SCED 6412: Introduction to Teaching Three-Dimensional Science

2 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to the MAT program.
Three-Dimensional Science is the current framework for teaching science in the United States. In this course, students will both learn science topics from a three-dimensional perspective, and the underlying framework that supports this perspective. Students will also demonstrate an understanding of safety procedures in an inquiry laboratory setting.

Course Learning Outcomes
Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

Engage with and contribute to the professional learning community of colleagues enrolled in this course.
Relate historical and personal science epistemologies to three-dimensional educative experience.
Analyze the kinds of talk, tasks, and tools that adolescents need in order to fully engage in meaningful forms of science learning
Develop, enact, and report on self-directed growth goals targeting content and pedagogical dimensions of professional development.
Plan and support student use of developing knowledge to interpret relevant phenomena pertaining to a particular lesson or instructional unit
Plan and support equitable science learning in three dimensions (Core Ideas, Practices, Crosscutting Concepts)
Analyze formal formative assessments that integrate phenomena with core ideas, practices, and crosscutting concepts.
Analyze teaching video and Critical Incident Reflections to reconcile the traditional/progressive education dualism.
Apply valued elements of reality pedagogy to envisioned teaching.