Prerequisites: STEM majors who are juniors/seniors or post-baccalaureate.
Description: The coursework focuses on understanding how inductive lessons are effective for student engagement and learning. Students are provided with the opportunity to explore teaching as a career and become familiar with secondary school environments by observing and teaching in middle school classrooms.
CUIN 4397: Engineering Design and 3D printing
Description: This elective course exposes students to engineering design through 3D printing. Students will build and reverse engineer a 3D printer, learning how to use a 3D printer for lessons and projects in their classrooms, and engage in exploratory and engaging engineering design projects.
CUIN 3350: Knowing and Learning Science & Math
Prerequisites/Co-requisites: CUIN 2300 Introduction to STEM Teaching
Description: This course covers a variety of theories and frameworks addressing how people come to know in mathematics and science related domains. Types of scientific and mathematical thinking and possible roles which might be played by the teacher and learner within each approach are developed.
CUIN 3351: Classroom Interactions
Prerequisites: CUIN 2300 Introduction to STEM Teaching; CUIN 3350: Knowing and Learning Science & Math
Description: (NOTE: There are separate sections for math and for science.) This field-based course focuses on multiple models of teaching, what each model requires of teachers, and the corresponding impact on interactions that occur in mathematics and science classrooms. It attends to how content and pedagogy combine to address equity and diversity issues in classroom teaching to insure that all students have an opportunity to learn.
NOTE: Classroom Interactions is subject-specific. Math majors please enroll in the section taught by Cheryl Latiolais. Science majors please enroll in the section taught by Mariam Manuel.
Description: Students perform four independent inquiries, combining skills from mathematics and science to solve research problems. Credit may be received for CHEM 4340 or PHYS 4340 or BIOL 4340.
CUIN 4350: Multiple Teaching Strategies
Prerequisites: CUIN 3351: Classroom Interactions
Description: (NOTE: There are separate sections for math and for science.) In this course, students investigate several teaching strategies that are effective in math and science classrooms. Students also discuss the use of assessment to improve student learning. Students use a variety of strategies to teach math or science lessons to middle or high school students. Additionally students create a problem-based instructional unit.
NOTE: Multiple Teaching Strategies is subject-specific. Math majors please enroll in the section taught by Cheryl Latiolais. Science majors please enroll in the section taught by Perri Segura.
CUIN 4361: Second Language Methodology
Corequisite: Student Teaching
Description: The coursework focuses on preparing student teachers to function as knowledgeable and effective teachers/scholar of the needs of English Language Learners. Students will obtain critical pedagogical methodologies in the teaching and support of listening, speaking, reading, writing, and learning strategies required for English Learners in the mainstream or ESL classroom.
NOTE: To be enrolled in this course, please contact the Faculty Advisor, Dr. Karen McIntush at kemcintu@central.uh.edu.
EDUC 4314: Student Teaching (contact teachHOUSTON for section number)
Prerequisites: Completion of professional development sequence and admission to student teaching
Description: Demonstration of specified competencies in a school setting guided by a cooperating teacher and directed by a university supervisor. Seminar required.
EDUC 4315: Student Teaching (contact teachHOUSTON for section number)
Prerequisites: Completion of professional development sequence and admission to student teaching
Description: Demonstration of specified competencies in a school setting guided by a cooperating teacher and directed by a university supervisor. Seminar required.
CUIN 4375: Classroom Management
Prerequisites: Completion of professional development sequence and admission to student teaching
Description: This course, focuses on effective classroom management systems, including socio-emotional climate, group processes, and behavior modification methods. Students will demonstrate concepts learned in a school setting.
NOTE: To be enrolled in this course, please contact the Faculty Advisor, Dr. Karen McIntush at kemcintu@central.uh.edu.
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