{"id":3847,"date":"2017-10-18T13:01:27","date_gmt":"2017-10-18T20:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/?p=3847"},"modified":"2017-10-18T13:01:27","modified_gmt":"2017-10-18T20:01:27","slug":"med-in-science-education-cohort-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/post-3847","title":{"rendered":"MEd in Science Education Cohort Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span lang=\"EN-CA\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Cambria;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #31849b; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;\">PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT &amp; COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><i><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #31849b; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;\">For Teachers and Education Professionals<\/span><\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">PART-TIME GRADUATE COHORT PROGRAM<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pdce.educ.ubc.ca\/sced\/\"><b><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #31849b; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;\">MEd in Science Education (SCED)<\/span><\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #31849b; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;\">Taught by Leading UBC Science Education Researchers<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #525252; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;\">Begins: September 2018<br \/>\nDelivery: Online (some optional face-to-face courses available)<br \/>\nOnline Info Session: <i>Friday, October 27<\/i> | 4:00 pm &#8211; 5:30 pm <\/span><b><i><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: maroon; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;\">*<\/span><\/i><\/b><b><i> <\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #cb0000; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">don\u00b9t miss the upcoming info session!<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #525252; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;\">Apply By: <b><i>March 1, 2018<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span lang=\"EN-CA\" style=\"margin: 0px; color: #a55d23; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">A part-time\u00a0<b>fully online<\/b>\u00a0graduate program offered by leading UBC Science Education researchers to working\u00a0professionals in Canada and beyond.<\/span><\/i><span lang=\"EN-CA\" style=\"margin: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-CA\" style=\"margin: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;\">Our graduate programs in Science Education are ideal for those seeking to make a difference in teacher education; learning and teaching at the elementary, secondary and post-secondary levels; industry; teaching and research institutions; government and private sector bodies; museums; outdoor settings and other science-based organizations.<br \/>\n<\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\" style=\"margin: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;\"><br \/>\nThe MEd in Science Education offers students the opportunity to pursue a wide range of research and professional interests in the field of STEM education, with the emphasis on science education.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span lang=\"EN-CA\" style=\"margin: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;\">The SCED program\u00b9s philosophy is that theory and practice are inextricably linked and work hand in hand to improve the quality of education.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span lang=\"EN-CA\" style=\"margin: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;\">Educators are empowered by collaboration across disciplines, countries, and contexts. Therefore this program values diverse expertise and experience; collaboration and mentorship; and innovative ideas, theories and practices.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-CA\" style=\"margin: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;\">Through the pursuit of student individual and collective interests, graduate students will develop and enhance their knowledge and practice of Science Education. Graduate students will be equipped to advance the quality of education and\/or assume leadership roles in the field.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-CA\" style=\"margin: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;\">This cohort is poised to directly address and give meaning to these initiatives and curriculum changes through creative and critical inquiry, advanced intellectual engagement, and empirical and theoretical analysis.<\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\" style=\"margin: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span lang=\"EN-CA\" style=\"margin: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">SCED Program Contact Information <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-CA\" style=\"margin: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;\">Yvette Kharoubeh<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-CA\" style=\"margin: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;\">Senior Program Assistant <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-CA\" style=\"margin: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;\"><a>yvette.kharoubeh@ubc.ca<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT &amp; COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT For Teachers and Education Professionals PART-TIME GRADUATE COHORT PROGRAM MEd in Science Education (SCED) Taught by Leading UBC Science Education Researchers Begins: September 2018 Delivery: Online (some optional face-to-face courses available) Online Info Session: Friday, October 27 | 4:00 pm &#8211; 5:30 pm * don\u00b9t miss the upcoming info session!&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18841,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3836],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18841"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3847"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3847\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3848,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3847\/revisions\/3848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}