Courses

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  • SED ED 246: Practicum in Peer Leadership and Mentoring
    Provides advanced mentoring training and leadership experience for selected students who have completed ED 245 (Theory and Practice or Peer Counseling). Students will mentor the students serving as peer mentors in FY101 (First Year Seminar) and enrolled in ED245. Effective Fall 2018, this course fulfills a single unit in the following BU Hub area: Teamwork/Collaboration.
    • Teamwork/Collaboration
  • SED ED 250: Community Service in an Urban Setting
    For students participating in volunteer community service; reflect on the experience, with academically- appropriate readings, periodic discussion guided by the instructor, and graded writing assignments. Volunteering in the Boston Public Schools.
  • SED ED 251: Community Service in an Urban Setting
    For students participating in volunteer community service; reflect on the experience, with academically- appropriate readings, periodic discussion guided by the instructor, and graded writing assignments. A1: Volunteering in the Boston Public Schools. Instructor: Ruth Shane. B1: Volunteering with Reach out and Read. Instructor: Katherine Sullivan
  • 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 462: Capstone: PreK-K
    Prek-K specialists reflect on teaching and learning experiences throughout program; explore issues related to educational philosophies, public policy, leadership in the field, societal pressures affecting very young children and their families. Complete professional portfolio demonstrating evidence of meeting Wheelock College Education Standards. Open to seniors, usually in final semester. 1 cr.
  • SED ED 481: Capstone: Education Studies
    Construct and defend web-based program exit portfolio addressing the Wheelock Education Standards, and reflecting on experiences in the program. Seminar provides a collaborative space to reflect on experiences in the program, share artifacts and drafts of analytic/reflective essays. Selected educational policies are discussed. Taken in last semester of the Education Studies program. 1 cr.
  • SED ED 482: Capstone Ed Stu
    Construct and defend a web-based program exit portfolio addressing the Wheelock Education Standards, and reflecting on experiences in the program. The seminar provides a collaborative space to reflect on experiences in the program, share artifacts and drafts of analytic/reflective essays. Selected educational policies are discussed. Taken in the last semester of the Education Studies program. 2 cr.
  • SED ED 502: Professional Teaching Seminar I: Analyzing Foundations of Teaching
    Introductory seminar analyzes important foundational teaching issues: varieties of excellent teaching, diverse philosophies of schools, curriculum complexities in middle and senior high schools, history of education for the 20th and 21st centuries, and the power of community - culture - school inter-relations. ED 502 A1 must be taken in the fall, and ED 503 A1 must be taken in the spring. 0 cr.
  • SED ED 503: Professional Teaching Seminar I: Analyzing Foundations of Teaching
    Introductory seminar analyzes important foundational teaching issues: varieties of excellent teaching, diverse philosophies of schools, curriculum complexities in middle and senior high schools, history of education for the 20th and 21st centuries, and the power of community - culture - school inter- relations. Prereq ED 502. 2 cr.
  • SED ED 506: Making Learning Visible: Exploring Multimedia Tools to Document and Deepen Learning
    What does collaboration, problem solving, and critical thinking look like? How can we communicate a learning process to deepen learning in varied contexts? Focusing on the tools of documentation and digital communication, students will work individually and in small groups to develop the basics of design needed to create and communicate this learning using digital multimedia expression (DME) in order to deepen and extend learning across a variety of settings. Relevant to educators, therapists, social workers, scientists, or anyone who wants to make learning processes visible in their field. Effective Fall 2020, this course fulfills a single unit in the following BU Hub area: Digital/Multimedia Expression.
    • Digital/Multimedia Expression
  • SED ED 528: 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 ED 530: Fieldwork in Education
    Semester-long, 300-hour school-based experience for education majors as an alternative to student teaching. The purpose of this field experience is to provide students an opportunity to observe, participate, and reflect upon classroom organization, management, instruction, and interactions. Does not satisfy requirements for student teaching. Permission of Instructor. 150- 300 hours. Variable cr.
  • 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.

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