SECONDARY SCIENCE EDUCATION TEACHING: THEORY, CONTENT AND PEDAGOGY

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Prerequisites: SCI 545 or EDU 609 or equivalent; may be taken concurrently. Acceptance into the graduate program. Use of inquiry-based teaching techniques in middle and high school science classrooms to develop candidates’ science teaching skills. Current directions of research in science education. Teaching, curriculum design and lesson planning strategies and techniques, classroom management, lab safety, science resources, the nature of science, assessment, unit and lesson planning and professional dispositions for teachers.