Northern Arizona University (Flagstaff, AZ)

• SCI 599 - History of Science for the Science Classroom (course website)
• TSM 450 – Project-Based Instruction
• SCI 611 – Science Curriculum and Instruction
• SCI 613 - Nature of Science: Historical and Philosophical Perspectives (example syllabus)

Oregon State University (Corvallis, OR)

• SED 412/512 – Technology in Science and Mathematics Education
• SED 413/513 – The Nature of Science
• SED 509 – Student Teaching Practicum
• SED 509 – Project Based Learning
• SED 573 & 577 – Science Pedagogy & Technology I & II (example syllabus)
• SED 599 – History of Science for the Science Classroom (course website)

Earth Expeditions @ Miami University (Oxford, OH)

• ZOO/GLG/BOT 698Z – Primate Conservation (Borneo)
• ZOO/GLG/BOT/IES 693 – Environmental Education (Trinidad and Tobago)
• ZOO/GLG/BOT/IES 699 – Conservation Education (Namibia)

Willamette University (Salem, OR)

• EDUC 535 – Methods and Research in Science Education
• EDUC 556 – Classroom Management
• EDUC 568 – Methods and Strategies for English Language Learners

 

Favorite Assignments

• Science-in-Action Report - students read a science book intended for a general audience (e.g., The Double Helix) and use it to illustrate the nature of science.
• History of Science Final Project - students focus on one episode from the history of science and create a story and an activity at their students’ level.
• Everyday Practice of Science Assignment - students read Grinnell’s Everyday Practice of Science, focusing on his description of modern scientific practice.
• Philosophy and History of Science Classroom Context Paper - students extract from their understandings of the philosophy and history of science specific recommendations for understandings about the nature of science that should be included in the K-12 (or university) context.