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  • 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 201: Tutoring Struggling Readers and Writers
    This course is intended for those who are outside the profession of education (e.g. parents, community workers, non-SED students) to support children and adults who find learning to read and write difficult. The course will provide an introduction to the types of texts and teaching strategies that make a difference.
  • 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 206: Working with At-Risk Preschoolers
    This course is designed to provide information about successful interventions in preschool classrooms. The course also provides information about the overall context of the achievement gap and related issues.
  • SED ED 210: Exploring Careers in Science Education
    For science majors interested in exploring careers in science education. Students will work directly with teachers from CityLab, a biotechnology learning laboratory at BU's School of Medicine and the Boston Museum of Science. Dates/times TBA
  • SED ED 211: Emerging Technologies in Education
    Use wikis, blogs, social book marking, photo sharing sites, and podcasting to evaluate your own learning and to create educational materials in this brand new 2-credit evening course. (meets for entire semester)
  • SED ED 212: Introduction to Positive Psychology
    This course focuses on the psychological aspects of living a fulfilling and flourishing life. This course will help students build related skills such that they can integrate a positive psychology approach to teaching, coaching, leadership and/or counseling.
  • SED ED 214: Educating Global Citizens
    Learn and act. Explore conflict resolution by studying current global events and teaching Boston-area high school students the ?experiential education? approach to successful mediation. As a final project, small groups author new, original geo-political case studies they employ in high school classrooms, gaining an in-depth understanding of how to teach the origins, potential consequences and solutions to global issues facing us today.
  • SED ED 217: Miseducation of Black Boys
    To provide a classroom environment that allows students to examine systematic problems facing black male students, the various studies that have been conducted and the solutions suggested as the best ways to educate black males.
  • 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 226: TEACHING MATTERS: CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN URBAN EDUCATION
    This introductory course, taught by two urban educators, explores the challenges and promises of teaching in urban schools; critical analysis of current issues such as the achievement gap, No Child Left Behind and MCAS, English Language Immersion law, violence in schools, and urban teaching as a career will be undertaken. Students will have the option of observing in two urban districts. 2 cr.
  • SED ED 231: Tutoring Readers and Writers
    This course is intended for those who are outside the profession of education (e.g. parents, community workers, non-SED students) to support children and adults who find learning to read and write difficult. The course will provide an introduction to the types of texts and teaching strategies that make a difference.
  • SED ED 240: A Practical Approach to English as a Second Language Teaching
    This course provides students with sound research-based principles and tools for teaching English to non-native speakers locally or overseas. It focuses on the language knowledge necessary for effective teaching, and the pedagogical training necessary to help learners increase proficiency. The course includes a service component. Students will finish the course able to identify and prioritize learner errors, address them efficiently, and thus maximize learner improvement.
  • SED ED 245: Theory and Practice of Peer Counseling
    Examines the theory of peer counseling and the development of specific counseling skills. Students enrolled in this class will serve as peer advisors in the CAS First Year Seminar course. 2 cr. Either sem.
  • 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 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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