EDUCATION, ELEMENTARY
Elementary Education Professional Internship
ELE ED 4989 • Class #11405
Arranged
Prerequisites: Level 1 & Level 2 requirements.
This course is an intensive professional development experience (9 hours per week for14 weeks) working in an elementary schoolsetting with students. Activities on site include assisting the classroom teacher in all areas of instruction, assessment, and classroom management. Particular emphasis will be given to literacy development. This course is to be taken during the semester immediately preceding student teaching. This course is to betaken in conjunction with ELE ED 4253, ELE ED 4246 and ELE ED 4341. Assignments from these allied courses are carried out in the Internship, and Internship experiences inform the activities and discussions in these courses. Not available for graduate credit.
Teaching Mathematics in the Elementary School
ELE ED 4246 • Class #11389
Wednesdays • 4:30-6:45 p.m.164
Career Education Bldg.
Prerequisites: ED FND 1111, junior standing, and completion of mathematics requirements in general education.
Organization and implementation of a modern elementary school mathematics program. A field experience involving several visits to local elementary schools is a required assignment of the course.
Classroom Management
ELE ED 4320 • Class #14882
(Same as SPC ED 4320, ECH ED 4320, SECED 4320.)
Wednesdays • 1:45-4:15 p.m.
207 Technology Center
Prerequisites: Level I and II courses or consent of instruction.
Understanding classroom management as the development of engaging instruction that establishes healthy and culturally appropriate teacher-student relationships, builds successful classroom community, and enhances student learning. Participants develop a culturally relevant classroom management plan that includes rules, procedures, expected behaviors and uses problem solving strategies to resolve behavior problems. Emphasis is on the teacher developing the social competence of PreK-12 students within culturally diverse classrooms and engaging families in supportive interactions.
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EDUCATION, PHYSICAL
Physical Education Activities in the Elementary School
PHYED 3465 • Class #12959
Wednesdays • 11:00 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
202/203 Field House
Objectives of physical education for the elementary school child with applications of choice of activities, organization of program, theory, and practices.
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EDUCATION, TEACHER
Introduction to Instructional Methods
TCH ED 3310 • Class #14195
Tuesdays • 1:45-4:15 p.m.
204 Technology Center
Prerequisites: TCH ED 2210, 2211, 2212, or equivalent and admission to Teacher Education Program.
Beginning methods course for K-12 teachers. Skill development in planning instruction, selecting content, use of various teaching methods, designing assessment, developing classroom climate and management strategies. Participation in professional development through observing students in a school setting,microteaching, using educational technology, and portfolio development. A minimum of 12 field experience hours required.
Literacy Learning and Instruction
TCH ED 3315 • Class #14214
Tuesdays • 11:15 a.m.-1:45 p.m.
204 Technology Center
Prerequisites: Admission to the Teacher Education program. May take concurrently with TCH ED 3312 and TCH ED 3313 or equivalents; may not be taken before TCH ED 3312 and TCH ED 3313 or equivalents.
Methods, materials, frameworks, and technology for the effective teaching of literacy to young children, children with special needs, and children in elementary education settings. Emphasis on role of language experience, phonics, semantics, syntactics, pragmatics, schema theory, and metacognition in literacy development. Observation, assessing children's literacy interests and development, and teaching lessons in a school classroom setting are required. This course may be applied toward a Literacy Minor.
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ENGLISH
Advanced Expository Writing
ENGL 3100 • Class #11621 or 14919
Online
Prerequisites: ENGL 1100 or equivalent (3-6 hours).
This course further develops the experienced writer's style and analytical capabilities to the level of sophistication necessary for upper-division writing assignments and for academic and professional settings. The course includes complex readings, focuses on persuasion and argumentation, expands upon students' research and documentation skills, and requires research in university libraries. This course fulfills the university's requirement for a junior-level course in communicative skills. It may not be taken on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. The course counts toward the Certificate in Writing.
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