• The candidates will identify and describe critical historical and political events, individual texts, and education-related ideas foundational to the individual STEM education disciplines.

• The candidates will develop personal perspectives and philosophies of teaching and learning integrative science, technology, engineering, and mathematics based on their personal teaching contexts.

• Candidates will demonstate their ability to access and synthesize extant literature relevant to education-related questions in STEM education. .

• Candidates will make sound verbal and written arguments grounded in extant literature.