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Curriculum Constructs And Assessment: Secondary Science –
mte548ca
(3 credits)
This course is designed to prepare students to teach science at the secondary school level. To meet this objective, students explore the instructional methods in science content areas in middle level and high school settings. Participants identify the educational needs of secondary students by exploring current instructional theory; national, state, and local standards; and social issues that affect the science classroom. The course also helps prospective educators develop skills in selecting and adapting instruction and management plans for diverse student populations.
This graduate-level course is 6 weeks.
This course may be available to
take individually or as part of a degree or certificate program.
To enroll, speak with an enrollment advisor.
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Classroom Assessments and Rubrics
- Identify various strategies for assessing science learning objectives for all learners.
- Analyze formative and summative science assessments and rubrics.
- Identify examples of project-based science assessments and rubrics.
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History and Trends of Science Education
- Define science as an academic discipline.
- Review the history of science education in the United States.
- Identify current themes and trends in science instruction.
- Analyze science in relation to personal and social perspectives.
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Instructional Approaches and Strategies
- Review approaches to unit and lesson planning in teaching science.
- Propose innovative instructional strategies and materials for teaching science to adolescents.
- Analyze ways in which differentiating instruction occurs in the science classroom.
- Identify ways in which classroom management techniques can enhance the science classroom.
- Create a lesson that integrates multiple NSTA content standards, as appropriate for science education.
- Demonstrate the principles of lab safety set by NSTA.
- Develop an instructional unit for science.
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Integrating Literature, Technology, and Media
- Explore the links between science and technology.
- Analyze the legal and ethical issues regarding the use of technology in the classroom.
- Incorporate the use of technology in science instruction.
- Identify online websites for teaching science.
- Identify media sources for teaching science.
- Compile a list of fiction and nonfiction literature to enhance science instruction.
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ParentTeacher Communications
- Explore strategies to utilize community resources in the science classroom.
- Explore the range of social, health, educational and language-related service agencies, and other resources that are available at school and off-campus.
- Examine how family and personal experiences shape teaching and learning perceptions in the science classroom.
- Explain the importance of parentteacher communication and collaboration.
- Determine strategies for increasing the level of parental involvement.
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Professional Development
- Review the roles of professional science organizations.
- Analyze professional resources available to science teachers.
- Identify professional development opportunities in science available in your state.
- Analyze the importance of staying current in science education.
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Reading and Writing Strategies
- Evaluate current science texts.
- Describe methods to incorporate reading and writing strategies into science lessons.
- Examine strategies for building students comprehension and vocabulary skills in science.
- Implement reading and writing strategies into a science lesson.
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Review of Science Education Content Knowledge
- Review unifying concepts and processes in science.
- Define science as inquiry.
- Review the major concepts within physical science, life science, and earth and space science.
- Examine a states teacher licensure examinations for secondary science education.
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Standards and Curriculum
- Review state and national science standards and assessments.
- Examine the NSTA lab safety standards.
- The University of Phoenix reserves the right to modify courses.
- While widely available, not all programs are available in all locations or in both online and on-campus formats. Please check with a University Enrollment Advisor.
- Transferability of credit is at the discretion of the receiving institution. It is the student’s responsibility to confirm whether or not credits earned at University of Phoenix will be accepted by another institution of the student’s choice.
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