Courses

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  • SED ED 634: Teaching and Learning Elementary Science
    Examines the role of inquiry in science teaching and learning using some basic concepts of physical science including properties of materials and motion of objects. Engages students in at-home inquiry investigations with liquids, states of matter, and force and motion. Introduces issues related to teaching and learning in elementary classrooms. 3 cr.
  • SED ED 636: Sci Inq in Act
  • SED ED 655: Capstone: Care and Education
    Reflect on teaching and learning throughout program. Complete portfolio evidence of having met the Wheelock College Education Standards. Analyze issues related to educational philosophies, public policy, leadership in the field, and societal pressures affecting children and families. Present portfolios orally to faculty and practitioners. Taken in last semester of program. 1 cr.
  • SED ED 682: Portfolio Development: IESE
    Develop performance assessment portfolio demonstrating competence in Association for Childhood Education International (ACEI) and Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) standards. Prerequisites: Successful completion of the Massachusetts Test for Educator Licensure (MTEL) in Communication and Literacy, General Curriculum (sub-tests I and II), and Foundations of Reading. (Old course# SPE 680 Portfolio Devt: Special Education). 1 cr.
  • SED ED 702: Early Car IL
    Reflect on teaching and learning throughout program. Complete portfolio evidence of having met the Wheelock College Education Standards. Analyze issues related to educational philosophies, public policy, leadership in the field, and societal pressures affecting children and families. Present portfolios orally to faculty and practitioners. Taken in last semester of program. 1 cr.
  • SED ED 703: Intellectual History of Education: Plato, Rousseau, James and Lewis
    Readings in and discussion of The Republic, Emile, 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.
  • SED ED 704: Capstone: Educational Studies
    Enables candidates to construct and defend web-based program exit portfolios demonstrating achievement of the Wheelock Education Standards. Seminar provides collaborative space to share artifacts and drafts of analytic/reflective essays. Selected educational policies are discussed. Taken in last semester of program. 1 cr.
  • SED ED 800: Pro-Seminar in Educational Studies: Theories of Teaching, Learning, and Equity
    This year-long doctoral pro-seminar consists of two four-credit courses: Theories of Teaching, Learning, and Equity and Educational Foundations and Systems. It is required for students in their first year of doctoral program in Educational Studies. The course orients students to doctoral work in the School of Education, introduces major concepts and lenses that have shaped schooling and educational research, and foregrounds issues of equity and social justice. 4cr.
  • SED ED 801: Pro-Seminar in Educational Studies: Educational Foundations and Systems
    This year-long doctoral pro-seminar consists of two four-credit courses: Theories of Teaching, Learning, and Equity and Educational Foundations and Systems. It is required for students in their first year of doctoral program in Educational Studies. The course orients students to doctoral work in the School of Education, introduces major concepts and lenses that have shaped schooling and educational research, and foregrounds issues of equity and social justice. 4cr.
  • SED ED 900: Qualifying Task
  • SED ED 905: Writing for Pub
  • SED ED 950: Continuing Study
    For EdM, CAGS, and EdD candidates who have completed all coursework and who are preparing for comprehensive examinations or dissertation hearings, or are completing theses. 0 cr.
  • SED EM 670: Advanced Interactive Software Development
    Achieving the learning objectives of student-designed projects shapes student learning of advanced, multimedia, and authoring software. Students use software to build, test, and revise their own interactive, educational, multimedia, and program designs. Best taken in conjunction with EM690 or EM731. 2cr, 2nd sem.
  • SED EM 680: Distance Education Research and Design
    Through case studies, research on critical issues and variables influencing effectiveness, and distance course design, students gain perspective on many forms of distance education, especially online education. Students learn key design and delivery variables for distance, face-to-face, and blended instructional designs. 4 cr.
  • SED EM 810: Practicum: Instructional Technology
    Field experience offered in media facilities of industry, higher education, health services, and instructional technology-centered school activities. Students spend time in media facilities programs. Variable cr, either sem.
  • SED EM 812: Internship: Educational Technology
    Supervised fieldwork in various educational media settings. Selection of site and conditions is determined by student's preparation and program requirements. Variable cr.
  • SED EN 501: Teaching Classic and Contemporary Texts
    Students will examine the demands of texts in the secondary classroom and components of successful reading. The course will analyze research-based practices in reading instruction in the middle and secondary English Language Arts classes. Methods for assessing and differentiating according to various dimensions will be introduced. 4 cr.
  • SED EN 502: Student-Teaching Reflective Seminar
    EN 502 offers undergraduate English Education majors engaging in their student-teaching the opportunity to come together weekly with a faculty member to reflect upon successes, challenges, and questions raised by the internship. Students will engage in common readings and write short weekly reflections that synthesize assigned readings and the internship experience. 2 cr.
  • SED EN 503: Lesson Design & Instruction Delivery in the Humanities
    Introduces students to different models of lesson planning and unit planning as well as research-based strategies for effective instructional delivery in the secondary humanities classroom. Effective Fall 2019, this course fulfills a single unit in the following BU Hub area: Oral and/or Signed Communication.
    • Oral and/or Signed Communication
  • SED EN 504: Student-Teaching Half Practicum: English, 5-8
    Minimum 150 hours required. For description, see SED EN 507. 4 cr, 1st sem.

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