This course is designed to give students practical experience in teaching biology at the elementary and middle school level. Students are expected to demonstrate various teaching methods, learn to use scientific equipment common to classrooms, provide feedback to peers, and reflect on their own professional development as science teachers. The course integrates biology content knowledge and teaching skills, and integrates hands-on learning from a constructivist perspective. A practicum experience is required.
Principles of teaching, planning, curriculum, methods and media for secondary education are studied in this course. It is taught in sections with a common content area emphasis.
Admitted to Teacher Education Program
Principles of teaching, planning, curriculum, methods and media for secondary education are studied in this course. It is taught in sections with a common content area emphasis.
Admitted to Teacher Education Program
Principles of teaching, planning, curriculum, methods and media for secondary education are studied in this course. It is taught in sections with a common content area emphasis.
Admitted to Teacher Education Program
Principles of teaching, planning, curriculum, methods and media for secondary education are studied in this course. It is taught in sections with a common content area emphasis.
Admitted to Teacher Education Program
Principles of teaching, planning, curriculum, methods and media for secondary education are studied in this course. It is taught in sections with a common content area emphasis.
Admitted to Teacher Education Program
Principles of teaching, planning, curriculum, methods and media for secondary education are studied in this course. It is taught in sections with a common content area emphasis.
Admitted to Teacher Education Program
Principles of teaching, planning, curriculum, methods and media for secondary education are studied in this course. It is taught in sections with a common content area emphasis.
Admitted to Teacher Education Program
Principles of teaching, planning, curriculum, methods and media for secondary education are studied in this course. It is taught in sections with a common content area emphasis.
Admitted to Teacher Education Program
This course integrates writing theory and practice for teachers. Topics include writing development, research on writing, curriculum development, local, state and national standards for writing, models for responding to and evaluating student writing, and classroom methods for teaching the writing process in K-8 classrooms. A practicum experience is required.
EDUC 290; Admitted to Teacher Education Program
This course integrates reading theory and practice for teachers. Topics include reading development, research on reading, curriculum development, local, state, and national standards for reading, formative and summative reading assessments, and classroom methods for teaching reading in K-8 classrooms. A practicum experience is required.
EDUC 290; Admitted to Teacher Education Program
This course addresses the philosophy and pedagogy of middle school instruction and student learning in the 21st century. Students will compare and contrast the middle school model with junior high schools, analyze the developmental characteristics of young adolescents and the learning environments in which adolescents learn best, and develop appropriate curriculum, instruction, and assessments for young adolescent learners. Course includes a field experience providing students with an opportunity to practice and reflect on their views of instruction and student learning at the middle level.
Admitted to Teacher Education Program
This course is designed to acquaint students with the basic theories and methods of content area literacy instruction and emphasizes the practical application of theory and methods to the content areas at the middle and secondary level. Topics to be covered include comprehension development, study skills, metacognitive awareness, schema activation, instructional frameworks, purposeful reading/learning, critical thinking, vocabulary, word recognition, writing, questioning, and discussion skills as well as current trends and issues such as differentiation, materials selection, and classroom management.
Admitted to Teacher Education Program
Adolescence is a crucial transition period from childhood to adulthood. This course will examine adolescent development and issues within the context of the physical, cognitive, affective, and social domains. Focus will be on the adolescent's self development with particular reference to relationships in the family, school, peer groups, and community. An eight hour diversity experience is required in this course. Only students seeking certification for middle school and secondary education may apply towards Area 1.2. Non-majors may register with instructor's permission.
Admitted to Teacher Education Program
Students will build the knowledge, skills and attitudes to become an effective and competent teacher and learner of social studies. Students will be introduced to the philosophy, objectives, basic methods, instructional strategies and materials used in teaching social studies in the elementary and middle school with attention given to recent trends. Students will learn how to integrate children's literature into the social studies curriculum as a tool to teach democracy and social justice. This course includes a field experience providing students the opportunity to create and present literacy based social studies lessons in K-8 classrooms.
Admitted to Teacher Education Program
This class will provide pre-service teachers an understanding of "...multicultural education as embedded in a sociopolitical context and as antiracist and basic education for all students that permeates all areas of schooling, and that is characterized by a commitment to social justice and critical approaches to learning" (Neito, 2000). This course investigates the values, culture and characteristics associated with persons of diversity. Dehumanizing biases including, but not limited to, sexism, racism, ageism, and religious bigotry will be discussed. Systems of attitude, behavior and oppression will be examined with particular reference to education in a pluralistic society. The course will develop multicultural competence in educators along with skills in interpersonal relations and group facilitation.
This course will provide a foundational background and knowledge base to the historical, legal, and theoretical frameworks of education for English Language Learners (ELLs). The course will focus on acculturation issues for ELLs and the basics on how language works. This course will also help prepare you to be knowledgeable about culture, content and learning and be disposed to meet the needs of diverse learners in your classroom.
This course is focused on exploring ideas for promoting literacy (reading, writing, speaking, listening, & viewing) development in K-12 ELLs. Topics such as language acquisition theory, classroom organization, teaching strategies and assessment procedures will be explored and considered as they apply to K-12 ELLs. This course will prepare you to be knowledgeable about culture, content, and learning and to be disposed to select/adapt curriculum and pedagogy to meet the needs of diverse learners.
This course will explore ways to teach and integrate the skills of reading, writing, listening and speaking in K-12 content-area classrooms for English Language Learners (ELLs). Students will consider a variety of best practice pedagogical and instructional approaches, strategies and assessment techniques. Course will include specific attention to the Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol or SIOP. Class discussion will also focus on how to create and sustain a positive learning environment for ELLs.
Individualized Study in Education.
Instructor Approval.