Science education - M.A.
The masters program in science education is designed to
prepare scholars to conduct thoughtful research in order to
assume roles as university faculty members, educational leaders,
policy makers, and researchers and to contribute meaningfully to
the field. The field of science education is a broad one and
includes science and environmental education at the K-12 levels,
the College level, in informal and adult settings and in early
childhood. Focus areas of research within the science education
area are the preparation of pre-service science teachers (K-12),
induction and mentoring of beginning science teachers, design
and implementation of curricula across the K-college spectrum,
environmental education, cooperative learning, and social
justice.
- Fred Finley
Currently, I am conducting research on students’ conceptions of
the earth systems and human interaction with the earth. I am
also working on civic engagement studies under a U.S. State
Department grant and operating science and mathematics teacher
internships in Thailand.
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Leslie Flynn
My main areas of interest, teaching and research are science
teacher training and chemistry education.
- Roger Johnson
I work
primarily with teaching science in the elementary school. I am
also co-director of the Cooperative Learning Center, primarily
involved in research and training educators how to structure
cooperation in classrooms and schools.
- Gillian Roehrig
I am currently a principal investigator (PI) on a five-year
National Science Foundation (NSF) grant looking at the
impact of different mentoring and induction programs on the
development of beginning secondary science teachers.
- Bhaskar Upadhyay
My research interest is not only examining how science teaching
and learning can be improved in the classrooms, but also looking at
issues of access, ethnicity, and race that surround science
education in our urban schools.
Course requirements
May 2006
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