ECE 7706:Trends and Issues in Science for Early Childhood Education

3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to the M.Ed. in Elementary and Early Childhood Education.
This graduate level course will introduce major trends and issues in science education that are relevant in the P-5 setting. This course will provide an overview of such trends as they are conceptualized in contemporary science education research literature and realized in practice. Students will engage in interactive discussions regarding the reciprocal relationships among national, state, and local trends, issues, and reform in elementary and secondary science education.