Per WGU's published description, Secondary Science Teaching Methods equips secondary science educators with the essential knowledge and skills to effectively teach science through a three-dimensional approach, integrating science and engineering practices, crosscutting concepts, and disciplinary core ideas. Participants explore general considerations for science instruction, including inquiry-based learning, hands-on activities, and assessment strategies, with the goal of engaging students in meaningful and authentic scientific learning experiences. The description states the course builds on foundational knowledge in Three-Dimensional Science and Engineering, the D885 course these same programs schedule one term earlier.
One honest structural note from the same description: this methods course counts towards 7 hours of the 51 total clinical hours that learners gain from their SCED methods courses, so part of D886 connects to live classroom experience. Those live pieces always stay with you; the written, scored academic work is ours. Four catalog tables carry D886, all at term 4: the M.A. in Teaching, Science Education secondary degrees in biology, chemistry, earth science, and physics, beside D770 Secondary Literacy Methods and Interventions, D884 Laboratory Safety, and D806 Secondary Disciplinary Literacy. It also has a same-named undergraduate twin, D875 (EDUC 3268, 3 CUs), in the bachelor's tables. Message us the code and where you stand, and we quote a flat price in writing.