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Dr. Canipe, COE professor recently received a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to develop a new course for elementary education majors.
A Northern Arizona University (NAU) professor recently received a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to develop a new course for elementary education majors. The course, which will be piloted in the 2022/2023 school year, focuses on teaching the science content students will need to succeed in their own teaching. The new course is designed to be taken in the first two years of NAU’s elementary education major, providing a broad understanding of basic scientific concepts in the Arizona science standards.…
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Why do muffins rise in the oven? Marti Canipe, Assistant Professor in the Department of Teaching and Learning was featured in last week’s NAU Review featuring her recent NSF award “to develop phenomenon-based science courses for elementary teachers”. Congratulations Marti on your grant award and I know you and your Co-PI, Ron Gray will “contribute to the field’s understanding of how prospective elementary teachers develop deep science content knowledge.” Read more from The NAU Review.