The aim of these UKan courses is to attract students to careers in math & science teaching. Master teachers introduce students to examples of high-quality inquiry-based lessons and model the pedagogical concepts to which they are being introduced. In UKan 1 students prepare and teach 3 lessons in elementary classrooms, and in UKan 2 students prepare and teach 3 lessons in middle school classrooms. Field schools have a high percentage of low income students.
* In previous semesters this course has been known as LA&S 292 or CHEM 680.
This course expands the prospective teacher's understanding of current theories of learning and conceptual development. Students examine their own assumptions about learning. They critically examine the needs of a diverse student population in the classroom.
Prerequisites: Students must either have previously taken LA&S 290 or be concurrently enrolled in LA&S 290 and C&T 360.
This course moves from a focus on thinking and learning to a focus on teaching and learning. Prospective teachers are introduced to the way in which curriculum and technology are used in classroom settings to build interrelationships among teachers and students. They are taught how content and pedagogy combine to make effective teaching. They do field work at the high school level, teaching inquiry-based lessons in schools with a high percentage of low income students.
Prerequisites: Students must earn a C or better in LA&S 290, in LA&S 291, and in C&T 360 in order to take C&T 366. They can also be concurrently enrolled in C&T 360 and C&T 366. Or, by consent of instructor.
Students perform four independent inquiries, and learn to combine skills from mathematics and science in order to solve research problems.
Surveys the history of science from the seventeenth century to the present with study of the changing theoretical, institutional, and social character of the scientific enterprise. Addresses physical, biological, and social sciences with attention to the chemical revolution at the turn of the nineteenth century, evolutionary biology, the new physics of the early twentieth century, and the professionalization of social science. Relates scientific changes to historical developments in technology, religion, national traditions in Europe and the U.S.A., and non-Western cultures. Students will also be required to write a lesson plan as part of this course.
Note: Offered in spring semesters only.
409: Study of selected topics from Euclidean, non-Euclidean, and transformation geometry chosen to give breadth to the mathematical background of secondary and middle school teachers.
410: Study of selected topics from mathematical history chosen to provide students with knowledge of major historical developments in mathematics including individual contributions and contributions from different cultures. These topics will include a historical development of Euclidean and non-Euclidean geometry.
Prerequisites: Math 122. Students enrolled in MATH 410 must concurrently enroll in MATH 409.
Note: Offered in spring semesters only.
Content area teachers do far more than impart information to students. They play an important role in guiding middle/secondary students as they use reading and writing as tools for learning. This course includes an overview of the state and national reading and writing scores of adolescents. Students will then be introduced to the basic processes or ways in which individuals may learn to read and write. The course continues with a focus on the instructional strategies and materials that promote the development of reading and writing in the context of teaching new information. Additionally, the course emphasizes the informal methods educators can use, on an on-going basis, to diagnose their students ability to comprehend content material. Finally, appropriate fix-up strategies will be modeled.
Prerequisite: Previous credit for C&T 360.
In this course, students aim to master new technologies for problem-based investigations in math and science classrooms. Students also discuss the use of assessment to improve student learning. Students teach project-based lessons to high school students.
Prerequisites: Students must earn a C or better in C&T 366, have at least a 2.5 cumulative GPA, AND make a passing score on the preliminary portfolio in order to take C&T 460. They can also be concurrently enrolled in C&T 366 and C&T 460. Or, by consent of instructor.
Students are immersed in the schools to prepare them to confidently assume a teaching position in the public schools. (Half day student teaching during last semester)
Prerequisites: Students must have an overall KU GPA of 2.5 in order to enroll in Student Teaching, C&T 500 and C&T 598. Students enrolled in C&T 500 must concurrently enroll in C&T 598.
Students reflect on their student teaching experiences and examine contemporary critical issues in education. (In the evening during student teaching)
Prerequisites: Students must have an overall KU GPA of 2.5 in order to enroll in Student Teaching, C&T 500 and C&T 598. Students enrolled in C&T 598 must concurrently enroll in C&T 500.
