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3.00 Credits
This course applies child development principles to the planning of science and mathematics experiences for young children. Early childhood educators will investigate the interrelationship of math and science, and explore an organized, sequential approach to creating a developmentally appropriate math and science curriculum for preschool children. Content and teaching techniques support the perspective that children construct knowledge through a dynamic, interactive process that facilitates their development of working theories relating to math and science. Biblical perspectives are integrated throughout the course.
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3.00 Credits
This course will help early educators build language opportunities into every curriculum area, explore methods of fostering language and emerging literacy skills for preschool age children through dramatic play, story telling and puppetry. Students will examine how children learn and develop language skills. The course includes the study of children's literature, how to select literature and plan and design language arts curriculum from biblical perspectives. The importance of prereading experience will be addressed. This course will also explore how the teacher can help families foster fluency at home. Biblical perspectives are integrated throughout the course.
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3.00 Credits
This course will introduce students to methods of planning, presenting and evaluating creative art experiences for preschool age children. This course examines the early educator's role in supporting children's artistic growth. Media such as paint, clay, collage, chalk, woodworking and other methods as a developmental art experiences will be explored. Students will learn the importance of encouraging, emphasizing and facilitating creativity, self-expression, and concept and skill development through art. The teacher's role in encouraging children to express and explore their creativity is strongly emphasized. Biblical perspectives are integrated throughout the course.
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3.00 Credits
This course will further students' own understanding and personal journey of spiritual formation and how that relates to the spiritual transformation of young children. The process of how the inner life is formed in young children towards an intimate relationship with God will be discussed. Particular emphasis will be placed on relationship, experience, and practice of the spiritual disciplines that create the context for spiritual formation to occur. A systematic approach will be given that lays the foundation for regular practices in the classroom. The relationship between the church, home, and the early education program will be explored as the foundational environments where spiritual transformation is developed.
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3.00 Credits
This course explores the role of education and teaching in modern American Society. Current political and social issues and their impact on schools will be addressed. Career opportunities and expectations for teachers will be discussed. Students will be encouraged to assess and reflect upon their own educational experiences, skills, and learning styles as they interact with current practitioners and education literature. May not be taken concurrently with EDUC 315.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Directed tutoring of elementary and secondary students in selected tutorial centers/schools located in urban settings. Enrollees must complete thirty hours of supervised tutoring in an approved urban tutorial center or school site for each unit. Written critical incident reports will be required. Limited enrollment by permission only. See the Chair of the Department of Liberal Studies for further information.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ENGL 240. Students seeking to complete the subject matter program in English must take this class as part of that program to ensure that they are integrating literary content with their pedagogical experience. This course provides the philosophical background and classroom experience necessary to introduce a person to the teaching profession in a public or private school in a multicultural environment. The purpose of the class is to assist the student to gain an understanding of the resources and challenges facing a teacher serving a linguistically and culturally diverse student population. Discussion will focus on the major professional organizations and educational research related to the philosophical, historical, and demographic developments of American education. Students will complete a 30 hour field work component to observe classroom management and organization, Specially Designed Academic Instruction Delivered in English (SDAIE) instructional practices, and the curricula of grades K-12. The role and function of Christian beliefs and values in the public school will be integrated throughout the course. This course is a prerequisite requirement for the Multiple and Single Subject Credential programs. Lab fee.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides the philosophical background and classroom experience necessary to introduce a person to the teaching profession in a public or private school in a multicultural environment. The purpose of the class is to assist the student to gain an understanding of the resources and challenges facing a teacher serving a linguistically and culturally diverse student population. Discussion will focus on educational research and the philosophical, historical, and demographic developments of American education. Students will complete a fieldwork component to observe classroom management and organization, Specially Designed Academic Instruction Delivered in English (SDAIE) instructional practices, and the curricula of grades K-12. The role and function of Christian beliefs and values in the public school will be integrated throughout the course. This course is a prerequisite requirement for the Multiple and Single Subject Credential programs. May not be taken concurrently with EDUC 100.
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3.00 Credits
A study of the nature and use of technology in the educational process. An emphasis is placed on both teachers and students utilizing a variety of technology to enhance a content standards based curriculum. Topics studied include: computers, interactive white boards, scanners, digital cameras, PDA's, digital projection, software, word processing, PowerPoint, and other technology that assists educators or is currently used with students in K-12 classrooms. This course meets the Level One technology standards for a California teaching credential.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
A study of the philosophy of Christian education with an emphasis on its comparison to that used in public, pluralistic education. Also an introduction to the goals, founding, function, and organizational structure of pre-, elementary, and secondary schools. (Meets ACSI credential requirement.)
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