05:300:101 University 101: Leadership for Academic Success (1.5) Designed to examine the academic expectations, resources, policies, and traditions of university life at Rutgers and foster students' leadership skills. Students will be challenged to enhance their intellectual potential, understand their academic and civic responsibilities, and explore the appreciation of cultural diversity. Students will develop critical thinking, learning, and communication skills necessary to facilitate their academic success and contribute to the intellectual life at Rutgers. Students will assess their current and future opportunities for assuming leadership roles in their community, the state and nation, and in a global society.

05:300:200 Introduction to Education (3) Taking a multidisciplinary approach to the study of education, this course examines educative practices in and outside of 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.

05:300:304 Arts 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 the course will experience the processes of these arts themselves and create products/presentations using various art forms. They will learn how to stimulate arts processes and lead art activities with young children, how to talk about these activities with children, and how to evaluate and assess these activities.

05:300:306 Educational Psychology: Principles of Classroom Learning (3) Surveys areas of psychology most relevant to education. How children think, learn, and remember; influence of motivation; principles of measurement.
Prerequisite: 01:830:101.

05:300:315 Interactive 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.

05:300:317 The 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.

05:300:318 The 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.

05:300:319 Community-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, and 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.

05:300:335 Informal Science Education (3) This course focuses on the teaching and learning of science in out-of-school contexts. These contexts are widely referred to as "informal learning" contexts and include: zoos, aquariums, science centers, natural history museums, docent-led walks/tours, after-school programs, and eco/enviro-tours. Learning theory in this area draws heavily from sociocultural perspectives on knowing and learning, and the class will discuss its influence, along with cognitive and educational psychology, on the teaching and learning of science in out-of-school contexts.

05:300:341 Modern 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.

05:300:342 Supervised 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.

05:300:350 Education 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 a 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.

05:300:361 Science: 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.

05:300:364 History 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, 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.

05:300:371 Foundations of the Resident Assistant Experience I (1.5) This course has been designed to assist in the development of a more comprehensive understanding of the theoretical and practical knowledge needed for the Resident Assistant (RA) position at Rutgers University. The learning experience will provide an understanding of student and community development, leadership, communication, and diversity theories. Through exposure to theories, experiential learning situations, and the use of critical thinking and reflective analysis, participants will develop the background and knowledge that will allow them to conceptually understand their new leadership role.

05:300:372 Foundations of the Resident Assistant Experience II (1.5)

The course has been designed to assist in the development of a more comprehensive understanding of the theoretical and practical knowledge needed for the Resident Assistant (RA) position at Rutgers University. The learning experience will provide an understanding of the theories and their practical implementation processes for peer counseling/advising; behavioral and mental health issues; conflict mediation; ethical and moral development; and group development. Through exposure to theories, experiential learning situations, the use of critical thinking, and using their current experiences in the RA position, participants will develop the knowledge to create a richer, more comprehensive experience in the RA position and subsequently enhance the experience for the RA's students.

05:300:383 Introduction to Special Education (3) Overview of the diverse physical, psychological, and social disabilities of special education children.

05:300:385 Teaching English Language Learners (3)

This introductory course basically provides pre-service teachers and current practitioners with an understanding of how to teach English language learners or emerging bilinguals. This is a new course for undergraduate students, and it will provide students with the foundations of teaching English Language Learners and guide them in constructing successful knowledge, skills, and dispositions for teaching students who are learning English.

05:300:401 Individual 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.

05:300:402 Special Topics in Education (3) Seminar on selected topics of current interest. Topics differ each semester. Consult instructor for description of topic under study.

05:300:403 Independent 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.

05:300:409 Children'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.

05:300:410 Learning 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 emotional development as well as emerging skills in language, representation, and problem solving are examined from a cognitive developmental-ecological framework. Students will integrate theory and research with observations of children in classroom and community contexts. Prerequisite: Admission to the teacher education program.

05:300:412 Learning 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.

05:300:413 Practicum 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.

05:300:414 Practicum 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.

05:300:421 Language 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 the light of these critiques. Prerequisite: Senior status.

05:300:422 Teaching 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. Prerequisite: Senior status.

05:300:423 Teaching 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.

05:300:424 Adolescent Literature (3) Allows teacher candidates the opportunity to engage with a range of adolescent and young adult literature for middle and high school students. The course structure allows for a view of adolescents as multiliterate beings with rich and diverse cultural worlds and identities, and an exploration of how literature can be used to engage adolescents in meaningful learning.

05:300:430 Principles 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.

05:300:431 Introduction to World Language/Elementary Methods (3)

This course provides an introduction to the field of world language teaching and its methodology.

05:300:432 World Language/Secondary Methods (3)

This course prepares world language teachers with pedagogical methods and techniques for secondary school language instruction.

05:300:433 Language 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.

05:300:434 Language 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, world semantics, and correctness. Prerequisites: 05:300:200; admission to the teacher education program.

05:300:441 Teaching Mathematics in the Elementary School (3) Concrete, manipulative approach to teaching mathematics concepts. Psychology of learning mathematics; the elementary curriculum; effective teaching techniques. Prerequisites: 05:300:200; admission to the teacher education program.

05:300:442 Problem-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.

05:300:443 Methods 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.

05:300:444 Practicum 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.

05:300:461 Science 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: Admission to the teacher education program.

05:300:462 Demonstrations 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. Prerequisites: Admission to the teacher education program.

05:300:463 Comparative 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.

05:300:464 Race 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.

05:300:465 Sexuality, Gender, and the Politics of U.S. Public Schooling (3) The course seeks to explore the intersections between gender, sexuality, and the politics of U.S. public schooling.

05:300:471 Teaching 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.

05:300:472 Materials 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.

05:300:480 Literacy for Students with Disabilities (3) This course focuses on instructional practices in special education. It explores special education approaches to teaching literacy to students with disabilities and/or at-risk learners. Procedures covered are applicable to inclusive, as well as more restrictive settings, and address the needs of students from a broad array of cultural, linguistic, and economic backgrounds. This course is taken in conjunction with field placement, where students apply specific procedures and strategies from class.

05:300:481 Materials and Methods in Special Education (3) This course focuses on instructional practices in special education. Students will learn to plan instruction for students with disabilities. They will learn a variety of research-based instructional strategies for diverse learners. Students will learn to develop lesson plans for a variety of instructional settings and in collaboration with other professionals. Research-based practices will be used to plan instruction, implement instruction, and evaluate instructional effectiveness. This course is taken in conjunction with a field placement, where students apply specific procedures and strategies from class. Prerequisites: 05:300:200 and 383.

05:300:494 Literacy 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.

05:300:495 Literacy 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.