| EDUC 5000 | LECT | Designing Instruction for Exceptional Learners | 3 | This course is an intensive study of exceptional learners. There is focus on extending principles of learning and intellectual, socio-cultural, emotional, and physical development to persons with disabilities. Emphasis is on how to design and modify learning environm,ents to meet individualized needs while integrating standards into learning experiences. |
| EDUC 5010 | LECT | Research Methods in Education | 3 | This course is an introduction to the function and means of various practices of educational research. The course will promote understanding of the language of educational inquiry, aims and uses of research, various ways of framing research questions and designing studies, and procedures for obtaining, analyzing, and interpreting qualitative and quantitative data. |
| EDUC 5020 | LECT | Instructional Design | 3 | This course is a study of curriculum and instructional design, and instructional strategies consistent with those designs. Students will examine curricula theory and practice on multiple levels in designing responsive curricula. There will be an emphasis on understanding complex processes in learning and in curriculum development. |
| EDUC 5030 | LECT | Human Relations in the Classroom | 3 | This course focuses on intrapersonal, interpersonal, and intergroup relations issues in schools. Theory will be blended with practice in the study of instructional, classroom management, and conflict resolution practices. The course will examine the critical issues associated with discipline and management, community building practices, strategies for working with families, transition practices, and practices related to multi-cultural education. This course also emphasizes teacher self-awareness as a major aspect of the human relations approach. |
| EDUC 5040 | LECT | Advanced Assessment and Evaluation | 3 | This course investigates principles of assessment and evaluation with emphasis on practices applicable to a variety of educational settings. The course focuses on preparing educators to analyze a wide range of data sources and use that data to catalyze and support improvement in K-12 schools. |
| EDUC 5050 | Lect | School Law | 3 | This course is an examination of federal and state constitutional and statutory influences on public schools, with a focus on the legal issues that arise in elementary and secondary schools. Its objective is to proovide educators with the knowledge and skills thy need to deal effectively with legal problems, including the ability to practice "preventive law." It will also examine issues of equal opportunity. |
| EDUC 5060 | LECT | Social Foundation of American Education | 3 | The focus of this course is culture as a motivating influence in learning, and the ways in which ethnicity, race, social class, gender, and language background affect access to education and economic opportunity and achievement. Social, economic, and political contexts within which schools function and the values which provide direction for our schools will be addressed. The course includes an overview of the historical, philosophical, and social influences shaping educational practices, beliefs, and goals through history. |
| EDUC 5070 | LECT | Advanced Educational Psychology | 3 | This course examines in depth the contributions of psychology to the teaching-learning process. The theories and practical applications of psychology applied to cognitive, social, and emotional learning are emphasized. The research used to study learning is a major focus of the course. |
| EDUC 5080 | LECT | Elementary Curriculum Design | 3 | This course includes theoretical and philosophical frameworks for curriculum design, instructional approaches, and assessment. The course emphasizes principles of establishing various learning environments for student engagement in learning and curriculum integration and how curricula are organized for children at differing levels to meet the needs of all students. Students will compare the alignment of units of instruction to national and state standards. |
| EDUC 5085 | LECT | Secondary Methods and Materials | 3 | This course provides students structured investigation into the planning, teaching, and assessment strategies that are appropriate to their intended teaching area. Specific topics include national standards, scope and sequence in their subject, and main concepts of the discipline. There will be emphasis on instructional design, media, and methodology as well as recent develoipments in content and instructional procedures as they relate to middle and secondary schools. |
| EDUC 5090 | LECT | Theory and Practice in Literacy Instruction | 3 | This course will focus on literacy acquisition as a developmental process and on effective methods of applying research to practice. Emphasis will be on the developmental stages of reading, evaluation of materials for reading instruction, diagnostic assessment, and effective reading programs. Included in this course will be investigation into how diverse children develop abilities to decode, interpret, and use language to gain content knowledge. |
| EDUC 5095 | LECT | Content Area Reading | 3 | This course involves critque and analysis of current theory, research, and practice as it relates to content-area reading instruction at the middle and high school level. Included is the development of comprehension, metacognitive awareness, and effective study strategies, inegrated use of reading and writing, reading for understanding, assessment, and materials and methods to promote lifelong learning. This course also focuses on using sound reaing instruction techniques to meet the needs of diverse learners. |
| EDUC 5100 | LECT | Action Research Project | 4 | This course requires an action research project designed to explore an issure or line of inquiry chosen by the student. Emphasis will be placed on selecting a project relevant to an issue in local schools. This course focuses on the gathering of data, the application of qualitative and quantitative data analysis, and interpretation techniques, drawing conclusions, developing an action plan, and preparing a publishable reserach report. |
| EDUC 5110 | LECT | Research Seminar | 2 | This course provides students the opportunity to work with a high degree of independence to meet well-defined goals under the supervision of a member of the graduate faculty. Included in the course will be small group meetings for the exchange of idea, debate of issues, or presentation of research. |