5E-Model Professional Development in Science Education for Special Educators (5E-SESE)
5E-SESE is an online professional development system with self-directed modules and, during the grant period, individualized coaching designed for teachers who teach science to students with significant cognitive disabilities.
Develop teachers’ capacity to provide effective science instruction
Combine features of universal design and inquiry-based science instruction
Create and teach 5E learning cycle science lessons
Professional Development System
The system engages teachers in a series of 5E learning cycles so they can experience the same kind of learning cycle their students will experience during science instruction.
As shown in the figure, the fundamentals modules cover Science Essential Elements (EEs), the 5E Model of Instruction, Universal Design for Learning (UDL), 5E-SESE Lesson Planning, and Teaching Using the 5E-SESE Approach. Those modules are completed first and applied in each EE module.
