About
Do you want to learn and do more as a science teacher? Can you picture yourself becoming a leader among your fellow science teachers?
The MAEd degree program consists of 36 semester-hours of course work and a thesis or teacher research project (3 semester-hours). The program takes candidates two-and-a-half years to complete. The MAEd degree is appropriate for science teachers licensed at the "A" level and interested in pursuing advanced licensure (i.e., "M" level licensure). The entire program is delivered online. Past graduates of the program have gone on to receive National Board Certification, assume teacher-leadership roles in their schools and districts, pursue doctoral study in science education at prestigious universities, and/or become professional development leaders in NSF-funded science education reform projects.
There is a clear progression of courses in the program, and although entry to the program may occur during any term (spring, summer, or fall), the sequence of science education courses begin each fall semester, with education core classes being available for those starting other than the fall. Each science education course is offered over the course of a year, meaning that courses are readily available.
ECU Advantage
The newly revised MAEd in science education offers a number of attractive features for the busy professional. It is designed to be completed part time while you teach full time. Specific science education courses are offered during the academic year while MAEd students are teaching their K--12 students. This allows the program to use the classroom as a laboratory for testing ideas, as a site for determining how students perform on national and international assessment items, and as a setting for performing action research.
The totally online nature of the program allows it to be taken by students almost anywhere and program students are nearly always part-time graduate students who are fully employed. A final benefit of the online program - transportation costs and on-campus student fees are eliminated, providing the student a much more economical degree program.
What You Will Study
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