Graduate School of Education Undergraduate Courses (300)
05:300:200Introduction to Education (3)
Taking a multidisciplinary approach to the study of education, this course examines educative practices in and outside school contexts. It focuses on critical issues in U.S. education, including: the structures of schools and schooling, theories of learning and teaching, students' experiences, teachers' experiences, inequality, family and community relationships, and contemporary school reform policies.
Prerequisite for admission to the teacher education program.
05:300:304Arts and the Young Child (3) This course will focus on drama, movement, visual art, music, and creative writing,
individually and together, as well as imagination and creativity. Students in
this course will experience the processes of these arts themselves and create
products/presentations using various forms. They will learn how to stimulate
arts processes and lead arts activities with young children, how to talk about
these activities with children, and how to evaluate and assess these
activities.
05:300:306Educational Psychology: Principles of Classroom Learning (3) Surveys areas of psychology most relevant to education. How children think, learn, and remember; influence of motivation; and principles of measurement. Prerequisite: 01:830:101.
05:300:315Interactive Training for Workplace and Community Settings (3)
Focuses
on how to use adult learning theory and interactive face-to-face and web-based
strategies to design and implement training in a variety of settings including
workplaces, community-based organizations, and schools.
05:300:317The Teacher in Film: Analyzing What Hollywood Has Been Telling Us about Teaching (3)
Focuses
on films in which a teacher is the central character. Students will study these
films as a cinematic art form, as positive inspirational role models for
students considering a teaching career, and as unrealistic examples that shape
the public's view concerning teaching.
05:300:318The Teacher as Performer: The Presentation of Self (3) Focuses on the techniques
and skills used in the theater by actors, directors, dancers, playwrights, and
designers, all modified and transformed by each student to create a personal
approach for dealing with various educational interactive settings. The course
will be broken into three segments. The first will be primarily a skill-based
segment during which the student participates in technical and improvisational
work. The second section will focus on lecture and discussion of key
theoretical ideas. The third will focus on each student's personal
presentation of self within an educational setting.
05:300:319Community-Based Learning in Urban Environments (3) This course is designed to
assist students in learning from local urban community centers, as well as from
the families and individuals who use these services, about how multiple
organizations serve an educative function. Through readings and practical
hands-on, community-based experiences, students will come to understand both
the broad educative needs as well as the enormous resources that exist within
the communities and families of urban and other diverse settings. At the same
time, students will gain practical skills for working with and learning from
families and individuals in community-based settings.
05:300:341Modern High School Mathematics (3) In-depth study and concentration of some key ideas in the high school mathematics curriculum. Viewing of mathematics in terms of the ideas built up in the minds of students. Prerequisites: 01:198:111 or equivalent; 01:640:250,251.
05:300:342Supervised Undergraduate Tutoring in Mathematics (3) Develop teaching strategies, an interactive style, and an approach to high school mathematics content in a one-on-one tutorial or small group setting. Students work with other undergraduates in lower-level, E-credit mathematics courses. Prerequisites: 01:640:250,251.
05:300:350Education and Computers (3) Establishes a foundation for using the computer and technology in a variety of educational settings across all subject areas. The course is hands-on in nature, with focus on current trends. Additionally, learners can expect to discuss theory, practice, and social/philosophical issues related to the use of computers in education. Some familiarity with computers is recommended; no prior computer skills are required.
05:300:361Science: Knowledge and Literacy (3) Examines the emerging role of science education in society. Special attention given to the influence of professional societies. Places current trends in science education in a historical perspective that reflects the development of science in the United States. Prerequisite: Science course at the 200 level or above.
05:300:364History of American Education (3)A historical survey of
American education from the colonial period to the present. Topics considered
will include the following: 1) colonial American education, 2) the origins of
common schools, 3) the development of a public school system, and 4) 20th- and
21st-century educational reform.
05:300:365 Contemporary Issues in Education (3) A critical examination of contemporary issues in
educational theory, policy, and practice.
05:300:383Introduction to Special Education (3) Overview of the diverse physical, psychological, and social disabilities of special education children.
05:300:401Individual and Cultural Diversity in the Classroom (3) Focuses on the range of student diversity in contemporary classrooms, including cultural, linguistic, and academic differences. Emphasizes strategies to enhance academic success, promote interaction, and facilitate the inclusion of diverse students in the regular school setting. Prerequisite: 05:300:200.
05:300:402Special Topics in Education (3) Seminar on selected topics of current interest. Topics differ each semester. Consult instructor for description of topic under study.
05:300:403Independent Study in Education (BA) Independent project in education to be carried out in consultation with appropriate faculty. Arrangements for a project supervisor must be made prior to registering for this course.
05:300:409Children's Literature in the Early Childhood and Elementary School (3)Children's literature is studied based on genre and includes author and illustrator studies. Literature is connected to content area teaching and extended literary experiences to enhance literacy development.
05:300:410Learning and Development in a Social Context: Preschool and Primary Years (3)This is
an advanced course in child development for prospective teachers with a focus
on learning and development during the preschool, kindergarten, and primary
years. Children's social and emotional development, as well as emerging skills in
language, representation, and problem solving, is examined from a cognitive
developmental-ecological framework. Students will integrate theory and research
with observations of children in classrooms and community contexts.
05:300:412Learning and Teaching in the Early Childhood Classroom (3) Addresses teaching strategies and curricula appropriate for the young child aged 3 to 8. Emphasizes the role of play in learning and development and instructional strategies to foster cognitive, social, and emotional development. Curriculum planning around integrated, thematically related experiences explored. Prerequisite: Admission to the teacher education program.
05:300:413Practicum in Early Childhood/Elementary Education I (1.5) Fieldwork in a local elementary school to observe and participate as a teaching assistant; one full day per week for nine weeks in a prekindergarten, kindergarten, or first- through third-grade classroom. Prerequisite: Admission to the teacher education program. Can be taken before or after 05:300:414. Coordinated with 05:300:412 and 494.
05:300:414Practicum in Early Childhood/Elementary Education II (1.5) Fieldwork in a local elementary school to observe and participate as a teaching assistant; one full day per week for nine weeks in a fourth- through eighth-grade classroom. Prerequisite: Admission to the teacher education program. Can be taken before or after 05:300:413. Coordinated with 05:300:441, 461, 471, and 495.
05:300:421Language and Linguistics I (3) Examines sociocultural theories of language and considers the critique they offer of traditional school grammar. Explores the educational and political implications of teaching traditional school grammar in light of these critiques.
05:300:422Teaching Literature: Readers, Texts, and Contexts (3) Examines a variety of theories about what literary reading is and why it should be taught. Develop strategies for introducing, sequencing, and discussing literary texts, as well as for integrating the study of literature into the other language arts. Field experience required.
05:300:423Teaching Writing: Social and Cognitive Dimensions (3) Examines a variety of perspectives on the nature of the writing process. Considers research and theory on how teachers should teach and respond to writing. Field experience required. Prerequisite: 05:300:421.
05:300:430Principles of Second/Foreign Language Acquisition (3) Introductory course that examines the research and theory on first and second language acquisition related to children, teens, and adults in the United States and abroad. Prerequisites: 05:300:200, admission to the teacher education program.
05:300:431Teaching World Language/ESL in Elementary Schools (3) Explores methods and materials used to foster world language and English as a Second Language (ESL) development within an elementary school context. Field experience required. Prerequisite: 05:300:200. Open only to students who have been formally admitted to a language education program. May count as education credit but not toward the major in a foreign language.
05:300:432Teaching World Language/ESL in Secondary Schools (3) Explores methods and materials used to foster world language and English as a Second Language (ESL) development within a secondary school context. Fieldwork. Corequisite: 05:300:430 or 15:253:520.
05:300:433Language and Culture (3) Relationship of linguistic, cognitive, attitudinal, and behavioral patterns within each culture and how they affect cross-cultural communication and language education. Prerequisites: 05:300:200, admission to the teacher education program.
05:300:434Language Foundations I (3) Nature of language relevant to teachers involved with other languages and cultures. Topics include functional motivation of linguistic structure, linguistic sign, phonetics, phonemic and morphemic analysis, word semantics, and correctness. Prerequisites: 05:300:200, admission to the teacher education program.
05:300:441Teaching Mathematics in the Elementary School (3) Concrete, manipulative approach to teaching mathematics concepts. Psychology of learning mathematics; the elementary curriculum; effective teaching techniques. Prerequisite: 05:300:200. Open only to students who have been formally admitted to a teacher education program.
05:300:442Problem-Solving Processes in Mathematics (3) Focuses on understanding one's own mathematical problem-solving processes and how such processes develop in mathematics learners of all ages. Prerequisite: Admission to the teacher education program.
05:300:443Methods of Teaching Secondary School Mathematics (3) Reviews the status of secondary mathematics teaching in the United States, the reform movement of the 1990s, and current thinking about issues of concern to practicing teachers. Encourages development of personal style and approach to teaching high school mathematics. Topics include instructional planning, assessment, individual differences, cultural and gender differences, and teaching styles. Prerequisite: Admission to the teacher education program.
05:300:444Practicum in Teaching Secondary School Mathematics (3) Gives prospective secondary mathematics teachers an opportunity to observe experienced teachers, serve as an aide, work with individuals and small groups, and teach several class sessions in a high school setting. Prerequisite: Admission to the teacher education program. Corequisite: 05:300:443. Students spend two complete mornings in the school each week.
05:300:461Science in the Elementary School (3) Presents science as an integrated body of knowledge using investigative and inquiry techniques. Thematic or problem-based approach to science teaching. Prerequisite: Completion of student's liberal arts college science requirement.
05:300:462Demonstrations and Technology in Science Teaching (3) Creating science teaching support materials using resources available over the internet. For use in creating laboratory, demonstration, and related activities that would complement classroom practice. Involvement in the broad internet community of interest in science and science teaching. Prerequisite: Admission to the teacher education program.
05:300:463Comparative Education (3) This course will
investigate a wide variety of social, cultural, economic, and political issues
in schooling in an international context. Included will be a study of
implications of education for pressing contemporary social issues in Africa, western and eastern Europe, Oceania, the Americas, and the Near and Far
East. The goal will be to develop a critical understanding of the impact of
globalization on education, as well as an understanding of the dominant and
alternative paradigms of education and development, and how these translate into
educational policy and practice in communities, schools, and classrooms across
the globe.
05:300:464Race and Ethnicity in American Schools (3)This course focuses on race
and ethnicity in American schools. Beginning with a historical exploration of
the social construction of race/ethnicity in the United States, the course aims
to help students think about the meaning of race/ethnicity and its significance
in U.S. society. Drawing on multiple disciplinary frameworks, the course
examines schools as sites where racial/ethnic inequality is both produced and
resisted.
05:300:471Teaching Social Studies in Elementary School (3) Examines strategies and materials for teaching social studies in the elementary school. Focuses on a cluster of teaching models to engage children in the active pursuit of knowledge, skills, and values. Prerequisite: Admission to the teacher education program.
05:300:472Materials and Methods in Social Studies (3) Study of instructional practices, curricular trends, and teaching materials used in social studies. Prerequisites: 05:300:200. Open only to students who have been formally admitted to the social studies teaching program.
05:300:480Materials and Methods in Special Education I (3) Application of learning theory and principles of systematic instruction in the areas of motor learning, oral and written language, mathematics, and social skills. Fieldwork. Prerequisites: 05:300:200, 383; 01:830:331. Open only to special education students.
05:300:481Materials and Methods in Special Education II (3)This
course is a continuation of Materials and Methods in Special Education
I. Students will learn to develop educational programs for students,
including Individualized Education Plans (IEPs). Students will learn a variety of research-based
instructional strategies for diverse learners. Students will plan
short-term and long-term units of instruction in a variety of
instructional settings. Research-based practices will be used to plan,
implement, and evaluate instruction.Prerequisite: Open only to students who have been admitted to the special education program.
05:300:494Literacy Development in the Early Years (3) Examines literacy development from birth to third grade. Varied strategies for literacy development are presented and analyzed using the emergent literacy and integrated language arts approach. Also addresses theories of early literacy development. Prerequisites: 05:300:200, admission to the teacher education program.
05:300:495Literacy Development in the Elementary and Middle School (3) Emphasizes integrated language arts approach to literacy learning in grades three through eight. Connections between reading, writing, and oral language addressed. Reviews strategies to integrate literacy learning with instruction in the content areas. Prerequisites: 05:300:200, admission to the teacher education program.
