Holistic Science Teaching: Registration Form

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If you have any questions about filling out this form, please contact: holisticscience.teachers@gmail.com

Holistic Science Teaching: An International Teachers' Fellowship & Workshop

• INSTRUCTIONS This form is compulsory to apply for Holistic Science Teaching Fellowship and Workshop. It will take between 20-30 minutes to fill out this form properly. Kindly provide us as much information about yourself, your teaching style, and your teaching challenges as possible as this is the only information we have to decide if you're a good fit for the programme. PLEASE DON'T USE CHATGPT OR ANOTHER GENAI TOOL TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS AS THEY PERTAIN TO YOUR EXPERIENCES AND YOUR DIFFICULTIES. In addition to this form, there is also a quick (less than 10 minute) Science Literacy, Attitudes, and Culture Survey which helps us benchmark you against previous applicants. That survey, however, does not contribute to your application and is useful only once you're selected. You will be directed to that survey once you submit this application form. Doing both should not take more than 30 minutes of your time.

PART A: STUDENT TEACHER'S BACKGROUND INFORMATION

• Name of Student Teacher *
• Date of Birth: *
• Email Address: *
• Contact Information
• Name of Current Institution (School or College): *
• Teaching Experience - I: *
  General Science (Matric/FSc Stream)General Science (O/A Levels Stream)General Science (Madrassa Stream)MYP (International Baccalaureate Stream)Other
• Teaching Experience II
  Which grades do you teach?Grades 1-5Grades 6-8Grades 9-12
• Teaching Experience - III: *Please describe your overall teaching experience? What subjects, grades/classes/sections, how many lessons per week, and for how long have you been teaching in this position or generally? etc.

PART B: SUPERVISOR'S INFORMATION

• Supervisor's Name:
• Supervisor's Position:
• Supervisor's Contact No: *
• Supervisor's Email: *
• Do you have supervisor's endorsement / permission to apply the learning from this workshop in your classroom?
  YesNoI will get endorsement/permission before Interview

PART C: ESSAY QUESTION

• COMPULSORY: In 500 words or less, Please tell us about your experience of teaching science in the Middle School (Grade 6-8). What are your struggles and weaknesses? How have you tried over to overcome these? (No more than 500 words or 3 minute video) *
  This Question is CRITICAL TO YOUR SELECTION and may be answered in ENGLISH or URDU Text. Please paste Urdu Text in the space below to answer it in Urdu Language. ALTERNATIVELY. This Question may be answered through a short video (no more than 3 minutes) recorded by your mobile phone and posted on youtube. Kindly share the link of that video below.
• COMPULSORY: In 500 words or less, How does Lesson Planning currently happen at your school? Is it centralised or left to the teacher? Do you use a specific lesson planning format? What resources do you use? To what extent do you follow that format? *
  This Question is CRITICAL TO YOUR SELECTION and may be answered in ENGLISH or URDU Text. Please paste Urdu Text in the space below to answer it in Urdu Language.
• COMPULSORY: Please write/list 3 most challenging, perplexing, and insightful questions that you get from your students in your science classroom? *
  This Question is CRITICAL TO YOUR SELECTION and may be answered in ENGLISH or URDU Text. Please paste Urdu Text in the space below to answer it in Urdu Language.
• OPTIONAL: Please upload a lesson plan that you will work through during the course of the Workshop (and after) to refine and deliver in the classroom. NOTE: If the system does not recognise the file extension of the upload, please email the lesson plan to info@pif.org.pk
• How did you hear about the Holistic Teaching of Science Workshop *
  FacebookThrough your School (Administration)GoogleOur Website (pif.org.pk)InstagramFrom another (Teacher) ColleagueDirect Email from organisers via email (or nomination by another teacher)Email from a partner organisation (LUMS, PIF, KSS, etc.)

 

Declarations

• PLEASE CHECK ALL the TRUE statements. *
  I understand that this fellowship requires attending a 5-day workshop and a 4 month long-process of implementing the Holistic Science Pedagogy in the classroom and sharing results which may include weekly/monthly online meetings.I am OK to share data on my teaching practice in the classroom, and will work with project team to secure necessary permissions from school administration and/or parents, if needed.I am OK with the project team observing my classroom 2-3 times during the course of the next term and making observations about how well the Holistic Science Pedagogy is being implemented in the classroom.I have permission from my principal / supervisor to participate in this Fellowship/workshop and to deploy the pedagogy I have learnt in my classroomI am fully conversant with English and understand that the primary language of the workshop is English.I understand English well enough to operate but may need some additional support in Urdu to fully understand the content of the workshop.

 

Would you recommend (atleast two of) your very bright Science Teachers (colleagues) to the Workshop?

• Teacher Name 1 *
• Teacher Email 1: *
• Teacher Name 2 *
• Teacher Email 2: *
• Teacher Name 3
• Teacher Email 3:

Part D: Quick Questions about Teaching Practice & Science Literacy, Attitude, and Culture

• Instructions Please answer as truthfully as possible. These answers have no bearing on your selection. They are only meant to benchmark how applicants, generally, feel or what they struggle with.
• How confident are you in incorporating interdisciplinary concepts (e.g., connecting science with history, math, or ethics) into your science lessons? *
  Very EffectiveQuite EffectiveSomewhat EffectiveSomewhat IneffectiveNot Effective at all.
• How effectively do you connect abstract scientific concepts (e.g., atomic structures, evolution) to real-world examples that engage students? *
  Very effectiveQuite effectiveSomewhat EffectiveNot effectiveNot effective at all
• To what extent do you feel confident in explaining the relationship between science and ethics, philosophy, or religion when students ask? *
  Very effective.Quite effectiveSomewhat effectiveSomewhat ineffectiveNot Effective at all.
• How effectively do you feel you can address students' "big questions" (e.g., the purpose of life, origins of the universe) in the context of your science curriculum? *
  Very EffectiveQuite effectiveSomewhat effectiveSomewhat ineffectiveNot Effective at all.
• How frequently do students in your class engage in thinking and disucssing critically about the broader implications of scientific concepts (e.g., societal, environmental, ethical)? *
  Almost EverydayMost daysOccasionallyRarelyAlmost Never
• How often to you adapt your lesson plans based on student feedback and current events and happenings in your classroom? *
  Almost EverydayMost DaysOccasionallyRarelyAlmost Never
• How often your students as deeper and bigger questions such as purpose of life, origins of the universe in the context of your science classroom? *
  Almost EverydayMost DaysOccasionallyRarelyAlmost Never
• How effective do you feel are you in answering such deeper and bigger questions such as purpose of life, origins of the universe in the context of your science classroom? *
  Very effectiveQuite effectiveSomewhat effectiveSomewhat ineffectiveNot Effective at all.
• ADDITIONAL STEP: Science Literacy, Attitudes, and Culture Survey. INSTRUCTIONS: Once you click to submit, you will be taken to an Online Survey of Science Literacy, Attitudes and Culture on our partner website (muslim-science.com). This survey shall take less than 10 minutes to fill out. It does NOT have any bearing on your selection for this programme (which only requires filling out this form, in-person zoom interview and classroom video recording) but the science survey will be used to benchmark you, anonymously, against prior applicants to the programme.

 

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