Science Education Program

The Science Education Program at Stony Brook offers a palette of coursework, clinical practice, seminars and special projects that prepares students with undergraduate majors in biology, chemistry, earth science and/or physics to earn a Master of Arts in Teaching and to assume teaching positions in grades 7-12.

The program is committed to both science teaching and science learning as investigatory endeavors that demand conceptualization and theory building within research traditions. Therefore, successful completion of this program requires the student to demonstrate understandings of his/her content specialty, general science principles, human development and pedagogical principles; research techniques appropriate to questions posed; and instructional strategies rooted in theory.

The program offers: a wide array of supervised, clinical practice opportunities; a "Nature of Science and the Human Endeavor" Seminar series featuring distinguished faculty as facilitators; a lending library of current theoretical, instructional design and policy literature; a secure, web-based communication system for student and faculty discussion and reflection; personalized assessment system consisting of private and small group meetings with participating faculty; an individual student teaching placement program; and an informal career placement network. The program requires a minimum of three semesters, with evening coursework and daytime clinical practice beginning in the first semester.

For information about the Undergraduate programs in Science Education, please visit the undergraduate bulletin.

For information about Master of Arts in Teaching Science Programs, please visit the School of Professional Development page.

Program Descriptions:

* Becoming a Biology Teacher
* Becoming a Chemistry Teacher
* Becoming an Earth Science Teacher
* Becoming a Physics Teacher

For information about teaching in the specific science disciplines, click on the links below:

* Biology: Undergraduate and Graduate
* Chemistry: Undergraduate and Graduate
* Earth Sciences: Earth Science Teacher Training
* Physics: Physics Teacher Education Program

For information about Scholarship/Fellowship opportunities in Science Education, please see the following:

Petrie Fellowship/Loans
Robert Noyce Scholarship Program

For more information contact:
Keith Sheppard, Ed.D. - Director of the Science Education Program
Linda Padwa, M.A.T. - Coordinator, Science Education Program
Zuzana Zachar, Ph.D. - MAT in Biology
Robert Kerber, Ph.D. - Chemistry
Gilbert Hanson, Ph.D. - Geosciences
Robert McCarthy, Ph.D. - Physics
Eugene Katz, Ph.D. - Undergraduate Biology