Educational Preparation Course Descriptions
EDU 500 The Core of Education
This course provides study and application of methods and materials appropriate for the understanding and implementation of a variety of "generic" situations as they apply to the various disciplines of teaching in the early childhood/childhood and middle childhood classrooms. New scholarship as well as classic philosophies will be implemented into the pragmatic aspects of the classroom as they apply to these various levels of learning.
EDU 502 Education Methods of Teaching: Math, Science, Technology
This course is designed to examine theories of learning and thinking as they interact with the elementary classroom disciplines of science, mathematics, and technology. A practical application of these theories will be explored and incorporated for the teaching of these disciplines in the early childhood, childhood and middle childhood classroom setting.
EDU 503 Education Methods of Teaching: The Arts, English, Language Arts and Social Studies
This course is designed to examine theories of learning and thinking as they interact with the elementary classroom disciplines of the arts, language arts and social studies. A practical application of these theories will be explored and incorporated for the teaching of the aforementioned in the early childhood, childhood, and middle childhood classroom.
EDU 504 Early Field Experience/Seminar: Physical Education, Family/Consumer Sciences
This course defines family/consumer sciences as well as physical education in light of daily living and societal expectations. It requires that the learner combine knowledge, attitudes, values, and skills through a complex interplay of mind, materials, and social interactions. Through seminar training, early field/classroom participation and the use of action research, students will reflect upon that which they have learned and transform their knowledge into active and meaningful learning experiences.
EDU 505 Child Abuse Identification and Substance Awareness, Health Issues and School Violence
This course provides New York State certification in the identification and reporting of child abuse and teaching the awareness of substance prevention, health issues and school violence. It provides the student with opportunities to review literature for discussion or presentation and debate issues.
EDU 577 Student Teaching/Seminar: Career and Occupational Studies
This course provides students with on-site experience. The student will be assigned two situations, one at each level of their certification: Childhood (primary/intermediate levels) or Middle Childhood (intermediate/ middle school levels). A professional portfolio and journal will be completed. Students will also, through seminars, become familiar with the New York State Learning Standards for Career Development and Occupational Studies.
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