Science Education

• SED SC 509: Student-Teaching Practicum: Science, 5-8
  Student teaching: a full-time experience in a selected school under joint supervision of a cooperating practitioner and a University representative. Minimum 300 hours required. 8cr, 2nd sem.
• SED SC 510: Student-Teaching Practicum: Science, 8-12
  Student teaching: a full-time experience in a selected secondary school under joint supervision of a cooperating practitioner and a University representative. Minimum 300 hours required. 8cr, 2nd sem.
• SED SC 511: Selection, Curation, and Use of Biological Materials
  Develops teacher competence in selecting, culturing, and using living organisms in a classroom setting. A content-based, intensive analysis of teaching methods. 4cr, 1st sem.
• SED SC 521: Introduction to STEM Education Theory and Practice
  This course provides an introduction to modern learning theory emphasizing inquiry learning in the classroom for science, engineering and mathematics. 2cr, either sem.
• SED SC 571: Science Materials: Principles, Design, and Construction
  Examination of laboratory and display production form science geared toward those studying to become physics or chemistry teachers. A content-based methods course involving work in wood, metal, glass, and electronics. 4cr, 1st sem.
• SED SC 572: Curriculum and Special Methods for Science Education, 5-12
  Review of traditional and recent curriculum materials in science education for middle, junior high, and senior high schools. Analysis of curricular goals, grades 5-12. Development of new teaching materials and classroom techniques for science education. 4cr, 2nd sem.
• SED SC 595: Laboratory Learning in Life Sciences
  Course integrated academic content in basic biology, with instruction in how to learn in laboratory settings, includes analysis preparation, adjusting to variations in experiments, devising suitable pedagogy, and on-suite instructional strategies. Emphasizes student's reflective inquiry. 2cr, either sem.

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