Beth Lewis, associate professor in the UNL Department of Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education, and her research group have produced an informational brochure for science education stakeholders about discipline-based teacher certification. You can read this brochure at this link: go.unl.edu/stc2019
The brochure summarizes key research findings on science teaching effectiveness and its relationship to current certification policy in Nebraska. The group’s own research findings, supported by an NSF grant, have been peer-reviewed and shared at recent national and international conferences. They also have a book chapter in a volume titled "Linking Teacher Preparation Program Design and Implementation to Outcomes for Teachers and Students" (Information Age Publishing). Some highlights from the book chapter are also included in the brochure along with practical guidelines for states, school districts, and teacher educators in institutions of higher education.
References:
Lewis, E.B., Rivero, A., Musson, A., Lucas, L., Tankersley, A., & Helding, B.A. (in press). Chapter 4: Educating Effective Science Teachers: Preparing and Following Teachers into the Field. In J. Carinci, S. Meyer, and C. Jackson (Eds.), Linking Teacher Preparation Program Design and Implementation to Outcomes for Teachers and Students. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.
Lewis, E. B., Lucas, L., Tankersley, A., Hasseler, E. & Helding, B. (2019). Measuring and Modelling How and When Effective Science Teaching Occurs. Paper set presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST): March 31-April 3, 2019: Baltimore, Maryland.
Lewis, E. B., Rivero, A., Lucas, L., Tankersley, A., & Helding, B. (2018). Beginning Science Teachers' Subject Matter Knowledge, Misconceptions, and Emerging Inquiry-based Teaching Practices. Paper set presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST): March 10-13, 2018: Atlanta, Georgia.
Lucas, L., & Lewis, E. (2017). Modeling Inquiry-oriented Instruction of Beginning Secondary Science Teachers. Presentation at the biannual conference of the European Science Education Research Association, August 21-25, 2017: Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland.
Master of Arts with an emphasis in Science Teaching program at UNL: https://cehs.unl.edu/tlte/masters-degree-teaching-certification/#MAst