Courses

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• SED SO 930: Doctoral Seminar: The Nature of Social Studies Education
  Study of the historical, philosophical, theoretical, and curricular foundations of social studies education. Open to doctoral students, CAGS students, and (with permission) upper-level master's students intending to pursue doctoral study in social studies education. 4 cr.
• SED SO 933: Doctoral Seminar in History Education
  Study of the historical, philosophical, theoretical, and curricular foundations of history education. Open to doctoral students; other with permission. 4 cr.
• SED SO 935: Advanced Doctoral Seminar in Civic Education and Engagement
  Study of the historical, philosophical, theoretical, and curricular foundations of civic education/education for democracy. Open to doctoral students; other with permission. 4 cr.
• SED SP 467: Special Education Portfolio Dev.
  Enables students to complete a digital portfolio demonstrating their achievement of the Council of Exceptional Children standards. Prerequisite: Passage of Massachusetts Literacy and Communication (Reading and Writing subtests), General Curriculum (Multiple subject and Math sub-tests), and Foundations of Reading Tests for Educator Licensure. 1 cr.
• SED SP 527: Impact of Special Needs: ECE I
  Explores effect of special needs on children birth to age eight. Introduces legislation, rights, services, stereotypes that affect children, families, and communities. Major areas of special needs are examined. Emphasis is on understanding children as individuals with varying performance and rates of development rather than members of a disability group. 3 cr.
• SED SP 560: Understanding and Managing Behavior
  Explores traditional and current theories and model of managing behavior. Emphasis on analyzing and understanding causes and explanations. Examines approaches for preventing or decreasing undesirable behavior and increasing self-control. 2 cr.
• SED SP 570: SpEd Assessment for EC Educators
  Develops knowledge and skills for early childhood educators to perform assessment and pre-referral activities to support young children who may have special needs, including culturally/linguistically appropriate developmental assessment and collaboration with families and program teams (RTI, Referral, IFSP, IEP). Introduces analysis, interpretation, critique and communication of assessment results used to identify disabilities. 3 cr.
• SED SP 575: Strategies, Methods and Assistive Tech in ECE
  Explores strengths-based approaches to help students with special needs access general education curriculum. Students learn to use IEPs to design goals, lessons, accommodation, and modifications to help children be successful in the classroom. Develop and create adapted materials and use assistive technologies to support inclusion in the classrooms. Prerequisite:SPE 527. 3 cr.
• SED SP 635: Number Sense for Learners Who Struggle
  Examines contemporary influences on pedagogy, curricular choices, and materials. Addresses the teacher's role in creating an effective learning environment, and emphasizes strategies to maximize understanding mathematics for all children. Discusses a variety of assessment strategies. 3 cr.
• SED SP 650: Understanding Reading Difficulties
  Takes a critical orientation to examine reading programs, instructional approaches, informal literacy assessments, and factors that influence reading development: decoding, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension. Explores implications of social, political and cultural contexts on understanding literacy practices. 2 cr.
• SED SP 685: Democracy and Education
  Provides a social, historical, legal and political context for understanding education practice and policies. Addresses issues of equity, access, civil rights, moral and ethical considerations, rights of students, parents and teachers, and the larger purpose of public education in our democracy. 2 cr.
• SED SP 710: Assistive Technology
  Introduces Assistive Technology (AT) solutions that can support students with disabilities in fully accessing and progressing in standards-based curriculum activities. Include current laws and IEP considerations. 1 cr.
• SED TL 508: Methods of Teaching English as a Second Language (ESL), 5-12
  Teaching methodologies for English as a Second Language at the middle- and high-school levels, including techniques for developing language skills, content-based language teaching, evaluation and adaption of materials, planning and assessment. Students participate in a field-based component. Course is restricted to students in an ESL Licensure program. 4 cr.
• SED TL 509: Foundations of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Pedagogy
  Current theories of second-language teaching, analysis of materials, and practice in adapting and expanding textbook lessons. Focuses on adult, college, and international teaching. 4 cr.
• SED TL 511: Methods of Teaching Modern Foreign Languages
  This course examines the current theories of and methodologies for the teaching and learning of modern foreign languages. Students explore foreign language standards, effective instructional methods, assessment tools, underlying theories, and examine current issues in the field. Students will develop lesson and unit plans, and participate in a field placement to observe and reflect upon foreign language teaching in practice. 4 cr.
• SED TL 512: Introduction to Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL)
  Survey of current classroom practices in computer-assisted language learning (CALL), Focus on relationships among teaching, learning, and technological environments involving second and foreign language learners and teachers. 4 cr.
• SED TL 520: Teaching English Language Learners
  Focus on current theory/research related to teaching English language learners and the implications for effective language, literacy, and content-area assessment and instructional practices in Sheltered English Immersion (SEI) classrooms. For students seeking licensure in Early Childhood, Elementary Education, and Special Education. 4 cr.
• SED TL 525: Teaching English Language Learners in Middle/High Schools
  Focus on current theory/research related to teaching English language learners and the implications for effective language, literacy, and content-area assessment and instructional practices in Sheltered English Immersion (SEI) classrooms in middle/high schools. For students seeking licensure in the content areas at the 5-12 level. 4 cr.
• SED TL 530: School Leadership: English Language Learners
  Focus on the responsibilities of school leaders for promoting the academic achievement of English language learners. Emphasis on analysis of home, community and school factors that influence the education of this student population, and identifying and evaluating best practices in assessment and instruction in the Sheltered English Immersion (SEI) classroom. Designed for those seeking licensure as a principal/assistant principal and/or supervisor/director. 2 cr.
• SED TL 580: Student-Teaching Practicum I: ESL, Pre-K-6
  Supervised student teaching. Minimum of 150 hours required. Graduate Prereq: Open only to matriculated graduate students who have completed prerequisites restricted to students in an ESL Licensure program. 4 cr.

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