• EDUC 6350: Theories of Second Language Acquisition

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): Admission to Graduate Status Admission to the School of Education Masters Degree Program Or permission of the Dean or the instructor. Describes the variables that interact in the second language learning process, including linguistic, cognitive, social, cultural, and political factors. Examines learning a second language as both an individual and social experience. Examines the linguistic, cognitive, psychological, and emotional elements of learning a second language. Identifies the interactions between the individual and the contexts in which s/he interacts and then attempts to understand how they work together to foster or inhibit successful second language learning and acquisition.
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• EDUC 6360: Multicultural Education

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): Admission to Graduate Status Admission to the School of Education Masters Degree Program Or permission of the Dean or the instructor. Identifies the connections between language, culture, and identity. Examines multicultural education through a focus on the historical, sociological, and philosophical foundations of education. Emphasizes the role of ethnicity in the development of the United States and its education system. Outlines multicultural /multilingual curricula with a special focus on culturally/ linguistically-responsive instruction and assessment techniques.
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• EDUC 6370: Assessment of Second Language Learners

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): Admission to Graduate Status Admission to the School of Education Masters Degree Program Or permission of the Dean or the instructor. Examines theory, methods, and practice in the testing of bilingual students at both the classroom level and the large-scale level in the context of school accountability. Focuses on assessment of language proficiency in English language learners (ELL) and the assessment of academic achievement of bilingual students in specific content areas. Develops and reviews tasks (test items), response formats, scoring systems, and test administration procedures as critical to attaining validity and fairness. Examines testing major current testing policies for linguistic minority students. Practicum required.
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• EDUC 6380: Literacy and Linguistics in English as a Second Language

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): Admission to Graduate Status Admission to the School of Education Masters Degree Program Or permission of the Dean or the instructor. Focuses on how teachers can best meet the literacy and language needs of students from a variety of cultural, socioeconomic and language groups. Explores frameworks for providing high-quality literacy instruction to all students. Analyzes classrooms and schools that have been successful in accomplishing this. Examines ethnic identities and personal conceptions of diversity, and how these may impact instructional decisions. Analyzes students and families represented in their classrooms. Discusses ways to build bridges between home and school cultures.
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• EDUC 6390: Family and Community Involvement

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): Admission to Graduate Status Admission to the School of Education Masters Degree Program Or permission of the Dean or the instructor. Provides strategies for facilitating community participation in the education of minorities. Examines the role of the teacher in the classroom and community with the intention of developing insight and understanding of how the teacher's role in these areas impacts the adjustment of adolescents during grades 7-12. Considers models and methods for facilitating positive relationships. Studies the techniques of family-school collaboration as well as constructive methods of evaluation. Practicum required.
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• EDUC 6400: Contemporary Issues in Teacher Leadership

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): Admission to Graduate Status Admission to the School of Education Masters Degree Program Or permission of the Dean. Introduces students to critical concepts about contemporary teacher leadership. Examines current issues and strategies impacting teacher leadership. Analyzes contemporary theories of learning and teaching from personal and public perspectives and how those theories converge with professional practice in classrooms and schools. Examines the philosophical foundations of curriculum and instruction in American schools, the social and cultural conditions that influence education, and new concepts in education curriculum materials, and methods of instruction from the perspective of teacher leadership.
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• EDUC 6410: Contemporary Issues

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): Admission to Graduate Status Admission to the School of Education Masters Degree Program Or permission of the Dean. Presents contemporary theories of learning and teaching from personal and public perspectives and how those theories converge with professional practice in classrooms and schools. Provides a study of the philosophical foundations of curriculum and instruction in American schools, the social and cultural conditions that influence education, and new concepts in education curriculum materials, and methods of instruction.
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• EDUC 6411: Instructional Coaching

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): Acceptance into the Teacher Leader or Earned Endorsement emphasis in the M.Ed. program, or permission of the program director.. Ensures that those obtaining the Utah State Board of Education (USBE) Instructional Coaching endorsement are prepared with the requisite, foundational skill-set to effectively coach their fellow educators' practice to improve student outcomes and overall educator effectiveness using the USBE Coaching Framework. Teaches the USBE Coaching Framework to ensure a level of consistency statewide among all institutions providing courses for the Instructional Coaching Endorsement.
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• EDUC 6412: Adult Learning--Theory and Practice

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): Acceptance into the UVU SOE master of education program.. Builds theoretical background knowledge and skills required for teaching adults in professional development or coaching, mentoring settings. Ensures that those pursuing and obtaining the Utah State Board of Education Instructional Coaching endorsement are prepared with the requisite, foundational skill-set to effectively coach their fellow educators' practice to improve student outcomes and overall educator effectiveness.
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• EDUC 6500: Teaching K-6 Numbers and Operations

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): Admission to School of Education graduate program; professional educator license; or permission of the Dean of the School of Education. Designed for K-6 teachers. Covers the content of Number and Operations to develop a comprehensive understanding of our number system and relate its structure to computation, arithmetic, algebra, and problem solving. Includes number, number sense, computation, and estimation through a coordinated program of activities that develop number concepts and skills. Special attention in this course will be given to how children learn and connect the fundamental concepts of number systems, children's developmental trajectories in the mathematical content of number and operations, how children construct their understanding of various number systems and arithmetic, children's typical error patterns, problem solving strategies, interpreting and assessing students' work and learning, and integration of the NCTM process standards and the Utah Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs).
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