Adolescent Education Courses
EDU 601 Methods in Adolescence Education - English (6)
This course is designed to familiarize English teacher candidates with national and state standards for adolescent English learning. This course will provide appropriate instructional strategies, methodologies, and materials necessary for creating a productive teaching and learning environment for all adolescent students, grades 7 – 12. There will be particular emphasis on working with students for whom English is a second language, students with disabilities, and students from diverse backgrounds.
EDU 602 Methods in Adolescence Education - French (6)
This methods course is organized around the federal and state standards for foreign language learning. This course guides teacher candidates to focus on communications, cultures, connections, comparisons, and communities. Teacher candidates will review current theory for second language acquisition, and will apply that theory to classroom practice. .The course will present principles of learning, from which teacher candidates can draw to make decisions about instruction. The course emphasizes diverse learners including students for whom English is a second language and culturally diverse learner, and students with different learning styles, and abilities.
EDU 603 Methods in Adolescence Education – Mathematics (6)
This course is designed to provide teacher candidates with instructional strategies, methodologies and materials necessary for creating a productive teaching and learning environment for adolescence education students, grades 7 – 12 in mathematics education. The course will also provide opportunities for candidates to build and deliver lessons and units.
EDU 604 Methods in Adolescence Education - Biology (6)
This is a practical course where students will learn actual activities of biology instruction. Included in these activities will be laboratory work, teacher candidate developed worksheets, teacher candidate directed discussions, teacher candidate developed texts, etc Teacher candidates will also study the nature of scientific understanding and the culture and climate of the classroom. The class will also review strategies to ensure educational equity.
EDU 605 Methods in Adolescence Education - Chemistry (6)
This is a practical course where students will learn actual activities of chemistry instruction. Included in these activities will be laboratory work, teacher candidate developed worksheets, teacher candidate directed discussions, teacher candidate developed tests, etc. Teacher candidates will also study the nature of scientific understanding and the culture and climate of the classroom activities. The class will also review strategies to ensure educational equity.
EDU 670 Literacy in the Content Areas (3)
This course is designed to assist the prospective secondary school teacher (adolescence education) to integrate effective methodology to enhance students reading and writing skills, in general, and in the specific content areas. Emphasis is on vocabulary, comprehension, study skills, and flexible rate. Particular emphasis will be given to students for whom English is a second language and students with different learning styles, abilities, and learning problems.
EDU 671 Information Technology and Literacy in the Classroom (3)
This course will develop understanding, perspective, competence and leadership in the use of information technology in an educational setting with an emphasis upon integrating technology and literacy.
EDU 667 Pre-Student Teaching Experiences (3)
This course provides students with an opportunity to participate in a minimum of 100 hours of volunteer and/or paid teaching experiences in settings such as the classroom, YMCA, church group, tutoring, summer camp, etc. Students will be encouraged to work in settings that involve observation, tutoring, small group reinforcement, and entire class activities. Approximately 50 hours of experiences are to occur in grades 7, 8, and 9, and also in grades 10, 11, and 12. Experiences are to be in a student’s academic certification area (e.g. English, mathematics, etc.) and/or related fields.
ECI 610 Transitions from Education's Roots to the Present (3)
This course studies the various foundations of education. It provides a bridge from the works of past theorists and practitioners to current ideas and innovative teaching procedures of present day educators. The works of core influential thinkers, such as Socrates, Locke, Dewey, Skinner, Rogers, Piaget, Freire, Giroux, Hooks, McLaren, and Gardner will be used.
ECI 535 Cultural Competencies as an Emancipatory Pedagogy (3)
The course will focus on theoretical and practical issues of diversity in the classroom, specifically issues related to race, class, gender, disability, religion and language. Students will be challenged to think critically and analytically about their own beliefs, confronting their opinions with realistic findings and theories. Additionally, students will engage in dialogues that connects theory, reflection, thoughts, action, and practice.
EDU 668: Classroom Management Techniques (3)
This course is designed to provide students with a variety of management techniques that can be effectively used within grades 7-12. Emphasis will be placed upon a teacher’s ability to enhance the teaching and learning environment. The course also includes mini-workshops on Child Abuse, and Project SAVE – Schools Against Violence Education. Also covered are Drug and Alcohol Prevention and Personal and Family Issues.
EDU 677 Student Teaching in Adolescence Education (6)
This course provides students with on-site classroom experiences. The student teacher will be assigned two classroom situations grades 7, 8, or 9 and grades 10, 11, or 12. Each placement will be full-time, five days a week for approximately seven (7) weeks each and in the appropriate academic field: English, French, mathematics, biology or chemistry.
Minimum of 30 credits in content area of English, French, Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry
Minimum of 3 credits of language other than English.
NOTE: A comprehensive examination must be written and passed before program completion.
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