Primary teacher education

General skills The main goals of this course are for students: 1) to understand basics on cellular organization and functioning; 2) to understand the organization of tissues and organs in the human body; 3) to recognize the major anatomical features of vertebrate and invertebrate animals; 4) to understand the functioning of the human body (digestion, respiration, movement, reproduction, sensory perceptions) and make comparisons with the same functions in animals; 5) to understand the transformations occurred over time as a result of biological evolution. . Specific skills A) Knowledge and understanding - knowing basics on cellular organization and functioning - Understanding the physical and biological characteristics of the most common vertebrate and invertebrate animals, capturing similarities and differences and applying different classification criteria; -Understanding the structure-function relationship and the animal diversity as an adaptation to the natural environment - Understanding the evolutionary dynamics underlying the transformations over time of the species - Knowing the main functions of the human body and be able to compare them in man and animals - B) Applying knowledge and understanding - be able of using what has been learned to stimulate children's curiosity of the different age about the functioning of animal and human body - be able to observe and recognize animals in their natural environment and to manipulate them safely for observations in classroom - knowing how to tell biological evolution to children - be able to apply knowledge to educate children about health and respect for their own body. C) Making judgements - be able to compare books and other materials in order to select appropriate resources for learning biology D) Communication skills - be able to communicate the knowledge acquired through the design of simple teaching units E) Learning skills - be able to develop learning strategies that stimulate the curiosity of children on the animal biology - using knowledge on the human body functioning to develop topics related to health education for children