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2.00 Credits
2 credits The purpose of this course is to examine the complexities of teaching in schools that qualify for free or reduced-priced meals, have high rates of teacher turnover and produce low gains in student achievement. The course will address these issues by examining historical materials and contemporary understanding of the impact of these variables on attitude, motivation, and learning. This course will engage students in both learning and teaching in that preservice teachers will acquire knowledge about teaching strategies tailored for this type of school environment and have opportunities to practice them as part of their field experience in these neighborhood schools. Field experiences required. 32 contact hours.
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12.00 Credits
2 credits Prerequisite: EDF 3214 and Admission to the College of Education BS Program or Impact Program. This course covers basic skills and knowledge for creating a learning environment that encourages positive social interaction and effective communication among members of the learning community. The course emphasizes attitudes, language patterns, values, and behaviors for eliciting and maintaining student learning as well as on-task behaviors. The course also includes methods and strategies for consulting with other school professionals and parents. 32 contact hours.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits Prerequisite: Admission to the Elementary Education BS program or permission of the Dean. This course is an introduction to major concepts, assumptions, debates, processes of inquiry, and ways of knowing within the school curriculum. Preservice teachers create coherent, meaningful learning experiences using the major philosophical foundations of education to develop learners' competence in subject matter knowledge. Preservice teachers evaluate the suitability of the content against learner intellectual, social, emotional, physical characteristics. This course is writing intensive. 47 contact hours.
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1.00 Credits
1 credits This course is a special session centering around a specific topic designed to enhance specific professional skills. PAIDEIA is the ancient Greek word for education. It is the process of acquiring knowledge. It is also the result of that process, that is, learning and culture. A common cultural tradition is created and renewed by generations of persons who have learned. SPC's College of Education recognizes that life in community depends on centuries of shared wisdom. Professional seminars include readings, discussion, and presentations in "mental toughness" with the aim of helping future teachers manage themselves, their circumstances and students in effective ways. 17 contact hours
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3.00 Credits
3 credits Prerequisite: DEP 3304 or EDF 3214. Co-requisite: EDG 4943. This course is designed for middle grades pre-service teachers to develop reflective practice in the areas of communication, planning, instruction, and assessment. In this course, pre-service teachers will learn how to help middle grade learners (grades 5-9) acquire essential meta-cognitive strategies and responsible behaviors to prepare them for high school. 47 contact hours.
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1.00 Credits
1 credits Prerequisite: DEP 3305 or EDF 3214. Co-requisite: EDG 4343. This course is designed to give practical experience to students through school-based experiences in public and approved private school classrooms. Students work directly with middle and high school teachers in grades 5-9 and have an opportunity to teach both large and small group activities, particularly in the content areas of math and/or science. This course is designed to develop competencies relative to program planning, instruction, daily scheduling, record keeping, evaluation, communication, classroom management, reporting to parents, professional organizations, and teacher ethics. Students spend a minimum of sixty (60) school-based hours (SBH) in a middle or high school classroom. 17 contact hours.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits Prerequisite: PSY 1012 or PSY 1020H.. This course focuses on the psychological bases of educational theory and practice, and includes studies of the developmental characteristics of children, principles of learning as applied to the classroom and the nature and significance of individual differences. This course has a substantial writing requirement. 47 contact hours.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits Prerequisite: EEC 1603. This course is a study of the theory and practice of observation and assessment of young children. Emphasis is on the use of various types of informal measurements along with the appropriate use of standardized assessments. Issues of professionalism including confidentiality, absence of bias, and ethical behaviors are addressed. 47 contact hours.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits Prerequisite or corequisite: EEC 1603. This course is designed to give students practice in lesson planning, scheduling, and evaluating the activities of young children in early childhood care and education settings. 47 contact hours.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits This course is designed for parents and professionals who care for and work with young children. It examines the range of appropriate and acceptable behaviors, consistent limits, communication patterns and styles, and simple rules that clearly define behavioral approaches employed to guide young children in a variety of settings. 47 contact hours.
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