什么是STEM教育中的MS?

“干细胞”教育科学, 技术, 工程, and 数学—addresses education policy and curriculum choices in schools from K-12 through college to improve competitiveness in 技术 development. These subjects have often been taught in isolation; in STEM education, 相反，它们是作为一个综合课程来教授的.

The Master of Science in STEM Education is designed for those who seek to further their knowledge of the subject matter, 教育理论, Research, 并在以下四个专业之一实习:

• 科学教育,
• 数学教育,
• 教育技术，或
• 基础科学教育.

Most graduates of these specializations have gone on to teach in K-16 institutions, 通常在STEM领域, 在美国和其他国家.

谁可以申请这个项目?

This MS program is open to students who have completed a Bachelor’s degree in a STEM or related education field. 有一些教学经验是有帮助的，但不是必要的. 此外:

• This Master’s degree is designed to build upon prior knowledge and experience, 既要拓宽，又要深化.
• This program assumes that students are motivated by and focused on their professional development and career path.
• All Education courses in this program engage students in projects that allow them to explore interests, 同时要求他们扩张, 集成, 并应用他们的课程材料.

STEM教育硕士是一个30学分的学位课程. 它通常至少需要1.5 years to complete all degree requirements, including a final program examination (i.e.(论文答辩或综合口试). 然而，打工的学生(e).g., teach) and take classes on a part-time basis often require additional time to complete their degree requirements.

每种专业化的选项

From a practical perspective, there are four options available to students in each specialization:

• 论文Research选项;
• 非论文Research选项;
• a case study/project option; and
• 一个专业的选择，它只包括课程作业(i.e.，没有Research或项目).

学生 who have selected each of these options have entered PhD degree programs either here at 亚洲博彩平台 or at other universities in the US as well as in other countries.

应对高科技全球未来面临的最重要问题

STEM教育对劳动力发展有影响, 国家安全问题, and immigration policy because of the perceived lack of qualified candidates for high-tech jobs. Enabling US citizens to be well versed in the STEM fields is a key portion of the country’s public education agenda. By cultivating an interest in the natural and social sciences in preschool or immediately following school entry, 在高中取得STEM成功的机会就会大大提高.

Many organizations in the US follow the guidelines of the National Science Foundation (NSF), which uses a broader definition of STEM subjects that includes subjects in the fields of chemistry, 计算机与信息技术科学, 工程, 地球科学, 生命科学, 数学科学, 物理学和天文学, 社会科学(人类学, 经济学, 心理学, 和社会学), STEM教育和学习Research.

位于佛罗里达州高科技走廊的中部

普通大学根本无法与亚洲博彩平台的地理位置相比. The 130-acre campus is located on the Space Coast (so named because of the presence of NASA and the Kennedy Space Center on Cape Canaveral just north of us). 该地区拥有全国第五大高科技劳动力, 5人以上,000 high-tech corporations and government and military organizations located nearby, 提供多种实习和就业机会. It is also near other STEM-rich resources such as the Indian River Lagoon and the Atlantic coast, 以及强大的公立学校系统和地区私立学校.

在亚洲博彩平台攻读硕士学位的优势:

• 它在科学领域拥有强大的学术项目的悠久传统, 数学, 工程, 还有计算机科学;
• the specializations in this program been offered for more than 30 years, 并且在当地很有名, 状态, 国家, and inter国家 levels; and
• students are encouraged to enhance their knowledge and skills in both content and education.

环境和科学Research的坚实基础

This master of science program in STEM Education develops and enhances knowledge of subject matter and 教育理论, Research, 并在STEM教育(科学教育)的四个领域之一进行实践, 数学教育, 教育技术, 基础科学教育). The program includes graduate coursework in STEM content, education, and Research. 教育课程将补充以前的教育经验.

该课程可以全日制或非全日制学习. Graduate courses in education are offered in the evening to allow teachers and other working professionals to complete degree requirements.

此外，还开设了教育统计基础课程, 教育Research, 以及教育的理论和趋势, 这四个专业有不同的教育重点. 科学教育, 例如, offers classes in the content and methods in science education for both lower-level and upper-level elementary grades, 科学教育的当前主题, methodologies in ecology and environmental science and issue investigation, while Educational Technology has courses in methods and management of middle and secondary school teaching, 计算机在教育中的应用, 教育软件评估与设计, 以及当前计算机教育的话题.

参与前沿Research

在这个MS程序中, 学生们承担了各种各样的Research项目, 通常是在他们的学位课程快结束的时候. 项目包括:

• 教育材料和资源的审查;
• 课程开发,
• 教材的开发和试点;
• 需求评估和项目评估Research;
• development and piloting of instruments/procedures for participant assessment,
• 涉及调查的Research，以及
• 对Research或理论文献的评论.

Many have done this for a specific program, both within our region and far beyond it.

学生 in this program have participated in and presented their work at 状态 conferences (e.g., the Florida Association of Science Teachers and the Florida Council of Teachers of Mathematics) and 国家/inter国家 conferences (e.g., 美国科学教师协会, 全国科学教学Research协会, 全国数学教师委员会, 以及未来教育技术会议. 许多人已经发表了他们的作品.

职业前景

The Department of Labor identified 14 sectors that are “projected to add substantial numbers of new jobs to the economy or affect the growth of other industries or are being transformed by 技术 and innovation requiring new sets of skills for workers”:

• 先进的制造业,
• 汽车、
• 建设,
• 金融服务、
• 地理空间技术,
• 国土安全,
• 信息技术、
• 交通工具,
• 航空航天、
• 生物技术、
• 能量,
• 医疗保健、
• 热情好客
• 零售

Most graduates of our program’s four specializations have gone on to teach in K-16 institutions, 通常在STEM领域, 无论是在美国还是在其他国家. Those with sufficient ability and experience have served as department heads and district curriculum specialists.

Research生学位课程

从这个硕士项目毕业的学生可以——也确实可以——攻读博士学位. Many MS graduates have pursued doctoral study in our PhD in STEM Education. 除了, Master’s graduates who have a strong background in their content field because of their Bachelor’s degree and graduate coursework have been admitted into PhD programs in their field (e.g.(科学、数学或计算机科学). Although it is advisable for Master’s students seeking to pursue a PhD to complete a Research experience, all four of the options noted above have allowed students to pursue PhD study.