• EDUC 5675: Performance and Excellence in the Arts

  2.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): EDUC 5674. Provides opportunity for participants to share a personal identity as an artist, and as a teacher who uses the arts, to benefit themselves and others. Assesses participant ability to exhibit work and/or produce performances, informances, or explorations demonstrating student competency in the arts. Requires participants to advocate for the arts by applying and describing how arts education aligns with effective educational theories. Analyses participant's ability to apply the cultural and historical meaning of the arts to connect arts experiences with differing contexts and aspects of life. Asks participants to construct, implement, and assess arts-integrated learning experiences. Evaluates participant's practice in identifying and connecting various programs and practices at district, region, state, and national levels to promote and experience the arts, while meeting shared goals.
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• EDUC 5677: Science of Literacy IV - Reading Comprehension and Writing

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): Utah Professional Educator License. Identifies effective comprehension strategies. Describes ways to guide comprehension with questioning. Explores the reading-writing connection to support students in learning foundational writing skills. Builds a deeper understanding of how students learn and why some students may struggle. Focuses on ways to differentiate instruction to meet the varying need of students. Requires practice and implementation in the classroom.
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• EDUC 5700: Foundations of Dual Langage Immersion Education

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): Professional educator license or permission of the Dean of the School of Education. Presents a historical overview and the theoretical and research foundations for dual language and immersion education. Emphasizes the practical application of theory and research in immersion programs.
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• EDUC 5710: Instructional Strategies and Curriculum and Classroom Management for the Elementary Classroom

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): Professional educator license or permission of the Dean of the School of Education. Designed to acquaint secondary teachers seeking a K-12 Dual Language Immersion (DLI) endorsement with instructional strategies and classroom management for the elementary classroom. Focuses on helping students to understand the elementary curriculum and plan units of instruction, and to build a repertoire of teaching strategies, tasks, and resources for use in the elementary classroom. Requires 15 hours of field experience/practicum hours in a DLI classroom in addition to class time.
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• EDUC 5741: STEM for Teaching K-6 Science

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): Utah professional educator license. Focuses on STEM integration through the lens of science. Identifies and distinguishes STEM models as they examine, engage in, and implement three dimensions of science instruction, Disciplinary Core Ideas (DCIs), Science and Engineering Practices (SEPs), and Crosscutting concepts (CCCs), through the use of authentic phenomena. Teaches participants to apply pedagogical practices that help K-6 students develop the disciplinary literacy needed to authentically communicate in science and helps students develop the skills needed to integrate science with other disciplines. Instructs participants to model practices to build their capacity to create effective student-centered learning environments and instruction. Emphasizes authentic connections between science and technology, engineering design, and mathematics.
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• EDUC 5742: STEM for Teaching K-6 Technology and Engineering

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): Utah professional educator license. Focuses on STEM integration through the lens of engineering and technology. Teaches participants to identify and distinguish STEM models as they examine, engage in, and implement engineering design and the Science and Engineering Practices (SEPs) through the use of effective technological tools. Applies pedagogical practices that help K-6 students develop the disciplinary literacy needed to authentically communicate in engineering and helps students develop the skills needed to integrate the engineering design process with other disciplines. Models practices to build participant capacity to create effective student-centered learning environments and instruction. Emphasizes authentic connections with science and mathematics.
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• EDUC 574A: STEM for Teaching K-6 Mathematics

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): Utah professional teaching license.. Focuses on STEM integration through the lens of mathematics. Identifies and distinguishes STEM models as they examine, engage in, and implement mathematical concepts, Standards for Mathematics Practices (SMPs), and Effective Mathematics Teaching Practices through the use of rich mathematical tasks. Applies pedagogical practices that help K-6 students develop discourse skills needed to authentically communicate in mathematics and help students develop the skills needed to integrate mathematics with other disciplines. Models practices to build their participant capacity to create effective student-centered learning environments and instruction. Emphasizes authentic connections between mathematics and science, technology, and engineering design.
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• EDUC 5750: Energy in STEM for Elementary Teachers

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): Recommended: Education Majors or Licensed Educators. Provides teachers with a deep and useful understanding of energy and the nature of how students use concepts of energy to make sense of phenomena across life, earth, and physical science. Enhances teacher insights into: 1) how matter and energy interact, 2) the relationships of energy to forces and interactions within fields, and 3) pedagogical content knowledge around teaching and learning about energy. Also connects knowledge of energy concepts to practices in technology, engineering, and mathematics.
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• EDUC 5760: Force in STEM for Elementary Teachers

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): Recommended: Education Majors or Licensed Educators. Provides teachers with a deep and useful understanding of force and the nature of how students use concepts of force to make sense of phenomena across life, earth, and physical science. Enhances teacher insights into: 1) how force, matter and energy interact, 2) the relationship of force to energy and interactions within fields, and 3) pedagogical content knowledge around teaching and learning about force. Also connects knowledge of concepts of force to practices in technology, engineering and mathematics.
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• EDUC 5770: Matter in STEM for Elementary Teachers

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): Recommended: Education Majors or Licensed Educators. Provides teachers with a deep and useful understanding of matter and the nature of how students use concepts of matter to make sense of phenomena across life, earth, and physical science. This understanding enhances teacher insights into: 1) how matter and energy interact, 2) the relationships of matter to forces and interactions within fields, and 3) pedagogical content knowledge around teaching and learning about matter. Also connects knowledge of concepts of matter to practices in technology, engineering and mathematics.
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