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Title: Science Teaching, Diploma
Institution: University of the Philippines Open University, Philippines

Level:
Diploma, postgraduate, continuing education.

Description:
The Diploma in Science Teaching is a post-baccalaureate degree program of the College of Arts and Sciences, University of the Philippines, Los Banos. The program is designed for science and mathematics teachers who wish to undertake further studies to upgrade their teaching competence. The program will be of most benefit to teachers at the secondary school level and those who are teaching introductory science and mathematics courses at the tertiary level.

Objectives:
- to provide students with additional knowledge in at least one science area to enable them to teach it with greater confidence
- to develop and improve their skills in science teaching
- to develop in the learners an appreciation of the cultural significance of science and its relation to social conditions.

Also, the graduates of the program would be able to make significant contributions to the improvement of science teaching in their own school, district or region.

The curriculum consists of 35-38 units of course work depending on the major area. There are four major areas: Biology, Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics. The distribution of units is as follows:

Chemistry:
First Year:
First Semester:
CHEM A Fundamental Concepts of Chemistry I
CHEM C4 Basic Principles of Organic Chemistry

Second Semester:
CHEM B Fundamental Concepts of Chemistry II
CHEM C8 Chemistry and the Environment

Summer:
CHEM C6 Chemistry of Biomolecules
Science Elective

Second Year:
First Semester:
Two Science Electives

Second Semester:
EDUC A The Educative Process or
EDUC B Science Teaching and Testing
SS A Science and Society

Summer (on campus):
CHEM F Experiments in Chemistry
DEVC A Educational Communication Materials

Physics:
First Year:
First Semester:
PHYS A Physics of Motion
Science Elective

Second Semester:
PHYS B Thermal Phenomena
PHYS C Electric and Magnetic Phenomena

Summer:
EDUC A The Educative Process or
Science Elective
Science Elective

Second Year:
First Semester:
PHYS D Optics and Electromagnetic Waves
Science Elective

Second Semester:
EDUC B Science Teaching and Testing or
Science Elective
PHYS E Basic Electronics

Summer:
DEVC A Educational Communication Materials
PHYS F Experiments in Physics
SS A Science and Society

Biology:
First Year:
First Semester:
BIO A Principles of Biology
Science Elective

Second Semester:
BIO B Morphoanatomy
BIO C Physiology

Summer:
EDUC A The Educative Process or
Science Elective
BIO D Principles of Genetics

Second Year:
First Semester:
BIO E Evolution and Systematics
Science Elective

Second Semester:
EDUC B Science Teaching and Testing
Science Elective

Summer:
BIO F Biology Laboratory
SS A Science and Society
DEVC A Educational Communication

Mathematics:
First Year:
First Semester:
MATH A Set Theories for Teachers
Science Elective

Second Semester:
MATH B Higher Algebra for Teachers
MATH C Geometry

Summer:
MATH D Number Theory and Algebra for Teachers
MATH 27 Analytical Geometry and Calculus II

Second Year:
First Semester:
MATH 28 Analytical Geometry and Calculus III
MATH 120 Linear Algebra

Second Semester:
MATH 151 Ordinary Differential Equations
MATH 190 Special Problems

Summer:
MATH F Methods of Applied Mathematics
MATH 192 Foundations of Mathematics
MATH 165 Complex Analysis.

Entrance qualifications: A baccalaureate degree and currently teaching science or mathematics.

Languages:
English

Media and methods employed: Printed text, tutorial support, audio cassettes, video cassettes.
Model kits or photomicrographs, six Saturday schools each semester. The last summer of the program is residential.

Administrative information:
The course may be completed in two years if the prescribed curriculum is followed. The student, however, may opt for a longer time of completion but no more than four years.

Classification:
050435 SCIENCE TEACHING
Date: 17 July 1997 bb
Source: 1996 Brochures

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