This course emphasizes planning, assessing, and analyzing teaching and learning English/Language Arts at the middle level. Students are introduced to strategies and skills for teaching English/Language Arts content aligned with state and national standards with an emphasis on equity. This course is in conjunction with an eight-week field experience.
The purpose of this course, which is required for those wishing to student teach overseas, is to help participants examine theories and practices related to intercultural understanding and to develop strategies to teach with a global perspective.
A study of literature and related materials for use with young people in grades 6-12. Emphasis is placed on the special characteristics and needs of young people and the evaluation of materials for this age group.
A course covering the basic studies helpful to teachers of English composition at the secondary level. Focuses on the teaching of grammar, punctuation, usage, etc., and on theme planning, correction, and revision. Students are required to do quite a bit of writing. Provides ENG Major Elective credit and ENG minor credit.
This course provides an in-depth study of theories and teaching methods for integrating literacy (including digital literacy) instruction into content area classrooms at the K-12 levels. Instructional strategies, procedures, and assessments designed to increase vocabulary learning and comprehension of expository texts are emphasized.
This course provides an in-depth study of theories and teaching methods for integrating literacy (including digital literacy) instruction into content area classrooms at the K-12 levels. Instructional strategies, procedures, and assessments designed to increase vocabulary learning and comprehension of expository texts are emphasized.
This course focuses on the theoretical and practical aspects of educational assessment at the student, classroom, school, state/province, national, and international levels. Students examine the history of assessment in education, the varied purposes of assessment, the strengths and shortcomings of different assessment formats, and relevant research regarding the effectiveness of various types of assessment for specific educational purposes.
Students use a range of traditional, interactive, and emerging technological interventions in analog and digital formats. Students gain skill in the operation, production, and integration of basic media such as video, graphics, videodisk, and CD-ROM in a variety of instructional settings (training, exploratory learning, on-line databases, etc.). Students demonstrate skills via the composition and production of several media documents using available tools and resources.
Students use instructional computing applications and understand the roles and uses of computers in instruction. Students select and use instructional computing hardware and software appropriate to instructional goals and settings. Students use electronic networks for instructional purposes. Students demonstrate skill using basic productivity software through structured assignments and collaborative projects.
This course provides candidates with the opportunity to participate in a full-time, supervised internship in middle grade classrooms. The student teaching experience occurs in a 5-9 school setting. Offered on a pass-fail basis only. Repeated for up to 15 hours. Prereq: Must meet published college requirements for teaching.
