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  • EDUC 5770: Matter in STEM for Elementary Teachers

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): Recommended: Education Majors or Licensed Educators. Provides teachers with a deep and useful understanding of matter and the nature of how students use concepts of matter to make sense of phenomena across life, earth, and physical science. This understanding enhances teacher insights into: 1) how matter and energy interact, 2) the relationships of matter to forces and interactions within fields, and 3) pedagogical content knowledge around teaching and learning about matter. Also connects knowledge of concepts of matter to practices in technology, engineering and mathematics.
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  • 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: Foundations of Instructional Design and Pedagogy

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Explores the pivotal role of technology in three key aspects: curriculum design, teaching methodologies, and assessment. Emphasizes the intentional use of technology to promote inclusion and increase student engagement. Improves proficiency in the use and evaluation of technologies available through the state and their school/district.
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  • EDUC 5810: Professional Growth and Leadership

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Delves into the key elements influencing effective K-12 technology leadership in the present-day landscape. Analyzes various cultures and methodologies that promote ongoing innovation and adeptly harness the potential of technology trends and advancements. Focuses on the development of professional learning networks, funding sources for educational technology, and the development and implementation of professional learning experiences.
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