GED 7874 - Teaching Science in the Middle and Secondary School Part II

Goals: To allow teacher candidates to practice and to demonstrate competence with effective assessment and teaching methodology within middle and secondary science classrooms. Second in a two-course sequence.

Content: Planning curriculum that incorporates national, state and local standards; implementing a variety of instructional strategies to address the needs of diverse learners; using and implementing formative and summative assessments. This course includes 30 hours of clinical experience outside of scheduled class time - dates, times, and school sites to be determined. This is a graduate level course with graduate level expectations.

Target audience: 5-12 Science licensure candidates

Taught: Spring term

Prerequisite: GED 7879 with a grade of B- or better

Credits: 4