EDUC 5040 - Matter in STEM Education

Institution:

Utah Tech University

Subject:

Education

Description:

This course provides teachers with a deep and useful understanding of matter and the nature of how students use concepts of matter to make sense of phenomena across life, earth, and physical science. This understanding enhances teacher insights into: 1) how matter and energy interact, 2) the relationships of matter to forces and interactions within fields, and 3) pedagogical content knowledge around teaching and learning about matter. The course provides course participants with knowledge of how matter concepts may be used by students with the Crosscutting Concepts, and Engineering and Science practices as outlined in the Next Generation Science Standards. STEM content professors will be involved in the instruction of this course. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Understand that the types of atoms present and the interactions both between and within them differentiate matter; the states (i.e., solid, liquid, gas, or plasma), properties (e.g., hardness, conductivity), and reactions (both physical and chemical) of matter can be described and predicted based on the types, interactions, and motions of the atoms within it; and chemical reactions, which underlie so many observed phenomena in living and nonliving systems alike, conserve the number of atoms of each type but change their arrangement into molecules. 2. Investigate STEM content and pedagogy related to matter through four of the seven crosscutting concepts found in the Next Generation Science Standards: cause and effect, systems and system models, energy and matter, and stability and change. 3. Improve their teaching skill practice by performing the following: connect theory and practice through effective teaching, scholarship, and STEM educational action research; develop the capacity and confidence to run a student inquiry-based classroom using the crosscutting concepts and core ideas as presented in the Next Generation Science Standards; improve ability to design a variety of effective assessment strategies including using formative assessment to design authentic, innovative, problem-based learning experiences; explore uses of technological tools to enhance STEM teaching, learning, student achievement, and college and career readiness; become a reflective teacher by recording your learning and teaching experiences in a journal and reflecting on your success and need for improvement; and work with colleagues to develop lesson and assessment plans differentiated according to student needs for STEM integration for ALL students in your classroom.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.utahtech.edu/

Phone Number:

(435) 652-7500

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Calendar System:

Semester

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