• EDUC 5780: Nature of Science and Engineering

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): Recommended: Education Majors or Licensed Educators. Explores the nature of science using science and engineering principles, practices, and processes. Explores applications to Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics using learner-based pedagogy. Develops teaching practices to assist participants in educating K-6 students in selected Earth and Life Science Standards.
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• EDUC 5782: Systems in Science

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): EDUC 5780. Examines systems at various scales from the universe to the molecular level. Idenfitifies systems as a crucial component to all science investigation and understanding. Teaches system components including matter, forces, and energy that cause phenomena to occur.Requires participants to develop and use models to represent systems and their interacitons. Assists participants in analyzing student work to assess conceptual understanding and scienfitic literacy. Considers ways to promote effective and equitable science instruction both in personal practice and in the science education community.
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• EDUC 5783: Matter and Energy in Science

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): EDUC 5780 and EDUC 5782. Develops a conceptual understanding of energy and matter flows into, out of, and within systems through reading, discussion, and use of models. Analyzes examples of student models and critiques multiple assessments to prepare participants to enact phenomena-based, three-dimensional science instruction that supports the development of students' conceptual understanding and scientific literacy related to energy and matter. Considers ways to promote effective and equitable science instruction both in personal practice and in the science education community.
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• EDUC 5784: Cause and Effect in Science

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): Previously earned professional educator license. Engages participants in experiences that support learning with and about scientific literacy. Deepens content knowledge, includes authentic science sensemaking, integrates science conceptual ideas with classroom practice and engages in explicit and reflective discourse about science learning and science instruction.
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• EDUC 5785: Stability and Change in Science

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): EDUC 5780, EDUC 5782, EDUC 5783, EDUC 5784. Develops a conceptual understanding that natural systems are usually stable until changes occur from either natural or human caused (anthropogenic) events over time and/or scale. Demonstrates that stability and change are interconnected and one cannot be explained without the other. Teaches participants to construct explanations of how changes occur as natural systems interact. Teaches students to present arguments supported by evidence that change in systems occurs in differing temporal scales, spatial scales, and scales of magnitude.
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• EDUC 5786: Classroom Practice in Science

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): EDUC 5780, EDUC 5782, EDUC 5783, EDUC 5784 and EDUC 5785. Provides a capstone to the Elementary Science Endorsement. Requires participans to demonstrate and put into practice all that they have learned through the ESE experience. Evaluates participants' ability to use the crosscutting concepts and disciplinary core ideas to support sensemaking, create and implement practices in their own classrooms to engage all students in authentic science learning. Requires participants to show evidence of collaboration with other educators to develop and analyze learning opportunities for students, and promote effective and equitable science instruction both in personal practice and in the science education community.
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• EDUC 5790: STEM Practices with a Focus on Technology and Problem-Based Learning

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): Recommended: Education Majors or Licensed Educators. Engages participants in developing meaningful understandings of problem-based approaches to teaching, learning, and the integration of STEM practices across the curriculum using appropriate technology. Requires the development and creation of problem-based, hands-on experiences.
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• EDUC 5800: Cognition Education and Technology for Practitioners

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): Professional educator license or permission of the Dean of the School of Education. Examines the increasingly pervasive role of electronic media in educating and socializing young students, especially as it affects the K-12 classroom. Explores the range of content available to these students, their families, and their classrooms and reviews research on the role of media in shaping individual identity and affecting school performance; analyzes public policies that affect teachers and students.
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• EDUC 5810: Instruction Curriculum & Educational Leadership in the Digital Age for Practitioners

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): Professional educator license or permission of the Dean of the School of Education. Examines issues surrounding the use of technology in curricular and instructional design, especially in designing coursework for an online learning environment. Requires students to incorporate appropriate digital media formats to create an online learning environment. Addresses issues of school leadership, as participants may become mentors in the area of educational technology.
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• EDUC 5820: Designing and Producing Media for Instruction for Practitioners

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): Professional educator license or permission of the Dean of the School of Education. Helps students produce educational media materials for their particular classroom. Requires students to collaborate with others to design, produce, test, and revise a unique project tailored for their instructional practice. Requires students to use a variety of digital tools to conceptualize, design, fashion, and evaluate media projects.
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