CSU - Teach Science!
The Science Secondary Education Program at CSU prepares students to enter High School Science Teaching and engage in innovative instruction utilizing inquiry based teaching techniques and active engagement.
Our program has benefited from strong collaborations between the Department of Biology and the Department of Chemistry Physics and Engineering Studies and collaborative efforts between the College of Education and the College of Arts and Sciences.
Our program has also benefited from having a Teacher in Residence, collaborations with local High School Teachers (at ChiArts, Brooks, Gary Comer College Prep), TYC Faculty (at Harold Washington, Malcolm X, and Olive Harvey), and faculty engaged in innovative pedagogy and discipline based education research in Astronomy, Chemistry, and Physics.
Funding to support our innovative science education program has come from the Illinois Board of Higher Education, the National Science Foundation, and the American Physical Society PhysTEC Program.
Alumni Spotlight
Angela Newton
Assistant Principal STEM Coordinator, Lake View High School
Angela received her Bachelors Degree in Chemistry with Science Certification at CSU and has been teaching in Chicago Public Schools for five years.
Angela is currently the Assistant Principal STEM Coordinator, Lake View High School and is featured in the American Physical Society Forum on Education Newsletter.
Check it out at:
Angela Newton Profile
Videos on CSU's Science Ed. Program
Connecting Science Education
to the Community.
Incorporating the expertise of teachers into CSU's
preservice program.
Preparing to teach in the
Urban Classroom.
News!
CSU receives grants from the NSF and Department of Education to support the Learning Assistant Program
10-17-15
CSU, with collaborators at the University of Colorado-Bouder, George Mason University, and Boston University receive an NSF - IUSE grant to support research, governance, and implementation of the Learning Assistant (LA) Program. The LA Program involves undergraduate STEM majors as facilitators of Learning in STEM major courses. The department of Education grant will also involve support for the LA program and allow the program to expand.
Karel Jacobs presents in MSU's Create4STEM seminar series.
10-09-15
Dr. Karel Jacobs, coordinator of secondary education at Chicago State University, will present "Science Teacher Preparation and Urban Ecology at Chicago State University." Dr. Jacobs is an associate professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at CSU and a visiting scholar on sabbatical at KBS.
CSU Science Faculty and Students to present at AAPT Meeting!
06/19/15
CSU Science Education will present work on the S-STEM Program, the LA Program, and the Noyce and PhysTEC Program at the 2015 American Association of Physics Teachers Meeting in College Park Maryland.