Elementary Education

Introduces students to knowledge, skills and strategies that support their study abroad journey. Topics include: health, safety, academics abroad, cultural understanding, Title IX issues, and the intersection of race, gender and ability while living abroad. This course is graded S/U and does not count toward degree course or credit hour requirements.

This foundational course will examine urban education from the perspectives of what it means to teach in urban environments, issues that impact urban schools, policies and practices that influence teaching, families and urban communities, and classroom management. It will focus on a broad interdisciplinary view of school as an educational institution and its relationship with urban societies and communities. Sociological and philosophical views will be used to examine how history, race, class, politics, and media have influenced the structure and function of urban education systems. Students will be expected to engage in field experiences in area classrooms.

This course provides pre-service teachers with the theoretical bases of learning and development necessary to obtain the goals of effective teaching and learning among African American and other diverse student populations. Candidates will examine many questions and answers involving education in today’s urban society and promote the understanding and appreciation of principles associated with the learner, learning, and classroom processes. The primary focus of this course is the integration of theories of child growth and development within the practical setting of the school environment.

This course provides pre-service/in-service candidates with knowledge, skills, and dispositions to provide evidence-based literacy instruction for African American and diverse learners in grades 1-6 in urban areas. The course develops students’ ability to deliver multiple methods of traditional and technology-based instruction to meet literacy needs in a variety of settings. Emphasis will be placed on asset-based theories and applications that can positively influence students, families, and communities.

Addresses the philosophy, history and sociology of American education, particularly with regard to the role of diversity in development and operation of the nation's education system. Particular attention will be paid to social, political, and economic forces that have shaped and continue to shape American schools and educational practices. The course is designed to promote a global awareness of how racial, cultural, linguistic, gender, income, and ability diversity affect educational opportunity.

Designed to support pre-service candidates in broadening their conception of parent involvement. Candidates will become aware of the strategies that minority and low-income parents often use to support children's education, explore strategies for increasing the participation of culturally and linguistically diverse parents in traditional parent involvement activities, and generate strategies for collaborating in culturally responsive ways with families, other educators, related service providers, and personnel from community agencies.

A course offering an opportunity to examine educational issues and additional learning needs from psychological perspectives.

This course provides candidates with knowledge, skills, and dispositions to deliver content-rich and rigorous mathematics and science instruction for African American and diverse urban learners in grades 1-3. Candidates will have opportunities to employ a variety of instructional strategies to integrate math and science content and the Common Core State Standards through the Principles of Learning Mathematics and Science. Constructivist, behaviorist, cognitivist, and asset-based approaches and methodologies will be emphasized in this course. Field-based experiences will provide an opportunity for candidates to design, develop and implement evidence-based lessons in science and mathematics for national and global student populations.

Provides candidates with knowledge, skills, dispositions and pedagogy to deliver content-rich, rigorous mathematics and science instruction for African American and diverse urban learners in grades 4-6. Candidates will have opportunities to employ a variety of instructional strategies to integrate mathematics and science content and the Common Core State Standards through the Principles of Learning Mathematics and Science. Field-based experiences provide an opportunity for candidates to design, develop and implement evidence-based lessons in science and mathematics.

This course is designed to help teachers understand critical issues that influence the language learning and educational achievement of culturally and linguistically diverse students. The course will provide pre-service candidates without a background in ELL pedagogy with rudimentary information about the characteristics of non-native speakers, the influence of English language acquisition on student performance and classroom interactions, and best-practice, instructional strategies that can enable them to successfully access core curriculum and achieve high academic outcomes.

Provides pre-service candidates with knowledge, skills, and dispositions they need to provide evidence-based instruction in literacy and social studies to African American and other diverse learners in inclusive, urban, elementary school settings. Course employs a balanced approach to teaching language arts and social studies. The course emphasizes the use of asset-based theories and applications to provide elementary students with culturally affirming instruction in reading, writing, speaking, listening, and social studies.

Provides pre-service candidates with knowledge, skills, and dispositions they need to provide evidence-based instruction in literacy and social studies to African American and other diverse learners in inclusive, urban, elementary school settings. Course employs a balanced approach to teaching language arts and social studies. The course emphasizes the use of asset-based theories and applications to provide elementary students with culturally affirming instruction in reading, writing, speaking, listening, and social studies.

Focuses on the aims, scope, and integration of methods for teaching the Arts, Health and Physical Education across the curriculum. The course utilizes a constructivist approach to teaching and learning that enables candidates to devise, select, and implement effective instructional strategies for developing diverse learner's knowledge and skills in the arts, health education and physical education. A field experience component is included.

Provides a seminal clinical internship for prospective teachers and new teachers. The course is designed to prepare prospective and new teachers for teaching in the urban and diverse settings. The internship is centered on the critical activities of teaching and learning, lesson planning, evaluating and providing feedback on student work, and developing curricula. The internship provides an opportunity to apply the INTASC Standards. The support seminar fosters analysis and communication of these understandings and discoveries.

This course is the seminal clinical internship for prospective teachers and new teachers. The course is designed to prepare prospective and new teachers for teaching in the urban and diverse settings. Students are given opportunities to develop patterns of thinking and knowing with respect to an understanding of self as teacher. The internship is centered on the critical activities of teaching and learning – planning lessons, evaluating student work, developing curricula, and enforcing standards on a full-time basis. The internship provides an opportunity to better understand and discover practical applications of the INTASC Standards. The support seminar fosters analysis and communication of these understandings and discoveries.

Integrates pedagogical and theoretical concepts related to teaching and learning in an international context. Candidates will develop global competencies and teaching skills via exposure to international students and educational environments. The seminar aspect of the course will employ online discussions, journal writing, and interdisciplinary readings to enrich the cross cultural experiences and facilitate the intercultural development of teacher candidates.