EDU 452 - STEM EDU PEDAGOGY

Institution:

Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

Subject:

Education

Description:

This course examines the implementation of best practices in integrative STEM education and prepares teachers to create, implement, and reflect upon lessons designed to help students master content standards and STEM-based skills. This course also addresses the issues and knowledge that are relevant for teaching and learning, including integration of Pennsylvania's Standards Aligned System (SAS). Students explore the signature pedagogies unique to the fields of STEM education. Students also obtain an awareness of multiple models of teaching and learning, including inquiry-based instruction, project-based learning, use of instructional technologies, higher-order questioning strategies, critical thinking, collaborative problem solving, design and reflection cycles, STEM literacy skills, purposeful grouping, and differentiated instruction. This course will include five hours of fieldwork in a STEM setting.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.kutztown.edu/

Phone Number:

(610) 683-4000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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