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2.00 Credits
2 Credits Prerequisite: EDU2001, EDU2002 and Admissions to the Education Department Literacy in the Content Areas is a course designed for the pre-service content area teacher. It provides reading comprehension strategies in all subject areas. The course also instructs students on using the writing process effectively in the classroom. The course helps pre-service teachers expand on their content knowledge to provide instruction students need to understand specific text.
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4.00 Credits
4 Credits Prerequisite: EDU2001, EDU2002 and Admissions to the Education Department This course explores current educational strategies and techniques for teaching in the elementary school (K-5) environment. Specifically, the course concentrates on strategies and techniques for the teaching of mathematics, taking into consideration the National Council of Teachers in Mathematics (NCTM) standards. General topics include learning styles, stages of development, and technology in the classroom. Students are required to teach sample lessons to their peers.
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4.00 Credits
4 Credits Prerequisite: EDU2001, EDU2002 and Admissions to the Education Department This course prepares the prospective English teacher to become familiar with the interrelated areas that comprise English instruction. In addition to instructional strategies, students becomes acquainted with the current research relating to the teaching of writing, reading, speaking, and listening. Students learn to plan lessons which include collaborative learning, interactive approaches to literature, and using writing to learn. Case studies serve as a basis for students to actively consider the educational dilemmas that face today's English teachers.
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4.00 Credits
4 Credits Prerequisite: EDU2001, EDU2002 and Admissions to the Education Department This course enables pre-service mathematics teachers to identify strategies that are in keeping with the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Standards. Students explore the profound relationship between the processes that children use to understand math and the techniques that the teacher uses to maximize learning. The students demonstrate lessons in math that incorporate the standards to foster the meaningful learning of mathematics.
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4.00 Credits
4 Credits Prerequisite: EDU2001, EDU2002 and Admissions to the Education Department This course focuses on the objectives, organization, content, and methods of teaching biology at the middle and high school level. Students become familiar with the current research relating to the teaching of biology and plan lessons that include the inquiry approach, collaborative learning, and interactive approaches to learning biology. Students will be knowledgeable of the State of New Jersey standards as they relate to the teaching of biology.
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4.00 Credits
4 Credits Prerequisite: EDU2001, EDU2002 and Admissions to the Education Department This course focuses on the objectives, organization, content, and methods of teaching social studies at the middle and high school level. Students become familiar with the current research relating to the teaching of social studies and plan lessons which include collaborative learning and interactive approaches to learning social studies.
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4.00 Credits
4 Credits Prerequisite: GPA of 2.75; two education courses at the 300 level; completed application for placement; proof of registration for the appropriate PRAXIS II Exam or proof of a passing score on the appropriate PRAXIS II Exam This course consists of an active field placement of one full day or two half days per week over a fifteen-week period in a public school district in the region and weekly seminars in which the students discuss their experiences and topics relevant to the profession of teaching. Strategies for assessing student learning outcomes are emphasized. Students are required to maintain a reflective journal on their experience, develop an educational belief statement, develop a formal unit plan covering a specific content area, and produce a professional portfolio chronicling their teaching experiences. Transportation to the school district is the responsibility of the student. Professional demeanor by the student is required in all situations.
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2.00 Credits
Prerequisite: GPA of 2.75; completion of three education courses at the 3000 level; completed application for placement; proof of a passing score on the appropriate PRAXIS II Exam Note: Must be taken concurrently with EDU4050 Student Teaching Prerequisite: EDU3041 or EDU3043 (whichever required for certification) Applications in Literacy is designed to be taken with EDU4050. Pre-service teachers will apply knowledge learned in EDU3043 or EDU3052 during the student teaching experience. Various methods of assessment will be researched and utilized throughout the course.
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10.00 Credits
10 Credits Prerequisite: GPA of 2.75; completion of three education courses at the 300 level; completed application for placement; proof of a passing score on the appropriate PRAXIS II Exam Note: Must be taken concurrently with EDU4024 Applications in Literacy (2 credits) This course consists of an active field placement in area public school districts on a full-time basis for one semester (15 weeks). Students are required to teach in their respective field and to become involved in all classroom and school routines. Students return to the campus on a bi-weekly basis for seminars to discuss their experiences. Students are required to maintain a reflective journal on their teaching experiences, develop an educational belief statement, develop a formal unit plan covering a specific content area they will be responsible to teach, and produce a professional portfolio chronicling their development as a teacher. Transportation to the school district is the responsibility of the student. Professional demeanor by the student is required in all situations. Students are required to be enrolled in EDU4024, Applications in Literacy, concurrently with their enrollment in EDU4050.
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4.00 Credits
4 Credits ENG 0010 does not count toward the credits required for graduation. It is a developmental writing and reading course, offered in the summer session, designed to foster competence in written composition and reading comprehension. Students are placed into the course as a result of the Basic Skills Placement Test. Activities will include reading, writing, discussing, researching, presenting, testing, and thinking critically.
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