This course is designed to increase the awareness and understanding of the relationships among gender, health status and the aging process among older women. Such issues as changing social and cultural mores, public policies and utilization of health care resources are discussed as they impact women.
Study and observation of the role and responsibilities of the school principal in practice. Practicum students are required to spend time at school site locations.
An analysis of the building unit as a sub-system within a larger complex organization. Special emphasis on the changes in the role of the principal as a result of changes in society and in the schools.
This course prepared school leaders to administer integrated instructional support programs in schools and districts. Attention is also given to leadership requirements needed to facilitate collaboration among school and community-based programs that provide and support student learning.
This course provides prospective and practicing administrators with the opportunity to gain practical and theoretical knowledge in the subject matter related to microcomputer applications in the school environment.
A course designed for superintendents, high school principals, and other administrators. Its purpose is to prepare administrators and supervisors for leadership in agricultural education.
An overview of the principles and methods of psychological assessment including observational methods, interviewing, behavioral analysis, and standardized psychological testing as a means of arriving at a comprehensive individual analysis and of creating a treatment plan for both children and adults. Students develop skills in selection and evaluation of psychological tests (personality, interests, and aptitudes), integration of multi-modal assessment methods, and report writing.
This course will provide an overview of some of the major theories of human learning as they relate to formal education and schooling. We will attempt to examine such theories of human learning while paying close attention to the roles that philosophy, history, the humanities, the natural sciences, and psychology have played in their development. Also, throughout the course, we shall attempt to explore current topics in the formal educational experiences of elementary, secondary and postsecondary students in order to link such theories to known educational practice.
Preparation for UK Counseling Center Doctoral Level practicum will include starting to develop an integrative understanding of theory, assessment, ethics, and practice as it relates to effective work with university students. The course introduces the application of traditional individual and group psychotherapy and the provision of effective outreach and consultation on a university campus. Lecture, 1 hour, 15 minutes
The course is designed to improve students' knowledge of the special counseling needs of women and to facilitate students' development of highly skilled techniques for counseling with women. Skill and knowledge areas include such topics as rape, spouse abuse, mastectomy, career, assertiveness, single parenting, and sex discrimination.
