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3.00 Credits
Fall-Spring Semester Preparation for, and practice in, teaching communication skills in the elementary school. Potential elementary teachers are provided the essential techniques, strategies and familiarity with a whole language approach to language/literacy acquisition. An important segment is teacher awareness and appreciation of the role of children's literature within the curriculum. Prerequisite: PPES 3 credit hours.
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Fall-Spring Semesters This course provides students with the foundations for teaching reading in the elementary school. Course topics include: Early literacy development, approaches to reading instruction, systematic instruction vs. whole language philosophy, vocabulary development, comprehension instruction, content area reading, and instructional adaptations for ethnically diverse and exceptional learners. This course is the foundational course for all other reading courses. Prerequisite: PPES. 3 credit hours.
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3.00 Credits
Fall-Spring Semesters Surveys problems in diagnosing and handling of pupils' reading difficulties to include appraisal techniques, procedures, and materials for corrective and remedial instruction. Conducting a Case Study with an individual child will constitute a significant portion of the workload in this course. Prerequisite: PPES and EE301. 3 credit hours.
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3.00 Credits
Fall-Spring Semester Preparation for teaching elementary school social studies. Course content deals with recent techniques, development in approaches, methods and materials for teaching social studies. Emphasis is on the utilization of children's literature in teaching social studies. Prerequisite: PPES 3 credit hours.
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3.00 Credits
Fall-Spring Semesters This course will provide the elementary classroom teacher with the knowledge and skills necessary to enable each child to achieve and maintain a physically active and healthful life. Course content will include stages of growth and development, understanding of movement concepts and skills, teaching strategies and techniques, and opportunities to apply this knowledge in class projects and activities. Prerequisite: PPES 3 credit hours.
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3.00 Credits
Fall-Spring Semesters Preparation for, and practice in, teaching elementary school mathematics. Potential teachers are provided with the essential strategies that facilitate the development of mathematical concepts in the elementary curriculum. The course includes instructional techniques, assessment, using children's literature and cooperative grouping through "hands-on" inquiry, process approaches that meet the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) standards. Prerequisite: PPES3 credit hours.
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3.00 Credits
Fall-Spring Semesters Preparation for and practice in teaching elementary school science. Emphasis is placed on the inquiry approach and the development of concepts. The course includes instructional techniques, strategies to generate background knowledge, types of questions and tasks that facilitate intrinsic motivation, learning, and achievement, cooperative learning strategies, the use of children's literature in science, and assessment strategies. The course is designed to help potential teachers implement the national science standards. Prerequisites: PPES 3 credit hours.
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3.00 Credits
Fall-Spring Semesters This course is designed to offer prospective elementary classroom teachers an in-depth analysis of the best in children's literature, an overview of the qualities of good literature, and demonstrated methods of including literature throughout every subject area. Emphasis will be placed on an overview of the eight genres of literature, the elements of a good book, and the methods and procedures of incorporating literature into the curriculum. Prerequisite: PPES 3 credit hours.
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3.00 Credits
Fall-Spring Semesters Designed for elementary teacher candidates. Emphasis will be placed on the most current theories and practices relevant to specific disciplines within the elementary curriculum. These may include (but are not limited to) standards-based education, thematic instruction, current issues in reading and/or multiple intelligences. Prerequisite: PPES 2-3 credit hours.
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3.00 Credits
Fall-Spring Semesters Reviews public school structure and organization in terms of the teacher’s role and the relationships with school board, administrators, supervisors, other professional and para-professional personnel, and school patrons. Familiarization with the legal foundations applicable to employment with functioning in a public school setting. In depth study of case law applicable to school issues. To be taken the academic term prior to the Professional Semester. Prerequisites: PPES and to be taken the semester prior to Student Teaching 2 credit hours.
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