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Bachelor's of Science Education:
Physics |
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Master of Science Education: Physics |
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Master of Science Education:
Alternative-B Certification in Physics |
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Physics Teaching Pathways Summer
Academy |
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Institute for New Physics Teachers (PHY
510, 6 cr, offered every summer) |
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Powerful Ideas in Electricity and
Magnetism (PHY 622, 6 cr, offered summer 2003) |
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Powerful Ideas in Force, Motion, and
Energy (PHY 620, 6 cr, offered summer 2004) |
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Constructing Physics Understanding (EDU
671 and PHY 594, total 6 cr, offered summer 2003) |
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Research indicates that, of all
pedagogical training, training in subject-specific pedagogy is the most
helpful(Brown, Smith, & Stein, 1995; Cohen & Hill, 1997). |
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Recent research has found serious
deficiencies in conventional physics teaching methods as well as considerable
improvements from research-based instructional designs (Hake, 1998; Hammer,
1996). |
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In the area of physics, it has been
found that over half of physics teachers are without an academic major or
minor in a physical science (Ingersoll, 1999). |
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Summer workshop courses: 18 credits |
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PHY 510: Process Skills in Physics
Teaching (Institute for New Physics Teachers) |
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PHY 620: Powerful Ideas in Force,
Motion, and Energy |
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PHY 622: Powerful Ideas in Electricity
and Magnetism |
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Each course is a two week intensive
(100 hours) workshop that combines content and pedagogical methods. |
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Research courses: 6 credits |
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PHY 500: Physics Education Research
Seminar |
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PHY 690: MasterŐs Project |
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These courses will be offered through
distance learning |
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Elective courses: 9 credits |
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For student not close to Buffalo State
College, these courses may be taken at another institution with prior
approval |
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Summer 1 |
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Exceptional Education course |
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40 hours of initial field experience in
physics classes |
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Constructing Powerful Ideas course (PHY
620 or PHY 622) |
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Process Skills in Physics Teaching (PHY
510) |
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Adolescent Psychology |
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School Year 1 |
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Induction seminar |
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Seminar in Physics Education Research
(PHY 500) |
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Additional coursework (LOTE, other
science courses, physics) |
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Summer 2 |
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Literacy courses |
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Constructing Powerful Ideas course (PHY
620 or PHY 622) |
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School year 2 |
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Induction seminar |
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Additional coursework (LOTE, other
science courses, physics) |
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MasterŐs Project (PHY 690) |
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