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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: EDS 346 and Admission to Major; OR permission of instructor Offered: Typically every Spring Term Students will examine the early primary reading language arts curriculum focusing on emergent literacy, oral language, reading, writing, and literature in preschool-grade 3. Students will explore the wealth of children's literature appropriate for primary children, both fiction and non-fiction, and examine its role in furthering children's growth as careful, competent, and confident thinkers, speakers, listeners, readers, and writers. Students will draw on and deepen their knowledge of the nature of English, and they will integrate their understandings with principles of human development to select and apply strategies for integrating literature in a balanced curriculum that incorporates phonics, spelling, and handwriting. In a weekly field experience with children in preschool through grade 3, students will learn to design and apply developmentally appropriate literacy experiences, create assessments for individuals and for small groups, and use the findings from those assessments to plan subsequent learning experiences for primary learners. The course includes a two-hour weekly field experience. NOTE: Noncredit for students who completed EDS 343. 1 Course Credit
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1.00 Credits
Prerequisite: EDS 227 or 228 (formerly 327 or 328) and Admission to Major; OR permission of instructor Offered: Typically Fall and Spring terms This course serves an important purpose in broadening the context of traditional liberal arts approaches to the study of education by incorporating the field of Cultural Studies as a means to further problematize educational phenomena. A Cultural Studies approach signifies that educational phenomena are a manifestation of all educative aspects of a society and the world in which we live. As such, any attempt to make sense of education in a school context must draw on the multifaceted and discursive nature of how meaning is constructed, which will provide both prospective teachers and students pursuing other careers with the means for democratic reconstruction and transformation. Therefore, in using a Cultural Studies approach, this course will draw on several disciplines such as the arts, history, social sciences, humanities, media studies, science, business, etc., to problematize the nature of meaning-making with regard to culture and education. A conception of culture as texts and performances will emerge, and will thus have crucial implications in regard to the construction of meaning and social reconstruction. 1 Course Credit
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1.00 Credits
Prerequisites: Grade of B- or higher in EDS 349 or the Education Studies Department's approval; intention to pursue teacher certification at Berea; Admission to Major; AND permission of instructor Offered: Typically every Short Term In consultation with the instructor, students will design and carry out an experience that places them in settings and with people of cultural and/or ethnic backgrounds different from their own, and who are marginalized by merit of political, social, cultural, economic, physical, or other aspects of their situations. Students are encouraged strongly to undertake experiences in settings that will challenge them sufficiently to see life through the eyes of those with whom they will work. At the conclusion of the course, students will provide evidence of the impact of this experience, and will articulate its value in relation to their commitments, values, beliefs, and understandings about themselves as aspiring teachers. 1 Course Credit
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1.00 Credits
Prerequisite: CFS 130 and CFS/EDS 210; OR permission of instructor Offered: Typically alternate Fall Terms (next offered Fall 2010) This course is designed to study the foundations of curriculum, the sequence of learning activities, and the curricular materials used in learning environments for children from infancy through age five. Using research and other resources the student will explore the nature of and the appropriate use for indoor and outdoor equipment, and examine how individually and developmentally appropriate materials and equipment are used to facilitate and encourage the natural or normal sequence of development of the young child and meet the programmatic objectives. Attention will be focused on developing an appreciation for the value of play, learning strategies creating healthy and safe environments, evaluation and assessment, and adapting materials and curricula for multi-ability children in child-care programs, schools, and in the home. 10 field hours. Course Fee: $10. 1 Course Credit
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1.00 Credits
Prerequisite: CFS/EDS 210 and 360; OR permission of instructor Offered: Typically alternate Spring Terms (next offered Spring 2011) Consideration of theories, philosophies, principles, curricula, and materials in the teaching-learning process involved with sociodramatic play, art, music, literature, literacy and language, sensory experiences, mathematics, health and nutrition, science, social studies, and activities for large and small muscle development. The student will plan, design, and implement developmentally appropriate activities for multi-ability children in child-care programs, schools, and in home environments, as well as assist in the overall operation of a program for young children and develop best-practices management knowledge and skills in preparation for teaching practicum. 24 field hours. Course Fee: $10. 1 Course Credit
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1.00 Credits
Prerequisite: CFS 130 and CFS/EDS 210; OR permission of instructor Offered: Typically alternate Spring Terms (next offered Spring 2010) This course is designed for students preparing to teach children birth through age five, and comprises a comprehensive study of early-childhood special education focusing on historical developments; the impact of technology; local, state, and federal requirements; characteristics of children with disabilities; IEP and IFSP requirements and management; cultural diversity; screening, diagnosis, and assessment of young children who need special services; learning center and home-based service delivery; curriculum and instructional considerations; and, relating to, involving, and supporting families of children with disabilities. 24 field hours. Course Fee: $15. 1 Course Credit
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1.00 - 2.00 Credits
Prerequisites: Determined by instructor Offered: Typically as student interest and faculty availability allow A course designed to meet the particular interests of student and faculty. Topics vary from year to year. See course description in the "Schedule of Classes." 1/2 to 1 Course Credit
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1.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Sophomore or junior standing for 390; senior standing for 490 Offered: Typically as student interest and faculty availability allow A course initiated, directed, and organized by the student. All such courses are to be supported by a faculty sponsor, second reader, academic adviser, Department Chairperson, and possibly others. Course proposals must meet the approval of the Coordinator of Advising (the Academic Program Council liaison). Will be registered by the Office of Academic Services as 390/490A if approved to meet the Active Learning Experience (ALE) or as 390/490B if approved as non-ALE. 1 Course Credit
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1.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Sophomore or junior standing for 390; senior standing for 490 Offered: Typically as student interest and faculty availability allow A course initiated, directed, and organized by the student. All such courses are to be supported by a faculty sponsor, second reader, academic adviser, Department Chairperson, and possibly others. Course proposals must meet the approval of the Coordinator of Advising (the Academic Program Council liaison). Will be registered by the Office of Academic Services as 390/490A if approved to meet the Active Learning Experience (ALE) or as 390/490B if approved as non-ALE. 1 Course Credit
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Sophomore, junior, or senior standing Offered: Typically every term An experiential learning experience individually designed for students with a special academic interest requiring integration of classroom learning with practical experience. Includes on-campus seminars with academic sponsors, as well as non-classroom experience. One to three course credits in one 14-week term or one course credit in Short Term may be taken in Internships. Requires the approval of two faculty sponsors and the Program assumes the responsibility for determining credit allowance. The Coordinator of Internships gives final approval for Internship proposals. This course may be used to meet the Active Learning Experience (ALE) requirement. 1 to 3 Course Credits
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