Univ of Miami
TAL 323: Science Instruction in the Elementary School: This course is intended to discuss the goals and objectives for elementary science education, and practice, design, and enact activities appropriate for elementary science.
TAL 543: Science Instruction in the Secondary School: This course is intended to discuss the goals and objectives for secondary science education, and practice, design, and enact activities appropriate for secondary level.
TAL 542/543+662/663: Methods of Teaching Mathematics/Science in the Secondary School: Research-based instructional practices and processes to meet the needs of all learners, including diverse population, for mathematics/science education in the secondary school.
TAL 652: Assessment of Human and Organizational Learning: This course provides an overview of the assessment of learners in educational, business, work place, and informal settings.
TAL 709/712: Applied Research and Development for the Applied Learning Sciences. This is the set of capstone project courses for the Applied Learning Sciences courses.
TAL 690: Introduction to the Learning Sciences: This doctoral course explores perspectives and research on domain-specific and domain-general learning in and out of schools, especially those typically considered in the field of the learning sciences.
TAL 774: Research on STEM Learning: This doctoral course explores perspectives and research on learning in mathematics and science.
TAL 776: Assessment in STEM: This doctoral course explores perspectives, issues, and research on STEM assessments.
TAL 772: Instructional Design and Technology in STEM Education: This doctoral course takes an engineering approach to technology-enhanced instructional design, development, and evaluation in STEM education. The course focuses on instructional systems development with particular emphasis on technology-enhanced K12 STEM education environments.
TAL 777: STEM Education Research Practicum: This doctoral course provides advanced doctoral students in STEM education with an opportunity to engage in the research process, from defining a question through submitting a manuscript for publication.
Univ of Georgia
ESCI4480/6480: Technology for Science Teaching: This course is designed to help students learn computer and information technologies in science instruction. Computerized modeling tools, web-based curriculum units, interactive software, video recording, robotics, and other technologies will be discussed. Hands-on activities are the priority. Here is a list of online resources.
CHEM1060: Physical Sciences for Middle School Teachers: This algebra-based course is intended to help future middle school science teachers gain a basic understanding in physical sciences. The subjects cover force and motion, structure and properties of matter, heat and temperature, sound and light, electricity and magnetism, and modern physics topics if time permits.
ESCI4420: Science for Early Childhood Education: This course is intended for preservice teachers to discuss the goals for elementary science teaching and learning and practice activities appropriate for early childhood education. Students examine elementary science curricula and state/national standards, design classroom environments that encourage inquiry learning and assess student understanding using different methods.
ESCI8990: Doctoral Seminar: This course is designed to help doctoral students get familiar with the field of science education research. The course provides opportunities for students to interact with guest faculty members in the program, recent graduates, graduate students in other programs. Students read relevant paper and discuss with guess speakers on matters of research topics, methodology, and pathways to success.
ESCI8400: Innovative Technology in Mathematics and Science Education: This doctoral course is built on diverse perspectives that are typically identified with the learning sciences community. The course will focus on technology-enhanced teaching and learning in the context of mathematics and science education.
ESCI 9630: Knowing and Learning in Science: This doctoral course was co-developed and co-taught with Dr. Julie Kittleson. The course explores perspectives on learning and knowing in science and science education and how they relate to research in science education and learning sciences. Students will understand foundational and modern learning theories and approaches and develop and articular their own perspectives on science learning.
My teaching philosophy reflects my understanding of the goals of science education: preparing students to acquire a substantial amount of integrated scientific knowledge and necessary skills, and activating and sustaining students to be critical and lifelong learners.