Courses

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  • SED LS 750: Culture, Language, and Cognition
    This course focuses on theoretical and empirical work investigating relationships among culture, language, and cognition in literacy development. It considers research in various traditions of inquiry, including cultural psychology, cognitive psychology, anthropology, sociocultural theory, activity theory, and learning sciences.
  • SED LS 762: Literacy Acquisition and Development: Addressing Strengths and Needs
    Focuses on understanding and supporting literacy development for elementary, middle, and secondary school readers and writers, including students who experience difficulty with reading and writing in some contexts. Emphasizes effective literacy instruction and intervention practices across learning contexts, both in and beyond school. Includes examination and discussion of theoretical, empirical, and practical readings. 4 cr.
  • SED LS 763: Field Experience in Literacy Education: Clinical Interventions
    Focuses on the application of research and theory to practice in clinical/tutorial instructional settings with a focus on developing and applying knowledge of best practices in literacy assessment and instruction for students who experience difficulty in reading and writing in some contexts. Participants administer and interpret the results of various screening and diagnostic instruments within a tutoring context; plan and implement effective instructional practices to support areas of students' identified strengths and needs; engage in video analysis to prompt a reflective stance toward instruction and professional growth; prepare and share a final case report that summarizes assessment results and provides a detailed report of the instructional practices implemented and student progress. 2 cr. Pre-requisite is LS762
  • SED LS 764: Roles and Responsibilities of the Literacy Specialist: Leadership, Coaching, Teaching
    Examines roles assumed by literacy professionals through three types of activities: observation/reflection/analysis of a literacy professional's practice; consideration/discussion of observed practices within the context of existing research; and planning to promote professional learning and improve literacy instruction. Field experience. 4 cr. Either sem.
  • SED LS 790: Literary Assessment to Inform Instruction
    Explores the theoretical underpinnings of literacy assessments and ways to use formal and informal assessments to identify learner's strengths and needs. Emphasizes assessment practices that are grounded in teaching interventions that provide insight into instructional practices that support students. 4 cr. Either sem.
  • SED LS 792: Teaching Adolescent Readers and Writers
    Explores current theory and research regarding reading and writing processes and practices among adolescents in and beyond school. Emphasizes the integration of literacy instruction across disciplines and the relevance of adolescents' multiple literacies to classroom instruction. 4 cr.
  • SED LS 793: Field Experience in Literacy Education: School-based Intervention
    The application of research and theory to practice in clinical and school- based instructional settings with a focus on developing and applying knowledge of best practices in literacy assessment and instructional intervention to their work with students who experience difficulty in learning to read and write in some context. Participants will administer and interpret results of various screening and diagnostic instruments during individual and small group instructional contexts and intervention sessions within schools. They will also plan and implement effective instructional interventions based on children's identifiable areas of strengths and needs and create a final case report that summarizes assessment results, provides a detailed report of the instructional practices implemented during intervention, and report on student progress. Video analysis will be integrated throughout the semester to prompt a reflective stance toward instruction. Prereq: SED LS 763. 2 cr.
  • SED LS 801: Design-Based Research as Educational Inquiry, Part I
    This course is part of a two-semester sequence. Students will a) develop a critical understanding of different approaches to design-based research, including their political and ethical commitments, and b) collaboratively design and carry out a small-scale design study. 4 cr. 1st sem.
  • SED LS 802: Design-Based Research as Educational Inquiry, Part II
    This course is part of a two-semester sequence. Students will a) develop a critical understanding of different approaches to design-based research, including their political and ethical commitments, and b) collaboratively design and carry out a small-scale design study. 4 cr. 2nd sem.
  • SED LW 736: Teaching Writing in Elementary, Middle, and Secondary Schools
    Study of research and theory that informs an understanding of the writing process, the development of writing abilities, and writing instruction and assessment. Application of the literature to classroom practice at the elementary, middle and secondary school levels. 4 cr.
  • SED LW 781: Processes of Writing
    Study of the theory and research related to writing. Exploration of implications for theory, research, and practice. 4 cr.
  • SED ME 200: Introduction to Mathematics Education
    The course will provide students with an introduction to the field of K-12 mathematics education, focusing on current issues such as standards, curriculum, diversity, student achievement, parental involvement, instructional methods, and the nature of learning mathematics with understanding. Effective Fall 2018, this course fulfills a single unit in the following BU Hub area: The Individual in Community.
    • The Individual in Community
  • SED ME 201: Methods for Tutoring Math Students
    This course examines the teaching and learning of humanities in urban schooling. Considers how issues of race, gender, class, language, and culture affect the nature of literacy learning in schools. Includes field experience working with adolescent students. 2 cr.
  • SED ME 360: Mathematics for Teaching: Algebra
    Designed to (re)consider how algebraic instructional materials enable students to access and attend to mathematics in different ways. Topics include variables, functions, manipulatives, and other algebraic concepts in teaching. 4cr. Either sem.
  • SED ME 363: Problem Solving in Mathematics
    Engages in collaborative problem solving and problem posing while exploring the role of productive struggle in the teaching and learning of mathematics. Effective Spring 2019, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Oral and/or Signed Communication, Quantitative Reasoning I, Critical Thinking. 4cr. Either sem.
    • Quantitative Reasoning I
    • Oral and/or Signed Communication
    • Critical Thinking
  • SED ME 501: Methods for Tutoring Math Students
    Explores the mathematics tutoring profession and the methodologies that make for an effective grade 3-12 or undergraduate mathematics tutor. Students will gain field experience and have an option of becoming a Massachusetts Certified Tutor. 2cr.
  • SED ME 503: Mathematical Reasoning in the Elementary Grades: Number Systems
    Designed for students who are preparing to become K-6 teachers. Students re- envision the teaching and learning of elementary mathematics by exploring these topics: place value, whole numbers and operations, fractions, decimals, and elementary number theory. 4 cr. Either sem.
  • SED ME 504: Mathematical Reasoning in the Elementary Grades: Algebra, Geometry, & Statistics
    Designed for students majoring in elementary education, special education, and deaf education preparing to teach children in grades 1-6. Students explore: pre- algebra, proportional reasoning, geometry, measurement, and statistics. Students also examine their own mathematical identity and connect these ideas to the elementary classroom. 4 cr. Either sem.
  • SED ME 506: Pre-Practicum in Mathematics Education
    Course consists of observation of a secondary teacher that includes questioning, data collecting, and debriefing. Students create and implement lessons in their placement focusing on co-teaching, small group, and whole class lessons. Students reflect on observations and lessons in seminar.
  • SED ME 507: Student-Teaching Practicum: Mathematics, 5-8
    Student teaching: a full-time experience in a selected school under joint supervision of a mentor supervising practitioner and a university program supervisor. Fldwk w/ seminar. Meets minimum required hours by DESE. 8 cr.

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