The department of Science and Environmental Education exists:

• To ensure that the overall mission, goals and objectives of the college are implemented and achieved. It does this by providing a cadre of teachers who are qualified, sensitive, insightful and committed, and are responsive to their students.
• To deliver the highest quality science education and environmental education to teachers who will teach at the early childhood, primary, and secondary levels of the education sector.
• To develop teachers who display a high level of scientific literacy with the capabilities to initiate and encourage knowledge, science process skills and critical thinking skills in the students they will teach.
• To develop teachers who are environmentally aware and equipped with the knowledge and skills to effect positive behavioural and attitudinal change toward the environment.
• To offer training in the methodology to teachers currently in the field who have not had the benefit of formal training.
• To foster critical inquiry through rigorous research practices especially in relation to science teaching and environmental education.

Pursuing excellence through dedication, hard work and reflective practices.

The science methods course focuses on training teachers to understand for themselves the nature of science process skills, concepts and attitudes and how to promote their development in Grade 7-9 students. It teaches them to understand their own and their student's learning styles and how this relates to the learning of science concepts at specific ages. This knowledge will help them to develop skills in planning both the content and hands-on activities appropriate for their students learning styles and relevant to the grade 7-9 scicen curriculum.

General Science for Secondary Teachers

In this present era of scientific exploration and technological advancement, education at the secondary level is incomplete withour at least a basic understanding of scince concepts. There is also an increasing awareness of the responsibility we have to sustainably manage the resources in our environment. This course is therefore designed to develop in prospective teachers of science, a knowledge of science attitude and practical skills.

Emphasis will be placed on the ability to work methodically through application of the scientific process, and to present the reports of their work in a concise and organised manner. Throughout the course there are common threads of knowledge and of environmental considerations. The course is covered in five semesters over three years, each semester culminating with an examination consisting of one paper.

Environmental Education - CITE

The main focus of this course is to provide teachers with the opportunity to acquire the necessary knowledge, skills, values and attitudes about the environment and to produce activities for the care and protection of the environment. The course also aims to equip teachers with the skills to infuse environmental education into all subject in the curriculum. This is a 45 hour three credit course that consist of six main topics.

• Development of Evironment Education
• Introduction to Ecology
• EE in the curriculum
• Environmental problems and solutions
• EE for sustainable development
• Biodiversity education