SED 554-555
Seminar for Student Teachers in Science
Professor: Norman Herr, Ph.D.
email: norm.herr@csun.edu
phone: 818 677-2505
office: ED 2138
laboratory: W.M. Keck Science Ed Lab ED2105
office hours: Wednesdays, 1-4 ( email first)
website: normherr.com
class: Thursdays, 4:00-6:00 PM
live : csun.zoom.us/my/normherr; or connect at csun.zoom.us with 818-0677-2505
SED 554S and 555S are seminars that compliment the science student teaching experience. These seminars are designed in accordance with the Michael D. Eisner College of Education Conceptual Framework and the principles of Computer Supported Collaborative Science to provide opportunities to engage in and reflect upon best practices in science teaching and learning and prepare for the Performance Assessment for California Teachers (PACT).
Teacher candidates learn to engage students in the those practices and habits of mind described in the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), such as asking questions and defining problems, developing and using models, planning and carrying out investigations, analyzing and interpreting data, using mathematics and computational thinking, constructing explanations and designing solutions, engaging in argument from evidence, and obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information. These seminars focus on instructional methods and curriculum in teaching physics, chemistry, biology, earth & space science and health in secondary schools. Teacher candidates learn how to develop, adapt, evaluate, and use strategies and materials for teaching science, appropriate both to the special needs of the learners and the special characteristics of the various science disciplines. In addition, these seminars foster the development of Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPCK) so that they are prepared to use relevant technologies to engage and enhance student learning.
University Supervisors
Bob Coutts robert.coutts@csun.edu
Don Krotser donald.krotser@csun.edu
Ken Sherman kenneth.sherman@csun.edu
Conrado Ulpindo, conrado.ulpindo@csun.edu
Brian Foley, bfoley@csun.edu
Thomas Gavin, thomasrgavin@gmail.com
Mercy Momary, atadalmau@gmail.com
Norman Herr, norm.herr@csun.edu
Subject Matter Competency
If you were admitted Fall 2022, the basic skills requirement will need to be satisfy prior to the second semester, the subject matter requirement will need to be met prior to the second/final semester of student teaching. If you were admitted for Sp2023, the basic skills and/or subject matter requirement need to be satisfied prior to the enrollment of the second semester.