TEACHING AND COURSE MATERIAL

The Department of Science Education and Environmental Studies offers a variety of undergraduate and graduate programs in science education, environmental studies and marine studies. I serve as the faculty member for both the Science Education and Environmental Studies programs. I am also a member of the SCSU Graduate Faculty and teach several courses in the Environmental Education MS degree program. I am also a member of the Institute for Science Instruction & Study (ISIS) faculty. Links to each of these academic programs is available from my home page. The courses I teach in each of these degree programs are listed below. Click on each of the course titles to view the respective course syllabus.

Science Education (Undergraduate/Graduate)

EDU 493 Science for Secondary Schools (3 credits)
Geeneral science concepts are presented through assigned readings, lecture demonstrations, and discussions for teaching grades 7-12. For teaching certification only.

EDU 452 Student Teaching - Secondary Schools (8 credits)
Guided observation and supervised student teaching in grades 7-12 in cooperating schools. Ten week course. Prerequisites: EDU 490,EDU 491, EDU 492, EDU 493, or EDU 494. Corequisite: EDU 453.

EDU 453 Student Teaching Seminar (1 credit)
Discussion of educational issues, in particular, those raised by student's experiences in the field. Taken concurrently with student teaching. Prerequisites: EDU 490,EDU 491, EDU 492, EDU 493, or EDU 494. Corequisite: EDU 452.

SCE 573 Multimedia in the Science Classroom (3 credits)
Course focuses on student competencies in digital sound and image productions, and their manipulation for classroom teaching and learning. Interactive curriculum materials, such as WebQuests, will be developed as well as WebPage and WebAuthoring (e.g. HTML) portfolios. Issues of electronic copyright standards, computer ethics, multimedia selection and evaluation, and management are discussed.

Environmental Studies Minor (Undergraduate)

ENV 301 Environmental Science II (3 credits)
An overview of the major physical, legal and economic dimensions of environmental issues.

EVE 398/350 Environmental Systems Inquiry (3 credits)
A practical learning experience integrating inquiry and out-of-doors learning (field data collection), aimed at understanding environmental processes, and environmental systems. The course utilizes the GLOBE Program environmental monitoring and field protocols, as well as NOVA Program Earth/Environmental Systems approaches. Course is in class and on SCSU campus grounds.

ENV 400 Social Science Perspectives on Environment (3 credits)
Investigation of major environmental issues as they relate to culture and other social issues.

Institute for Science Instruction and Study (Graduate)

ISIS (30 credits)
The Institute for Science Insruction and Study (ISIS) is offered as a sixth year program for secondary teachers of the sciences. Founded on a seminar and laboratory model, ISIS provides science teachers extensive interactions with practicing scientists. Students are admitted by classes or cohorts every two years and are recommended by their school superintendent. Outstanding scientists including Nobel Laureates, meet at length with the participants both at SCSU and on site. Each student spends several weeks in a mentor-scientist study at the scientist's laboratory.

Environmental Education Masters Degree Program:

EVE 545-6 Environmental Education Curriculum (3 credits each)
These courses are designed to give students an overview of environmental education materials, curriculum, and their history of development and use in formal and informal teaching/learning settings (EVE545) . Students will participate in discussions regarding the historical development of environmental education curriculum, and organizations producing educational materials. Further, in the second semester (EVE 546) students will work to develop curriculum materials, in their grade level tied to state and national education standards.