Front Cover -- Praise -- Title Page -- Half Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 What Is Teaching? -- 2 What Is Science? -- 3 One Key to Student Success -- Learning requires effort and study. -- 4 Three Big Picture Ideas about Teaching -- Big Picture Idea 1 -- You can't actually "teach" anything to anybody -- you can only help people learn for themselves. -- Big Picture Idea 2 -- Brains are brains. We may know more as we get older, but we still learn new things in the same basic way. -- Big Picture Idea 3 -- People have known how to teach successfully for thousands of years. -- 5 Five General Suggestions for Successful Teaching -- General Teaching Suggestion 1 -- Above all, try to ensure that your students study. -- General Teaching Suggestion 2 -- Provide structure and assignments that will help your students study sufficiently and efficiently. -- General Teaching Suggestion 3 -- Teach for the long term by focusing on three linked goals for science teaching: education, perspective, and inspiration. -- General Teaching Suggestion 4 -- Have high but realistic expectations, and spell them out clearly. -- General Teaching Suggestion 5 -- Be human. -- 6 Seven Pedagogical Strategies for Success in Science Teaching -- Strategy 1 -- Begin with and stay focused on the Big Picture. -- Strategy 2 -- Always provide context. -- Strategy 3 -- Emphasize conceptual understanding. -- Strategy 4 -- Proceed from the more familiar and concrete to the less familiar and abstract. -- Strategy 5 -- Recognize and address student misconceptions. -- Strategy 6 -- Use plain language. -- Strategy 7 -- Challenge your students. -- 7 Putting It All Together -- Appendices -- Appendix 1: How to Succeed Handout -- Appendix 2: Sample Syllabus -- Appendix 3: A Dwarf Quiz -- Excerpts -- Excerpt 1: What Makes It Science? -- Excerpt 2: Evolution in the Classroom.

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