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  • 1.00 - 6.00 Credits

    GRED 595C -- @Special Topics (1-6)
  • 0.00 - 3.00 Credits

    GRED 670A -- Culminating Experience (Project) (0-3) The project may be an electronic or paper portfolio; a thesis; an empirical or library research project; a historical or philosophical study; a descriptive analysis; a curriculum design; a slide presentation; a module cluster; or something else of particular use to the student. The project must be related to and draw from the student's graduate program. Prerequisite: Full Admission in an MSED or MST degree program. (Graded S*/U* only).
  • 0.00 - 3.00 Credits

    GRED 673 -- Secondary Science Field Work (3) Field experience provides opportunity to apply what has been learned in a classroom setting, and to develop the skills and understandings necessary for student teaching. The guidelines (principles, teaching, assessment, content, program evaluation, school system evaluation) for this field experience are provided in the National Science Education Standards (http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/nses/html). You will be assigned to a mentor teacher during the first week of the course. You will develop a secondary science unit plan with advisement of the course instructor and your mentor teacher. Beginning in week two, you will observe and assist in the classroom of your mentor teacher for a minimum of seven hours each week in the public school. Beginning in week four and for the duration of the semester you will continue to observe and assist for six hours per week and will teach a minimum of one hour per week. Your teaching will begin with small groups, and progress to whole class groups. You will have opportunity to reflect on your teaching experiences in discussions with mentor teachers, peers, and the course instructor. Discussions will focus on specified topics drawn from the National Science Education Standards and the New York State Math, Science, Technology Standards. Discussions will occur in class sessions on Wednesday's and in the on-line discussion forum provided in the Blackboard class space. The distance learning class space will include mentor teachers. Field experience provides the major setting for Performance Based Assessments required in your teacher education program portfolio. Rubrics for Performance Assessments of Knowledge, Skills, and Dispositions contained in the NSES will be provided at the beginning of the course and will be the focus of course activities. Offered Fall.
  • 3.00 Credits

    GRED 675 -- Secondary Science Teaching Research (3) This course is designed to introduce future teachers to science education research in grades K-12. Students will study current issues and trends in science education research, and relate those to local school issues. Students will design and defend a research proposal linking their study of national issues and trends with observations in local schools.
  • 2.00 Credits

    GRED 676 -- Student Teaching Seminar: Policies and Practice in American Education (2) The course will provide a forum for discussion of the broad range of contemporary educational and professional issues, as well as their historical routes. Students will critically examine various perspectives of a topic through reading and research. Co-requisites: MST Elementary: GRED 613 and GRED 696; MST Secondary: GRED 692 or GRED 694 and GRED 697.
  • 3.00 Credits

    GRED 677 -- Development and Learning in Adolescence (3) This course is designed to provide classroom teachers with a sufficient understanding of the principles and theories of both learning and human development to be better able to plan and carry out instruction. MST Adolescence only. Offered summer and fall.
  • 1.00 Credits

    GRED 684 -- Secondary Social Studies Content Portfolio (1) In this course students prepare a portfolio designed to allow them to demonstrate their content knowledge of social studies as aligned with the National Council for the Social studies (NCSS) ten thematic standards. In addition, a reflective essay for each standard is required in which students discuss how they integrated thiscontent knowledge into their student teaching. Co-requisites: GRED 688 and GRED 689. Pre-requisite: GRED 681. For Soc Studies 7-12 5-6 Ext MST Majors.
  • 3.00 Credits

    GRED 687 -- Teacher Assessment (3) With approval from the instructor, a teacher assessment topic will be selected by te student that is directly related to his/her content area and classroom setting. This is a field-based course so students will be conducting assessments in their own schools and classrooms. A written paper and oral defense will be required for all students. A write up of the assessment will be required for successful completion of the program. Offered fall, spring and summer.
  • 6.00 Credits

    GRED 693 -- Supervised Clinical Experience/Student Teaching, Grades 10-12 (6) This course will consist of a semester of field experience in a public school setting. Students will be assigned to a grade 10-12 experience over the course of half a semester. Students are expected to demonstrate skills in defining educational objectives, developing learning experiences, selecting educational materials and evaluating pupil performance. MST only. Corequisite GRED 692, GRED 676.
  • 6.00 Credits

    GRED 694 -- Student Teaching in the Middle/Junior High School 5-9 (6) Half semester of student teaching in the student's certification program in grades 5, 6, 7 and/or 8, under the guidance of a sponsor teacher and a college supervisor. For MST & BA/MST secondary students only. Corequisites: GRED 697 and GRED 676.
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