Courses

• SED EC 507: Play and Child Development in Early Education
  Examines theories of play. Role of play in cognitive, affective, and social development of the child; play and creativity. Field observation and analysis required for licensure program students. 4cr, 2nd sem.
• SED EC 511: Early Childhood Curriculum and Prepracticum
  Seminars and fieldwork in early childhood classrooms. Seminars examine instructional practices in literacy and language arts, social science, and science. 4cr, either sem.
• SED EC 553: Early Childhood Student-Teaching Practicum 1-2
  Required of students who seek licensure in early childhood education. Supervised student teaching in a 1- 2 classroom (for undergraduates only) including classroom management and evaluation of the learner. Requires participation in seminars. 10cr (undergraduate), either sem.
• SED EC 556: Children's Literature for the Early Childhood Teachers, Pre-K-2
  Introduces a wide array of children's literature, fiction and non-fiction. Students develop criteria to evaluate children's literature and explore ways to incorporate children's literature into all aspects of the curriculum (Pre-K-2). 2cr, either sem.
• SED EC 557: Classroom-Based Assessment of Young Children, Pre K-2
  Prepares early childhood majors to conduct assessment of children within the classroom. History of assessment, current trends, and assessment principles will be examined. Students will evaluate assessment tools and gain skills necessary for classroom-based assessment. 2cr, either sem.
• SED EC 605: Topics in Child Development and Education
  In-depth coverage of selected aspects of development in children from birth to seven years. Includes both descriptive information (milestones) and theory (processes accounting for development). Stresses applications to early education. Taken concurrently with SED EC611 by graduate students in the licensure program unless waiver is obtained. 4cr, 1st sem.
• SED EC 611: Preschool Curriculum and Prepracticum
  Open only to matriculated graduate students in the licensure program. Field-based course emphasizing instruction materials design, curriculm development, and observation and assessment at the preschool level. 4cr, 1st sem.
• SED EC 653: Early Childhood Practicum, Grades 1-2
  Required for students seeking licensure. Provides one semester of supervised work in curriculum development, materials design, and classroom organization and management. Requires 5-day-per-week involvement in a Grades 1-2 classroom and participation in five seminars. 8cr, either sem.
• SED EC 781: Preschool Education
  Historical, philosophical, sociological, and psychological foundations of preschool and kindergarten education. Analyzes the goals and strategies of different preschool programs and their effectiveness. 4cr, 2nd sem.
• SED ED 100: Introduction to Education
  Designed to orient students to the education profession.Examines topics such as aims of education, student learning, effective teaching, and good schools using inquiry from philosophy, psychology, sociology, and history. Includes 60 hours of observation and assistance in local schools. Must be taken concurrently with SED ED 101. 6cr, either sem.
• SED ED 101: Education Lab
  Orientation to school requirements and state certification. Preliminary assessment in basic mathematics skills. Introduction to the uses of educational media and technology in classrooms and online. Required of all SED undergraduate students and all other students seeking teacher licensure. Must be taken concurrently with SED ED 100. 0cr, either sem.
• SED ED 203: Eating Right/Get Moving
  Students learn how to coordinate good eating habits with the right amount and type of physical activity into their college experience. Foundations of nutrition, such as micro and macronutrients, nutrient dense foods, and the components of physical fitness as well as lifetime activities are analyzed. 2cr, on demand.
• SED ED 225: Project Citizen: Promoting Civic Engagement
  Students apply a model of citizen action (Project Citizen) to analyze and influence a current public policy of their choice. The course also examines how that model can be used to promote active and informed citizenship among youth and adults. 2cr, on demand.
• SED ED 410: Social Context of Education
  How culture, race, language, poverty, social change, urban pressures, and rural isolation affect the work of schools and other educational institutions, based upon reading, discussion, field research, and extensive writing by students. SED ED 410 A1 and ED 412 A1 must be taken in the same semester or ED 410 B1 in the fall and ED 412 B1 in the spring. 2cr.
• SED ED 412: Civic Context of Education
  Political and professional decision making in education in a democracy, emergent issues in educational policy, and the ethics of educational practice, based upon reading, discussion, planning exercises, and extensive writing by students. ED 410 A1 and ED 412 A1 must be taken in the same semester or ED 410 B1 in the fall and ED 412 B1 in the spring. 2cr.
• SED ED 500: Foundations of Educational Practices
  Open only to graduate students enrolled in classroom initial licensure programs. Focuses on learning and teaching in schools in terms of historical, philosophical, social, and political issues. An introduction to the occupation of teaching through placement in local schools, lectures, readings, written assignments, and small group discussions. 6cr, 1st sem, Summer Term.
• SED ED 501: Foundations of Educational Practice Lab
  Orientation to school requirements, state licensure, and technology. Introduction to the uses of educational media and technology in classrooms. Includes introduction to networks accessible to teachers and students. Must be taken concurrently with SED ED 500. 1st sem, Summer Term.
• SED ED 700: Intellectual History of Education I
  Not offered 2000/01
• SED ED 702: Intellectual History of Education: Development over the Life Span
  Open only to matriculated doctora students or with consent of instructor. Identifies and addresses conceptual, substantive, and historical questions about the effects of research and theories on changing views of learning throughout the life span, and the effects of these views on educational practice. The writings of theorists and researchers who have been influential over the past 100 years are emphasized.
• SED ED 703: Intellectual History of Education: Plato, Rousseau, James and Lewis
  Readings in and discussion of The Republic, Émile, Talks with Teachers, and The Abolition of Man— Intended to introduce doctoral students to the thinking and writing about significant issues in education with conceptual sophistication. 4cr, 1st sem.

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