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  • 2.00 Credits

    EDLS 414 -- Student Teaching Seminar With Portfolio Assessment (2) Discussion of contemporary educational and professional issues. Accompanies student teaching semester. Attendance at professional development workshops is mandatory.
  • 2.00 Credits

    EDLS 420 -- Seminar: Issues and Ideas in Early Childhood Education (2) This course will provide a forum for discussion of the broad range of contemporary educational and professional issues in early childhood education, as well as their historical routes. Students will critically examine various perspectives of a topic through reading and research. Students will complete the compilation of a professional portfolio including samples of work showing their professional growth during the program. (For Early Childhood Majors only.)
  • 2.00 Credits

    EDLS 421 -- Seminar in Middle/Junior and Secondary School Education (2) Discussion of contemporary educational and professional issues. Accompanies student teaching semester. Attendance at professional development workshops is mandatory.
  • 3.00 Credits

    EDUC 303 -- @Creative/Sensory Experience/Young Children B-2 (3) The purpose of this course is to provide students with knowledge of the development of creative and affective expression in young children ages 3 to 6. In conjunction with accompanying field experience, students plan and implement child-centered integrated learning experiences in play, music, drama and art based on developmental needs of children. Fall/Spring. Co-requisites: EDUC 407, 408, 409 and 411.
  • 1.00 Credits

    EDUC 308 -- @Practicum I (1-12) This pre-student teaching field experience will focus on child development, learning theories, special learning needs and the classroom environment. Components will include: observation, small group work, and at least one large group lesson. Corequisites: EDUC 310, 312, 314, EDLS 306.
  • 3.00 Credits

    @EDUC 310 -- Childhood/Early Childhood Mathematics Methods: PK-6 (3). Mathematics: Elementary Methods is a course designed to prepare students to teach mathematical concepts and skills in grades preK-6. Based on research the NCTM and NAEYC Standards, pre-service teachers will learn how to help children in elementary and middle school develop their basic mathematics skills through understanding and practicing. They will also learn how to develop mathematical reasoning and problem solving skills. Simultaneously, the preK-6 mathematics curriculum will be reviewed to increase the knowledge base and the confidence level of the future teacher. Students will be introduced to current issues in mathematics education such as the use of technology and manipulative materials, interdisciplinary education, performance assessment and constructivism. They will learn to develop lessons that meet the New York State Learning Standards for Mathematics Science and Technology. A practicum in local elementary schools will provide students an opportunity to apply the concepts learned. Fall/Spring. Prerequsite: EDLS 201, 207. Corequisite:EDLS 306, EDUC 308, 312, 314.
  • 3.00 Credits

    EDUC 312 -- @Childhood/Early Childhood Social Studies: PK-6(3). This course is designed to be theoretical, practical, and personal in nature. Students will experience a constructivist classroom as they build an understanding of teaching social studies in today's diversely populated schools. Framed within the context of the No Child Left Behind Act and by National standards for Childhood and Early Childhood as well as NYS Learning Standards, students will explore traditional and technological means of delivering a program that assists children from birth through elementary age to understand themselves and their place in diverse communities and an increasingly interdependent world. Students will cooperate in professional teams while creating and critiquing practical lessons and mini-units that may be utilized when teaching Social Studies. Students will b e expected to continuously reflect on their own and their peers' contributions to major course components. Fall/Spring. Prerequisite: EDLS 201, EDLS 207. Corequisite:EDLS 306, EDUC 308, 310, 314.
  • 3.00 Credits

    EDUC 314 -- @Teaching Students With Special Needs Grades Birth-6 (3) Provides an overview of the educational, psychological and social needs of learners with disabilities including autistic students, discusses the impact of special education law on the public school pogram, provides background for designing appropriate interventions for students with diverse learning needs. Corequisites: EDLS306, EDUC308, 310 & 312. Prerequisite: EDLS201 & EDLS207.
  • 3.00 Credits

    EDUC 407 -- @Childhood Literacy (3) Knowledge and application of literacy instructional strategies are refined and pre-service teachers have the opportunity to apply what they have learned in an actual childhood classroom. The emphasis of this course is placed on developing knowledge of literature for younger children (8-12 years) and methodologies and strategies for utilziing literature to teach literacy in content areas of the curriculum. Prerequisite: Block 1; Corequisites: EDUC 303, 4808, 409, 411. Offered Fall and Spring.
  • 2.00 Credits

    EDUC 408 -- @Practicum II (2) This pre-student teaching field experience will focus on curriculum, strategies, and instructional planning. Components will include planning, classroom management, teaching, and assessment. Prerequisite: Block I. Corequisite: EDUC 303, 407, 409, 411.
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