ESTS 331 - Teaching in Urban Schools (3-0-3)
Prerequisite: Intended for students in Teaching Certificate program or by permission of the STS Director. This course introduces students to critical issues of teaching in urban schools. Readings and seminar discussions will focus on: the urban setting, children's lives in the inner city, urban schools, teachers' experiences in urban schools, the classroom, the curriculum, culturally responsive pedagogy, special education in the urban context, bilingual education, immigrant children in American schools, and Newark as an example of some of the topics studied in the course. Effective From: Spring 2009

ESTS 332 - Understanding Educational Eval. (3-0-3)
Prerequisites: R300:292 & STS 331 or R300:298, with a grade of C or better. This course examines educational evaluation-methods of data gathering, interpretations of data, as well as understanding and use of findings to inform and improve classroom practice. It provides knowledge and tools of evaluation to be proactive gatherers and users of data to plan and improve instruction. Students will define and understand various types of evaluations, how they are developed, administered, and analyzed, and their appropriate uses for the classroom. Effective From: Spring 2011

ESTS 333 - Science LIteracy and Pedagogy (3-0-3)
Prerequisite: Intended for students in Teaching Certificate program or by permission of the STS Director. This course investigates the principles of scientific literacy for the general public and how it can be achieved. Particular attention is paid to identifying a personal pedagogy, method of teaching, and how this can be capitalized upon to assist others to become more scientifically literate and aware. Effective From: Spring 2009

ESTS 335 - ICT in Secondary Schools (3-0-3)
Prerequisite: Intended for students in Teaching Certificate program or by permission of the STS Director. This course examines the integration of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) into instruction to foster community, collaboration, conceptual development, and exceptional academic performance. The course pays particular attention to present and potential access and academic uses of ICT in under-resourced urban schools with racially, ethnically, and linguistically diverse students whose families tend not to be participants in the US society's culture of power. Effective From: Spring 2009

ESTS 336 - Curriculum & Instruction for Secondary Schools (3-0-3)
Prerequisite: R300:292 and STS 331 or R300:298. This course introduces curriculum, its development, and how it influences classroom practice. Guidance documents (national, state & local), tensions between the overt, covert and hidden curricula, use of resources to enact and augment the curriculum, the need for interdisciplinary instruction, differentiated instruction, special education, and the integration of assessment into curriculum planning and implementation are examined general and for each subject-matter discipline. Effective From: Spring 2011

ESTS 337 - Obstacle to Understanding Science and Technology (3-0-3)
Prerequisite: Intended for students in Teaching Certificate program or by permission of the STS Director. This course examines the scientific disciplines typically taught to primary and secondary school children as part of standards-based education in America. It seeks to identify those factual inaccuracies, misconceptions, and other incorrect notions held by students-up-to and through college. Methods for identifying and overcoming incorrect notions will be presented. Effective From: Spring 2009

ESTS 338 - Paradigm Shifts in Science, Technology and Society (3-0-3)
Prerequisite: Intended for students in Teaching Certificate program or by permission of the STS Director. This course examines how to approach, discuss and debate controversial issues in science and technology in order to facilitate civil discourse and policy-formation in a democratic society. Various types of controversies will be addressed illustrating various aspects of debate and discourse needed to arrive at compromise, understanding, and consensus. Students will learn how to moderate group discussion dealing with current science and technology issues facing society and learn to moderate discussions for themselves and for others. Effective From: Spring 2009