Course
Number
|
Course
Name and Description
Linked to National
Board for Professional Teaching Standards |
Hours
|
|
FALL SEMESTER
|
|
| ELEMECML 6201
|
Issues
and Trends in Curriculum
Course Description:
Current ideas influencing the planning and
implementation of curriculum.
Course
Goals Aligned to National
Board for Professional Teaching Standards
|
3
|
| EDPSYCH 6214
|
Foundations
of Instructional Psychology
Course
Description: Study of factors involved in designing and
implementing effective instructional environments.
Course
Goals Aligned to National
Board for Professional Teaching Standards
|
3
|
|
OR
|
|
| SOCFOUND 6234
|
Philosophy of Education
Course Description: Analytical study of major philosophical
viewpoints of modern education,
emphasis on professional problems of education and the development of
educational principles.
Course
Goals Aligned to National
Board for Professional Teaching Standards
|
3
|
|
SPRING SEMESTER |
|
| ELEMECML 6242
|
Analysis and
Improvement of Science Instruction in the Elementary School
Course Description: Application
of current research and national standards regarding attitudes, process skills,
inquiry, and essential knowledge to the analysis and improvement of science
curriculum including the learning cycle, unifying themes, creativity, differentiated
instruction, and authentic assessment.
Course
Goals Aligned to National
Board for Professional Teaching Standards
|
3
|
| ELEMECML 4141/5141
|
Integrated
Activities in Elementary School Science and Mathematics
Course Description: Activity based on pedagogical
investigation of manipulative materials
and activities used in elementary science and mathematics followed by
critical analysis using task analysis and research investigations.
Course
Goals Aligned to National
Board for Professional Teaching Standards
|
3
|
|
OR
|
|
| ELEMECML 6204
|
Curriculum
Construction
Course Description:
Role of the classroom teacher in curriculum
development projects,
focusing on educational change process, procedures, and product
evaluation.
Course
Goals Aligned to National
Board for Professional Teaching Standards
|
3
|
|
SUMMER SESSION
|
|
| ELEMECML 6243 | Analysis and
Improvement of Social Studies
Instruction in the Elementary School
Course Description: Assists teacher
in exploring historical and current practices in social
studies to create new approaches by using available resources and
ideas.
Course
Goals Aligned to National
Board for Professional Teaching Standards | 3 |
| MEASRES 6205
|
Educational
Research
Course Description:
Evaluation of educational research concepts,
including purposes,
hypotheses, principles of research design, data collection, and
interpretation of results.
Course
Goals Aligned to National
Board for Professional Teaching Standards
|
3 |
|
FALL SEMESTER
|
|
| LITED 6212
|
Methods
and Materials in Literacy Education
Course
Description: Integrated approach to language learning
within and
across grades K-12,
with a strong emphasis on reading and writing connections within
content areas and across children’s and young adult literature.
Course
Goals Aligned to National
Board for Professional Teaching Standards
|
3
|
| INSTTECH 6232
|
Selection
and Integration of Materials
Course
Description: Evaluation of the instructional setting
along with
the procedures for selection and integration of materials.
Course
Goals Aligned to National
Board for Professional Teaching Standards
|
3
|
| SPRING SEMESTER | |
| ELEMECML 6286 |
Studies in Elementary Education
Course Description: Focused on
reading, analyzing and interpreting scholarly writing in
self-identified areas of interest for purposes of extended professional
development.
Course
Goals Aligned to National
Board for Professional Teaching Standards
|
3
|
| ELEMECML 6289
|
Seminar in Education
Course Description: Assists teachers in
exploring best
practices in classroom teaching. It will also assist participants
in selecting and developing a topic for the paper/project as required
for
the M.A. in elementary education.
Course
Goals Aligned to National
Board for Professional Teaching Standards |
2
|
| ELEMECML 6299 |
Research
Course Description: Assists with
designing, implementing
and completing a research paper reflecting
the student's academic and professional interests. The research paper
requires
students
to demonstrate the ability to review literature, create an effective
research
topic and question, develop an appropriate response to the question,
critically
engage in the research process and summarize their findings in an
appropriate
and effective manner.
Course
Goals Aligned to National
Board for Professional Teaching Standards
|
1
|