SCE525 Learning Science Using Informal Sites

Professional development for teachers of science requires learning essential science content through the perspectives and methods of inquiry. This course facilitates the active investigation of critical science concepts by engaging teachers in collaborative inquiry using the resources of informal sites and museums. Through interactions with the laboratory environments established at these sites, students pose questions or personal and professional significance, interact with authentic phenomena, gather and interpret data, gain deeper understanding of scientific ideas through their own conceptual development process, reflect on the nature of scientific inquiry and its role in exemplary science teaching, and share their discoveries with colleagues. Prerequisite(s): none 2 semester hours