Teacher Certification - Education Courses

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Last modified September 30, 2005.

ED2010 - Field Study in Education - Elementary

Credits: 1
Offered: Fall, Spring
Restrictions: Permission of department required
Observations in an elementary school, offering relevant school experience to help clarify career goals.

ED2020 - Field Study in Education - Secondary

Credits: 1
Offered: Fall, Spring
Restrictions: Permission of department required
Observations in a secondary school, offering relevant school experience to help clarify career goals.

ED3100 - Instructional Technology

Credits: 2
Offered: Fall, Spring
Restrictions: May not be enrolled in one of the following Class(es): Freshman, Sophomore
Provides the development of knowledge and skills required to make use of information and communication technologies as instructional tools. Use of instructional technology will be considered within a context of relevant research and theory pertaining to human learning. Examines various technologies used to produce, present, and distribute instruction.

ED3110 - Psychological Foundation of Learning and Seminar in Education

Credits: 3
Offered: Fall, Spring
Restrictions: May not be enrolled in one of the following Class(es): Freshman, Sophomore Prerequisites: PSY 2000 and UN 2002
The course examines how human beings grow and learn with major emphasis on the early adolescent and adolescent. Psychological basis of educational procedures and practices are established with special reference to learning disorders, gifted children, and culturally diverse classrooms.

ED3210 - Foundations of Education

Credits: 2
Offered: Fall, Spring
Restrictions: Permission of department required; May not be enrolled in one of the following Class(es): Freshman, Sophomore. Co-requisites: ED 3110, ED 3410 Prerequisites: UN 1002 or UN 1003
Contemporary issues in education from historical, philosophical, sociological and legal perspectives. Emphasizes the structure/function of U.S. education as well as exceptional children, especially the handicapped and culturally different.

ED3410 - Clinical Experience

Credits: 1
Offered: Fall, Spring
Restrictions: Permission of department required; May not be enrolled in one of the following Class(es): Freshman, Sophomore. Co-requisites: ED 3110, ED 3210
Observation, tutoring and classroom teaching in an area elementary school classroom.

ED3510 - Communicating Science I

Credits: 2
Offered: Fall, Spring
Restrictions: Prerequisites: UN 2002
Students will learn how to design and deliver hands-on presentations to K-8 students and their parents. Presentations will be delivered at family science nights conducted at area schools. Classroom lectures will highlight the rationale for interacting with schools and communities as a professional, presentation skills, effective teaching techniques, learning styles, classroom management techniques and model hands-on learning techniques

ED3511 - Communicating Science II

Credits: 2
Offered: Fall, Spring
Restrictions: Prerequisites: UN 2002
Students will make presentations in local K-8 classrooms and/or at evening family science nights conducted at area schools. Classroom lectures will highlight the rationale for interacting with schools and communities as a professional, presentation skills, effective teaching techniques, learning styles, classroom management techniques, and model ands-on learning techniques.

ED4020/SS4020 - Methods of Te

aching Social Studies

Credits: 2
Offered: Spring
Restrictions: Requires admission to the Teacher Education program by the Department of Education. Permission of department required. Prerequisites: ED 4700
Application of learning and instructional theories and practice to the teaching of social studies. Emphasis will include application of state and national education standards and relevant assessment strategies for social studies.

ED4140/HU4140 - Methods of Teaching English

Credits: 4
Offered: Fall
Restrictions: Requires admission to teacher education program. Permission of department required. Prerequisites: ED 4700
Application of learning theories and national and state professional standards to the teaching of English. Emphasizes methods, materials, and media used to teach adolescents.

ED4150/HU4150 - Literacy in the Content Areas

Credits: 4
Offered: Fall, Spring
Introduction to literacy processes and methods for improving content understanding that focus on language. Designed for preservice secondary teachers. Emphasizes strategies for comprehending and interpreting texts and a close examination of cultural and learning differences. Field experience involves tutoring in secondary schools.

ED4700 - Fundamentals of Instruction

Credits: 3
Offered: Fall, Spring
Restrictions: Requires admission to the teacher education program by the Department of Education; Permission of department required; May not be enrolled in one of the following Class(es): Freshman, Sophomore, Junior. Prerequisites: ED 3110 and ED 3210 and ED 3410
Study of key areas of instruction in preparation for student teaching. Emphasis is placed on lesson planning, classroom management, and student assessment and evaluation.

ED4710 - Methods of Teaching Science and Mathematics

Credits: 3
Offered: Fall, Spring
Restrictions: Permission of department required; May not be enrolled in one of the following Class(es): Freshman, Sophomore, Junior. Prerequisites: ED 4700
Application of learning and instructional theories to the teaching of science and mathematics.

ED4740 - Methods of Teaching Business

Credits: 3
Offered: On Demand
Restrictions: Requires admission to teacher education program. Permission of department required. Prerequisites: ED 4700
Application of learning theories and national and state standards to the teaching of business. Emphasizes methods, materials, and media used to teach adolescents.

ED4750/CS4750 - Teaching Methods in Computer Science

Credits: 3
Offered: On Demand
Restrictions: Requires admission to teacher education program. Permission of department required; May not be enrolled in one of the following Class(es): Freshman, Sophomore, Junior. Prerequisites: ED 4700
Provides teaching methods, models, and experiences for teaching computer science in secondary schools. Topics discussed include teaching methods, learning, security and maintenance of equipment, professional journals, ethics, legal issues, diversity, and problem solving.

ED4850/FW4850 - Environmental Education Methods

Credits: 4
Offered: On Demand
Restrictions: May not be enrolled in one of the following Class(es): Freshman, Sophomore. Prerequisites: UN 2002
This course will prepare students to design and conduct environmental education programs for adults and youth in classrooms, parks, museums, nature centers, and through statewide outreach programs using a variety of teaching methods, hands-on-activities, and scientific investigations.

ED4910 - Directed Teaching

Credits: 12
Offered: Fall, Spring
Restrictions: Permission of department required; May not be enrolled in one of the following Class(es): Freshman, Sophomore, Junior. Prerequisites: ED 4700
Knowledge of human growth and learning theories, methods and
materials, and individual differences applied to classroom settings conducted under the
supervision of an experienced middle or secondary school teacher. Requires admission
to teacher education program.

ED5100 - College Teaching

Credits: 2
Offered: Fall, Spring
Covers course preparation, educational testing and evaluation, understanding theories and processes of student learning, developing assignments, instructional strategies (discussions, lecturing, collaborative learning, cases/simulations, etc.), using instructional technologies, motivating students, the roles of the teaching assistant, and using institutional resources for student development.