Secondary Science Education Program at UK

For Program information contact Jana Bouma-Gearhart-- Updated on December 19, 2008 11:02 by the webmaster

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Application Information Professor Jana Bouwma-Gearhart NCATE/EPSB Documents	Welcome to the Secondary Science Education Program at the University of Kentucky! We are particularly proud that you are interested learning more about this most challenging teaching experience. Students with whom you will be working mature, learn, and explore at different rates, seemingly in different directions during their Secondary Science Experience. As a classroom teacher engaged in working with young people during this time in their life, you will make similar discoveries about better ways to teach, to manage a classroom, to help a child learn. Professor Jana Bouwma-Gearhart is the Chair of the Secondary Science Education Program faculty. Our Secondary Science Education Program Faculty brings together educators from within the College of Education, faculty from the University community, the Professional Educators from the Bluegrass area, and advanced Secondary Science education students. Applications are considered once a year (shortly after the 1 February deadline) for the Summer and two-semester program in Secondary Science Education. You will note that you apply to UK Graduate School and to the Master's with Initial Certification Program.
Program Process Information	The Secondary Science Education Program offers a breadth of classes and a wealth of field experiences. The combination of these classroom and experiential activities result in graduates who are prepared for many of the Secondary Science challenges! Student community activities include the Secondary Science Association. Program students and faculty communicate by frequent classroom contact, advising sessions and the LISTSERV for Science Education Majors and by their course LISTSERVs. The Secondary Science Education Program faculty continuously montior how our program is relevant to the professional challenges so we can adjust our teaching and learning experiences to provide a dynamic preparation for our pre-professional students.
Graduation Information	Graduation for our students is extremely important for our program faculty. We take pride in our prepartion for PRAXIS II testing, a standardized test that is recognized by the ESPB for teacher certification. Typically our students do very well on this measure of readiness to teach in the Secondary Sciences. The Academic Services and Teacher Certification Office announces test dates and information on graduation deadlines. The web page that shows the certification requirements across the country is frequently visited by people who are graduating.
Science Education Alumni	Our alumni teach in schools across the commonwealth and many of the 50 states. Secondary Science Educators are in great demand across the country; employment opportunities abound!
Science Resources	The Science Program at UK also maintains a professional educators' resource center. In addition several LISTSERVs are directed toward the Science Educator.

For Program information contact Jana Bouma-Gearhart-- Updated on December 19, 2008 11:02 by the webmaster The College of Education has a new web site: http://education.uky.edu/ For best viewing, a current browser is recommended. The University of Kentucky is an equal opportunity university. Some web sites to which these materials link are NOT managed by the University of Kentucky. The university does not review, control, or take responsibility for the content of those sites. Copyright University of Kentucky College of Education 1995 - 2009, All rights reserved

		Masters with Initial Certification Secondary Science Education