Majors only. Introduces the Interdisciplinary Studies Elementary Teaching major (ISET) and the Elementary Professional Teacher Education Program (PTEP). Examines professional expectations of today's elementary teachers and how UNC coursework prepares candidates for teaching.
Prerequisites: EDEL 101 and Application for Initial Admission to PTEP. Majors only. Sophomores or above. This course provides an introduction to multicultural education, standards-based instruction and lesson planning, the legal responsibilities of teachers, and content instruction as it pertains to diverse learners.
Examines the foundations in coordinated school health programs and teaches skills in integrating health into elementary schools.
Prerequisites: EDEL 250 and EDEL 101. Provides pre-service elementary teachers with theoretical foundations and practical skills necessary to become reflective professionals who can design and implement effective writing instruction for their students while developing their own skills in writing.
Co-requisites: EDEL 420, EDEL 459, and SCED 475. Majors only. Juniors or Above. This course examines in-depth understanding of large student data assessments including effective practices, implementation, and ways to use data to improve teaching in the K-6 elementary school classrooms.
Prerequisite: Application for Initial Admission to PTEP and 2.75 GPA. Theory and practice in teaching reading and language arts in pre-kindergarten through grade three. Instructional strategies and learning environments that nurture emergent literacy, practical methods of assessment. 30 hours of field experience. May only be repeated 1 time.
Majors only (Urban Education). Prerequisites: Application for Initial Admission to PTEP and 2.75 GPA. Study of theory and practice, instructional strategies and learning environments in teaching reading and language arts in pre-kindergarten through grade three.
Prerequisite:Application for Initial Admission to PTEP and 2.75 GPA required. Elementary teacher candidates will learn strategies and assessment techniques for instructing students in literacy at designated schools. Successful completion is required for teacher candidates prior to enrollment in Block I.
Prerequisite: Application for Full Admission to PTEP. Co-requisites: EDEL 459, EDEL 339, and SCED 475. Majors only. Juniors or above. Teacher candidates acquire specific subject matter content while learning instructional strategies related to teaching mathematics education in elementary school classrooms.
Prerequisites: 3.0 GPA, MATH 181, MATH 283. Co-requisite: EDEL 450. Mathematics field base learning practicum in elementary schools under the supervision and coordination of university faculty and partner school personnel for 8 weeks with two additional meetings on campus.
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.
Prerequisite: Application for Full Admission to PTEP. Co-requisites: EDEL 455, EDEL 457, and ET 340. Majors only. Juniors or above. Teacher candidates acquire specific subject matter content while learning instructional strategies related to teaching social studies education in elementary school classrooms.
Perquisites: Successfully complete Application for Student Teaching and successfully pass program specific PRAXIS test.. A field experience that includes eleven weeks of continuous field experiences with supervision by university and school faculty and integrated seminars. S/U graded.
Prerequisites: Application for Full Admission to PTEP; 3.0 GPA, EDEL 350 or EDEL 360. Co-requisite: EDEL 446. Course integrates methods of reading and reading diagnosis along with language arts in the Intermediate grades (3-6). Students learn instructional techniques, activities, assessment, and content knowledge.
Prerequisite: Application for Full Admission to PTEP and 3.0 GPA,. Corequisite: EDEL 445. Field-based learning practicum in partnership schools under the supervision and coordination of university faculty and partner school personnel for 16 weeks. May only be repeated 1 time. Supervision fee required.
Prerequisites: Application for Initial Admission to PTEP and MATH 283. Corequisite: EDEL 421. Teacher candidates acquire specific subject matter content while learning how to design and engage in classroom practices related to mathematics and social studies education in elementary school classrooms.
Prerequisites: Successfully complete Application for Student Teaching and successfully pass program specific PRAXIS test.; 3.0 GPA. Co-requisite: EDEL 454 and ET 347. An in depth consideration of issues, problems and practices in the elementary-school social studies and mathematics classroom. Developing implementing and evaluation an integrated instructional unit following the teacher work sample methodology. Online.
Prerequisites: Successfully complete Application for Student Teaching and successfully pass program specific PRAXIS test.; 3.0 GPA. Fifteen weeks of field-based experience in an elementary classroom under the supervision and coordination of university faculty and cooperating school personnel.
Prerequisites: Application for Full Admission to PTEP; EDEL 250 and EDEL 350. Co-requisites: EDEL 457, ET 340, and EDEL 425. Majors only. Juniors or above. This course provides participants with an introduction to the language of academic disciplines and the literacy development of students with particular attention paid to cultural/linguistic diversity.
Prerequisite: Application for Full Admission to PTEP. Co-requisites: EDEL 425, EDEL 455, and ET 340. Majors only. Juniors or above. Field-based learning practicum in partnership schools under the supervision and coordination of university faculty and partner school personnel for 16 weeks. Repeatable, maximum one time.
Prerequisites: Application for Full Admission to PTEP; MATH 283. Co-requisites: EDEL 420, SCED 475, and EDEL 339,. Majors only. Juniors or above. Field-based learning practicum in partnership schools under the supervision and coordination of university faculty and partner school personnel for 16 weeks. Repeatable one time. Supervision fee required.
Majors only (Urban Education). Students will learn how to conduct Project WILD activities, explore ways to integrate this resource into school curricula, and participate in activities to become comfortable and knowledgeable to teach science.
Majors only (Urban Education). Prerequisite: EDEL 461. Students will design a lesson plan, distinguish between science lessons and thematic units, and create assessment tools applicable to their needs. They will learn how to do Project WILD activities.
Majors only (Urban Education). Prerequisite: EDEL 461, EDEL 462. Students will apply the Learning Cycle to lesson planning, and construct thematic units taking advantage of interdisciplinary planning, teaming, hands-on, minds-on activities and assessment instruments.
Majors only (Urban Education). Must take concurrently with ENG 122. Develops an understanding of children's growth in the writing process, and examines recording, assessing and reporting student progress. Students will participate in a field-related apprenticeship.
Majors only (Urban Education). Must take concurrently with ENG 131.This course emphasizes the writing process. Students will develop an understanding of children's growth in the writing process and examine recording, assessing and reporting student progress. Field-related apprenticeship required.
Majors only (Urban Education). Learn strategies related to emergent literacy, word knowledge, recognition, and analysis, and the ability to flexibly combine these strategies with the broader purpose of reading for meaning. Tutoring component required.
Majors only (Urban Education). Prerequisite: EDEL 466. Examines reading difficulties, diagnosis and individualization; experience using formal/informal standards-based assessment. Explores literacy assessment; requires demonstrated ability to use performance-based assessment in literacy instruction. Tutoring component required.
Majors only (Urban Education). Develops sensitivity to the affective and cognitive needs of elementary students in reading and writing to learn in the content areas. Students will participate in field related apprenticeships.
Majors only (Urban Education). Students will learn curriculum, course planning, teaching strategies, materials, and assessment, with examples of successful pedagogical approaches for teaching standards-based geography concepts.
Majors only (Urban Education). Students will learn curriculum, course planning, teaching strategies, materials, and assessment with examples of successful pedagogical approaches for teaching standards-based concepts.
Majors only (Urban Education). Students will learn curriculum, course planning, teaching strategies, materials, and assessment with examples of successful pedagogical approaches for teaching standards-based economics and citizenship education concepts.
Majors only (Urban Education). Must take concurrently with MATH 181 and MATH 182. Focus on a small, integrated unit involving children's literature, social studies and math. Number sense, use of hands-on materials and problem solving to construct understanding in math are emphasized.
Majors only (Urban Education). Prerequisite: EDEL 474. Focuses on problem solving emphasizing real world application and the use of technology. Colorado Model Standards for Mathematics and Performance-Based Standards for Colorado Teachers will be applied.
Majors only (Urban Education). Prerequisites: EDEL 474, EDEL 475. Focus on assessment, continuing development of lesson plans based on authentic problem solving and integration with other content areas. Colorado Model Standards for Mathematics will be applied.
Majors only (Urban Education). Students learn instructional techniques, activities and content knowledge appropriate for the teaching of art in the elementary school setting. Integration with other content areas is emphasized.
Majors only (Urban Education). Elements of music, benefits of music study, practice in reading nontraditional music notation, making/playing musical instruments, movement, listening, beginning improvisation and composition, multicultural resources, and music technology.
Majors only (Urban Education). Study effective teaching and learning theories, basic movement principles and activities included in a quality program of physical education in the elementary school. Integration with content areas is emphasized when appropriate.