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Servicio de Universidades, Calidad y Formación
Sección de Formación y Calidad
Santo Domingo, 8 – 2ª planta
31001 PAMPLONA
Tlfnos: 848 42 47 75 – 848 42 47 76
How to Assess Skills and Content in the Natural Science Classroom in Primary
NAVARRA-NAFARROA
Type
5-hour course
Addressed to:
A maximum of 70 teachers teaching in English in Primary Education (PAI, etc). Please, when you register,
specify your teaching area and whether you work in PAI or not. Teachers of English as a Foreign
Language in Primary schools may also apply.
Justification
This is a follow up to the course “Do and Understand: A practical approach for working in Science through
English” from last September. Many teachers told us that learning how to teach science was very useful,
but they also needed help in the assessment and evaluation areas.
Note: this course is open to everyone interested, not only to the teachers who attended the course in
September.
Aims
To develop an overview of what assessment means and may not mean.
To consider the efficacy of planning backwards: going from task to learning steps, with assessment in mind
all thorough the process.
To form working groups by sector to produce some practical examples of assessment procedure at
different stages of Natural Science.
Contents
There will be discussion of the first topic- the nature of assessment within Natural Sciences and the new
curriculum- leading to a pyramid debate. That is, we will work through our ideas in small groups and then
hold a plenary.
The next step will be a microteaching session on one aspect of the Natural Science syllabus so that
teachers can see the relationship between a final task, prior learning steps and assessment. The grid
format with “can do’s” will be examined in particular and, apart from subject content, we will look at the
skills needed for children to develop as scientists.
Finally, there will be working groups to produce something similar to the model for other topics and ages.
Groups will then present their work to their colleagues and we will decide what working principles can be
gained from this exercise.
Methodology
While there will be some theoretical input on assessment, the focus will be practical. Moreover, it will be
more about learning how to fish than having the fish delivered to teachers on a plate. This is a new area
with the changes in the curriculum and we have to collaborate to develop new assessment procedures,
well beyond the scope of a five-hour course.
Teacher
Ana Demitroff has taught and done teacher training in the USA, UK and Spain for more than two decades.
She holds the RSA Diploma and a Masters in TESOL. Nevertheless, she feels she learns most from working
alongside her colleagues and the pupils themselves. Most of all, she has had the privilege of seeing how
real primary schools in Galicia function from the inside because her language school has actively
collaborated in pluralingual programs over the years.
Servicio de Universidades, Calidad y Formación
Sección de Formación y Calidad
Santo Domingo, 8 – 2ª planta
31001 PAMPLONA
Tlfnos: 848 42 47 75 – 848 42 47 76
Duration
The course consists of 5 hours, divided into 2 sessions of 2,5 hours.
Days, hours and place
June 1st and 2nd
From 17:00 to 19:30
Venue
The course will take place at IES BASOKO BHI (c/ Pintor Zubiri 8. 31008 Pamplona-Iruñea). There will be a
sign at the entrance of IES Basoko BHI informing of the room number.
Signing in:
The last day to sign up will be the 25th of May.
Language
The seminar will be taught in English.
Criteria of selection
If more than 70 teachers want to take part in the seminar, the following criteria will be applied:
1- Being an EFL teacher or a professional teaching in English in Primary Education (if you are teaching
subjects in English, please specify it in the notes when you register, otherwise we can’t guarantee your
priority on this course).
2- Order of registration
Notes
• Signing up before the 25th of May needs to be completed in the INSCRIPCIONES section on our
website: http://formacionprofesorado.educacion.navarra.es/
• Once the signing period is over, teachers will have to check their admission in the ADMITIDOS section
on our website: http://formacionprofesorado.educacion.navarra.es/
• IMPORTANT – PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS: It is absolutely essential that you have access to your
Department of Education email account (xxx@educacion.navarra.es). We will send all communications
to that address and not to any other address. If you don’t know how to access your account, please,
contact us.
• If for whatever reason a teacher that has been accepted into this course cannot finally take part in it,
he or she must let the organisation know at least two days before the activity starts. Teachers that do
not do so may not be admitted in future activities.
Organises
Eva Alcayde
Asesoría de Lenguas Extranjeras del CAP/ ILZko atzerriko hizkuntzen aholkularitza.
Email: ingles.cap.pamplona@educacion.navarra.es
Phone: 848426721