TCH ED 6241: Science Content, Inquiry-Based Instruction, and Assessment: STEM-Integrated Pedagogy

Course Description

This course provides teacher candidates with research-based theories and practices focused upon the teaching and learning of science. Candidates acquire skills to plan and implement lessons that facilitate each learner's ability to conceptualize science concepts. The course integrates related disciplines, such as technology, engineering and mathematics, in order to provide educators with a context for understanding the content of science, how science knowledge is acquired and understood, and how the sciences are connected across disciplines. Course experiences and scholarly reading help candidates become effective teachers through the development of positive attitudes toward learning science, technology, engineering and mathematics; acquiring scientific information; and facilitating learners' construction of scientific understandings.