EDUC 745 – Reading & Writing for Divergent/Exc
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: Participants will learn to apply research-supported techniques for assisting students with divergent and exceptional needs who experience substantial difficulty in reading and written language. Building on understandings of the cognition, memory, and language characteristics of divergent and exceptional learners, the course will examine the development of the following: […]
EDUC 436 – Teach Math in Secondary School
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take EDUC-393. (Required, Concurrent). Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: This course is designed for mathematics majors who are pursuing licensure in secondary mathematics. Students will investigate mathematics curriculum, teaching strategies, and evaluation techniques. Mathematics concepts, geometry, real world applications, the use of technology, and problem solving strategies will be emphasized.
EDUC 437 – Teach Science in Secondary School
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take EDUC-393. (Required, Concurrent). Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: Introduces prospective secondary school science teachers to the issues, trends, challenges, current curriculum development projects, and research in secondary science education. Instructional strategies to promote investigative science skills and concepts will be emphasized. Education 380, Education 393, and the appropriate methods course in the […]
EDUC 487 – Classroom Management
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take EDUC-490. (Required, Concurrent). Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: Designed to develop the necessary knowledge and skills for teacher candidates to be effective teachers. Emphasis is on preparation in the following areas: classroom rules and procedures, disciplinary interventions, teacher-student relationships, and the student’s responsibility for management.
EDUC 490 – Directed Teaching
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take EDUC-487. (Required, Concurrent). Credit Hours: Min: 6; Max: Description: The student will be placed in a classroom situation and work under the guidance of an experienced classroom teacher as well as a University supervisor.
EDUC 490A – Directed Teaching
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take EDUC-487. (Required, Concurrent). Credit Hours: Min: 6; Max: Description:
EDUC 555 – Teaching Children of Poverty
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: This course and its required clinical experiences are designed to provide teacher candidates with in-depth study of issues related to teaching children of poverty. It includes collaborative research activities and the use of existing research evidence in the areas of the culture of poverty; the classroom community; family […]
EDUC 599 – Teach&Assess Children of Poverty
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take EDUC-555. (Required, Previous). Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: This course and its required clinical experiences are designed to provide graduate students with focused study of purposeful teaching and assessment, specifically as they relate to children of poverty. It includes use of the Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy to facilitate an understanding of the cognitive […]
EDUC 393 – Clinical Experience: Secondary
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take EDUC-380. (Required, Previous). Credit Hours: Min: 2; Max: Description: This course is designed to provide all secondary licensure students with practical experiences in the public schools. Special emphasis in the school setting will be on tutorial experiences utilizing diagnostic/prescriptive teaching and evaluation strategies. Teaching reading skills appropriate to content will also be emphasized. […]
EDUC 394 – Clinical Experience Middle Level
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take MLED-315 MLED-316 or MLED-317. (Required, Previous or concurrent). Credit Hours: Min: 2; Max: Description: This course is designed to provide middle level education majors with practical experiences in public middle schools. Middle level candidates will focus on examining how content can best be presented to early adolescent students and preparation for the Teacher […]
EDUC 411 – Reading in the Content Areas
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: This course is designed to prepare pre-service teacher candidates to teach reading and writing skills related to content subjects (i.e., Math, Science, Social Studies, English Language Arts) in an integrated manner. Methods and materials needed to promote reading achievement in content subjects will be examined by pre-service classroom […]
EDUC 420 – Introduction: Exceptional Learner
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take EDUC-190 EDUC-192. (Required, Previous). Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: This course is designed for prospective teachers with a concentration in learning disabilities. It will provide an introduction and overview of the nature and needs of exceptional learners who are included in general education classrooms. Pre-service teachers will be exposed to theoretical bases […]