow or basic students. This author found that in trying to develop a course for basics, one must look at the students and develop a program around their needs. They need to teel important and that they are not failures. This writer also found the teacher to be of prime importance to the su.ccess of the program, strict discipline and lecturing will not work with the basic students. The teacher must be willing to remove failure from the classroom, make the material sufficiently elementary, arouse curiosity, and make the material appealing and relevant. A basic program must be based on a humanistic approach, if the children are to learn.
Identifier: 13460 (digitool), FADT13460 (IID), fau:12647 (fedora)
Collection: FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
Note(s): Thesis (M.S.T.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1971.
Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
Subject(s): Science--Study and teaching (Secondary)
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