2016-2017 Graduate

EDEL 601 Practicum and Capstone Seminar in Elementary Education

Provides opportunities for students to collaborate in the completion of a teacher research project, revise the curriculum development project, finalize the professional portfolio, prepare for and take the comprehensive examination.

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EDEL 602 Elementary School Practicum

Prerequisite: EDFE 125. This practicum is designed to immerse students in the elementary school classroom. Opportunities for teacher candidates to inquire, analyze and reflect on classroom routines and practices.

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EDEL 612 Elementary School Curriculum

A review and analysis of competing conceptualizations of the elementary-school curriculum. Teachers develop, implement, and evaluate curriculum in elementary classrooms. Current topics, trends and issues in curriculum are explored.

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EDEL 613 Integrated Curriculum

Theory, design, development, implementation and evaluation of integrated curriculum. Students develop interdisciplinary units of study and learn active learning strategies and techniques consistent with an effective rationale for integrated curriculum.

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EDEL 619 Pluralism in Education

Assists student in recognizing need for creating processes that enable children, educators and others to support and design a culturally and socially diverse curriculum.

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EDEL 620 Researched Applications for Instruction in Mathematics, K-9

Consider in detail the problems concerned with selection of what to teach, grade placement of content, methods and materials for teaching and means of evaluating achievement in mathematics.

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EDEL 622 Directed Studies

Individualized investigation under the direct supervision of a faculty member. (Minimum of 37.5 clock hours required per credit hour.) Repeatable, maximum concurrent enrollment is two times.

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EDEL 640 Instruction in Language Arts and Literacy in the Elementary School

Teachers develop their abilities as readers, writers and thinkers as they examine current research and practice in language arts and literacy instruction.

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EDEL 645 Assessment of Language Arts and Literacy in the Elementary School

Prerequisite: EDEL 640 and teaching experience. A consideration of problems, trends, and issues in the assessment of language arts and literacy. Focus on reading and writing as integrated processes.

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EDEL 650 Researched Application for Instruction in Social Studies, K-9

Designed for experienced teachers, course focuses on strategies for improving social studies curriculum and instructions. Studies trends, issues and research affecting educating children for citizenship in a pluralistic/democratic society.

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