Silabus Biology Education Jurusan Pendidikan Biologi Semester 4 / IV

1. Course Identity

Faculty                                           : FMIPA UNY

Study Program                            : Pendidikan Biologi

Course/Code                               : Biology Education/Bio4302

Credit                                             : 3 sks (2 T, 1 P)

Semester      /Term                   : 4

Prerequisite                                 : General Biology

Professor                                      : Dr. Slamet Suyanto, M. Ed.

Course Description:

The Biology Education Course (Bio4302) is a core subjects to biology teacher education program. This course is intended to educate the students to become professional biology teachers. Students are expected to develop undertanding and competences on using students characteristics for optimize their learning, identifying the objects and phenomena that are potential to learning biology, identifying the roles of teachers and students, the use of ICT, motivation techniques, learning strategies, and assessment in biology
instruction

III. Standard of competence:

1. Understanding the characteristics of the learners.
2. Understanding the objects and phenomena of biology and how to use them in learning biology.
3. Understanding the roles of biology teachers and students  in biology instruction.
4. Understanding interaction strategies in biology instruction.
5. Comprehending teahcniques in motivating and optimizing students’ learning biology.
6. Coprehending the use of a computer, media, and natural objects in biology instruction.
7. Comprehending techniques in evaluating and assessing students’ learning.

Evaluation:

	Assign date	Due date	Worth (%)
Observation report: Characteristics of students
Modeling of the roles of a biology teachers
Games or multmedia in biology (an individual poject)
Midterm examination
Final examination
Total worth

References:

			Strategy
I, II	Understanding the characteristics of the learners.	The characteristics of the learners (instrinsic & extrinsic motivation, learning styles, multiple intelligences, etc.)	Observing students in schools, reading articles on the characteristics of students, learning styles, and multiple intelligences theory	Handbook for beginning teachers (p. 17-26)
III, IV	Understanding the objects of biology and Biology Education	The objects of biology and Biology Education	investigate the potential objects, phenomena, and places to learn biology and biology Education	BSCS green version (p.14-19)
V, VI	Understanding the roles of biology teachers in biology instruction.	The roles of biology teachers	Watch a video of biology class & Interview with biology teachers	Becoming science teachers (17-29) Handbook for beginningteachers (115-307)
		Topic I-
	Understanding interaction strategies between the learners and the objects of biology.	Learning biology: strategies, models, and methods	Watch a video of biology inetsruction and observe  learning biology in schools, reading, discussion	BSCS green version (p.54-59)
	Comprehending teahcniques in motivating and optimizing students’ learning biology.	Motivation, Memory, Accelerated learning	Reading, Discussion, Presentation	Quantum Learning (327-340)
	Coprehending the use of a computer and media in biology instruction.	ICT, Multimedia, Games, Natural phenomena	Individual project, presentation	Handbook for beginning teachers (153-195)
	Comprehending techniques in evaluating and assessing students’ learning.		Reading, simulation	Handbook for beginning teachers (153-195)
	Final Exam	Topic IV-

Asignment:

Activity Outline :

The Biology Education Course (Bio4302) is a core subjects to biology teacher education program. This course is intended to educate the students to become professional biology teachers. Students are expected to develop undertanding and competences on using students characteristics for optimize their learning, identifying the objects and phenomena that are potential to learning biology, identifying the roles of teachers and students, the use of ICT, motivation techniques, learning strategies, and assessment in biology instruction.

Standard of competence:

1. Understanding the characteristics of the learners.
2. Understanding the objects and phenomena of biology and how to use them in learning biology.
3. Understanding the roles of biology teachers and students  in biology instruction.
4. Understanding interaction strategies in biology instruction.
5. Comprehending teahcniques in motivating and optimizing students’ learning biology.
6. Coprehending the use of a computer, media, and natural objects in biology instruction.
7. Comprehending techniques in evaluating and assessing students’ learning.

Compulsory:

BSCS (2006). Biological Science Curiculum Study. North Carolina: BSCS.

• DePoter, Bobbi and Mike Hernaki (2001). Quantum Learning. Terjemahan Alwiyah abdurahman. Bandung: Mizan Media Utama.
• Marsh, Collin. (1996). Handbook for Beginning Teachers.  South Melbourne, Australia: Longman.
• More, Kenneth D. (2005). Effective Instructional Strategies. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Publications.

Additional reading:

• Funk, J. H.; Okey, J. R.; Fiei, R. L.; Jaus, H. H.; Spraque, C. S. (1998). Learning Science Process Skills. Oxford: Kendal Hunt Publishing Co.
• Gagne, R., Briggs, L. & Wa ger, W. (1992). Principles of Instructional Design (4th Ed.). Fort Worth, TX: HBJ College Publishers
• Bruner, J. (1996). The process of education. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. Jacobs, H. H. (1997). Mapping the big picture: Integrating curriculum and assessment K-12. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.