Cohort: Math & Science
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Unique Focus or Emphasis
The Mathematics and Science Credential Cohort Program focuses coursework and fieldwork
explicitly on the challenging work of teaching mathematics and science to adolescents.
The program prepares SDSU ‘s student teachers with the knowledge, skills, and dispositions
to engage collaboratively with colleagues so that they can address the complexities
of teaching mathematics and science in diverse settings.
Distinctive Features
• Cohort-based program. Students in the mathematics and science cohort take their coursework together so that
they learn and grow together and support one another as they prepare to teach in California’s
schools.
• Focused curriculum. Coursework focuses on the content-specific needs of prospective mathematics and science
teachers, with the recognition that understanding students is at the core of any successful
teaching experience.
• Fieldwork. Over the course of the academic year, student teachers are placed in a mathematics
or science classroom with a specially selected and accomplished guide teacher. In
addition to a guide teacher, students have a faculty supervisor who visits the classroom
regularly and provides guidance and feedback as students learn to teach.
• Inquiry stance. Consistent with the mission of San Diego State University’s School of Teacher Education,
faculty and guide teachers promote and support an inquiry-oriented approach. This,
in turn, fosters a disposition of inquiry, and aids teaching as much as learning among
all students. This approach includes learning how to learn from students, from practice, from
colleagues, and from the literature over the course of one’s educational career.
Location of Courses
SDSU
Locations of Student Teaching
Middle and High Schools in SDSU’s Geographic Service Area
Days/Times (approx. schedule) of Courses
After K-12 school hours, typically beginning at 4:00 PM
Days/times (approx. schedule of student teaching)
Monday-Friday mornings