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  • 3.00 Credits

    Materials, devices, techniques and settings are presented in an overview of the field of instructional technology. Lab experiences are provided in the operation of instructional hardware.
  • 2.00 Credits

    This course is designed for the in-service teacher to improve knowledge about curriculum planning in the elementary schools. Students will learn the latest philosophies and strategies for planning and implementing curriculum. A goal of the course is students will be able to state and support their philosophy of curriculum that meets students’ needs in the 21st century. They will understand and support or refute ideas proposed by stakeholders outside of schools.
  • 2.00 Credits

    This course focuses on the importance of curriculum theory, the design of school curriculum and its application. It is designed to provide a foundation for understanding and analyzing curriculum and instruction theories. Students will investigate the various movements occurring within the field of curriculum studies. The latest issues are addressed, especially national testing, curriculum fragmentation, and the quest for “core” curriculum in a multicultural society.
  • 2.00 Credits

    This course familiarizes teachers with the professional literature that supports and validates how they teach. Participants will locate and critique professional journal articles and/or research studies about methods they use or values they hold. Teachers will begin to refine the habit of teaching from a research-supported base of knowledge. A final exhibition will present a summary of results and identify implications for teaching. The course will enable students to consider the impact research can have on their teaching practice.
  • 3.00 Credits

    A study of the educator ’s role in relation to student and societal values. Includes theories related to moral development and application, approaches to values education, the educator ’s responsibility in value formation.
  • 2.00 Credits

    Student, professor and third team member will select possible topics of interest to study and research using professional journals, Ebsco Host/ ERIC, the Internet, and books from Warner Pacific College’s library. An option is to design and conduct a mini study, perhaps as a pilot study for their capstone project. Class goal is student growth in professional knowledge about educational issues and methods for an impact on instruction. A third educator will act a “reader” or consultant as needed to guide the student and evaluate products. A product for evaluation may be selected from a list of suggestions.
  • 2.00 Credits

    Activities in this course are for closure to a student’s graduate course work. Participants will create artifacts that indicate growth in areas of dispositions, knowledge and skills over the Master degree courses completed.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Classroom teachers have long known that along with curriculum demands, classroom management, large class sizes, and parent concerns are hidden concerns of a teacher as counselor. This course will explore the fine line that exists between instruction and that of being a counselor. Attention will be paid to the state and district policies, laws, and codes of ethics that affect teachers in responding to, and reporting various physical and mental conditions of their students.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This class will assist students in developing the disposition and ability to engage in teacher research as a way to develop their own practice. It builds upon learning in Research for Teachers such as knowing how to search professional literature libraries. Teacher inquiry can help teachers improve instruction and gain insight into their profession and the nature of learning. Data gathering instruments and procedures will be created and piloted. Processes for reflecting on research study results, concluding and tying results to existing professional literature will be practiced. The research proposal written in this course is a systematic plan to improve instinctive reflection teachers already engage in as they strive to improve their impact on student learning.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This is a professional development class for teachers seeking successful ways to improve class activities using informational sources. Methods presented will be ideas and models to assist students in the successful use of strategies for learning from expository sources.
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