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  • 3.00 Credits

    Prerequisite(s): University Advanced Standing and admission to Professional Education Program or permission of department chair. Stresses research-based teaching/learning principles used in a classroom setting to enhance learning. Includes study of parent education, involvement, and support strategies, and collaboration with community agencies and professionals. Emphasizes the application of theory to practice with emphasis on teacher-student instructional interaction and teacher/parent/community agency interactions. Designed to help students understand how children develop and learn and how that knowledge should influence classroom teaching.
  • 2.00 Credits

    Prerequisite(s): University Advanced Standing and Admission to Professional Education Program or permission of department chair. Provides a broad and comprehensive overview of American education. Facilitates the understanding of current educational practices in America as a result of the social, historical, economic, and political forces that have had influence on the education system. Provides opportunities for students to evaluate their own belief system concerning education.
  • 2.00 Credits

    Prerequisite(s): University Advanced Standing and admission to Professional Education Program or permission of department chair. Examines the philosophy of Developmentally Appropriate Practice in connection to interactions with kindergarten children, preparing the classroom environment, and planning/implementing instruction. Addresses the role of play to support learning in all areas of development. Includes strategies for supporting children's social, emotional, and cognitive development. Introduces the principles of intentional teaching. Emphasizes lesson planning in all content areas. Addresses the teacher's responsibility in creating a child-centered environment that supports creativity, critical thinking, communication, and collaboration.
  • 2.00 Credits

    Prerequisite(s): University Advanced Standing and admission to Professional Education Program or permission of department chair. Addresses the equitable integration of technologies into elementary classroom instruction. Prepares future teachers to use technologies to differentiate their instruction to meet the needs of all students. Explores ways technology can be used to revitalize pedagogy. Explores the impact of the global digital divide. Provides future teachers with the ability to develop lesson activities that empower students to make meaningful connections and develop 21st Century skills.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Prerequisite(s): University Advanced Standing and admission to Professional Education Program or permission of department chair. Discusses implications of human diversity for major societal institutions. Addresses the impact of diversity in children's education environments, ages birth through adolescence. Focuses on linguistic, cultural, ethnic, familial, religious, developmental, and gender diversity. Emphasizes inclusive, anti-bias classroom strategies for supporting learning and development of diverse students. Encourages examination of personal beliefs and attitudes about diversity.
    General Education Course
  • 3.00 Credits

    Prerequisite(s): University Advanced Standing and admission to Professional Education Program or permission of department chair. Covers instructional design and assessment for program effectiveness and student achievement. Discusses instructional models, skills and techniques for engaging students in course content and assessing learning. Teaches beginning lesson plan design.
  • 2.00 Credits

    Prerequisite(s): Admission to Professional Education Program or permission of department chair and University Advanced Standing. Covers the role of teachers in the inclusion of exceptional children, working with parents and specialists, and in developing individual educational plans for exceptional children. Introduces characteristics and special needs of exceptional children who have physical, emotional, social, mental, or health exceptionalities. Stresses curriculum modification planning necessary for special needs students. Addresses ethical behaviors specific to teaching exceptional children.
  • 1.00 Credits

    Prerequisite(s): University Advanced Standing and admission to Professional Education Program or permission of department chair. Introduces students to basic classroom management ideas. Provides learning strategies for managing students and materials in the classroom environment. Explores basic classroom management theories and practices.
  • 1.00 Credits

    Prerequisite(s): EDEL 4200, Admission to Professional Education Program, and University Advanced Standing. Establishes a foundation for selecting a model to follow for the development of a classroom management plan. Considers the role of the teacher and students in developing rules and establishing habits in a classroom setting.
  • 1.00 Credits

    Prerequisite(s): University Advanced Standing and admission to Professional Education Program or permission of department chair. Presents strategies for routine management of the classroom environment and materials, and the initial set up of a classroom and management plans.