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About the Program
Building upon a strong partnership between the College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Education to provide the best experiences for students in the content (STEM) and teaching (education) areas, the Office of STEM Teaching Activities (OSTA) developed the Masters in STEM Teaching (MST) program in 2004 to extend and deepen the STEM background of its students through graduate coursework in their STEM content areas, as well as to provide strong preparation in the pedagogical aspects of STEM teaching and learning, including high-quality, extended teaching internships. The original implementation of the program focused on certification for secondary teaching, through the Secondary Science Teaching major. In 2013, an additional track was approved to prepare students to become post-secondary instructors, the Community College Science Teaching major. The secondary track was suspended in Summer 2016 and the current and only major name has been changed to College STEM Teaching, to both reflect the fact that our graduates go on to teach within various post-secondary settings (both 2-year and 4-year) and that we offer training for all STEM disciplines.
About the Faculty
MST is coordinated by Dr. Ellen Granger in the Office of STEM Teaching Activities (OSTA). MST students also have the opportunity to work with faculty members from across Florida State University, including within their STEM Disciplines and the College of Education.
Ellen Granger, Ph.D.
Ellen Granger earned her doctorate in neuroscience and has been a practicing scientist and science educator since then. She has worked in teacher professional learning for almost 20 years with both preservice and inservice teachers. She is the Director of the Office of STEM Teaching Activities in the College of Arts & Sciences at Florida State University and the Co-Director of the FSU-Teach program for preparing secondary science and mathematics teachers. She has published over 40 scholarly articles in peer-reviewed journals in science education and science and has held over 35 research and education grants. Her research interests include teacher professional development, 3-Dimensional learning in the classroom, and maximizing student science understanding. In November of 2013, she was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) for “distinguished contribution, service, and leadership in advancing knowledge and classroom practices in science education.”
Email: granger@bio.fsu.edu
Office: 1062E King Life Sciences Building
Mail Code: 4295
Affiliated Faculty
Faculty members from STEM Disciplines:
- Biology Department Faculty
- Chemistry Department Faculty
- Engineering Department Faculty
- Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science (EOAS) Department Faculty
- Mathematics Department Faculty
- Physics Department Faculty