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  • 3.00 Credits

    This course analyzes a wide spectrum of human relations within the broad area of basic education. Common professional problems are discussed. It also includes an examination of the values and beliefs of the community as related to the public school.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course is a study of the public school in its strategic position in society and the social changes that directly affect the educational system and process. Community social service organizations that complement the role of the schools are explored and examined.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course will briefly survey the history of the teaching of writing in American secondary and middle schools, intensively review writing proves theory and research of the past two decades, and critically consider the implications of writing process theory and research for classroom practice. Prerequisites: Completion of 90 credits; consent of instructor
  • 6.00 Credits

    This is an intensive four-week summer course for teachers of all disciplines and grade levels that focuses on three related activities: (1) teacher demonstrations of classroom practice; (2) study of current theory and research in writing, thinking, diversity, and teaching; and (3) practice in writing and responding. Prerequisite: B.A. or B.S. in any academic discipline and consent of instructor.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course includes an introduction to the statistical method including descriptive statistics and an introduction to statistical inference; frequency distributions in one and two variables; measures of central tendency and variability; dispersion; regression and correlation; the binominal and normal distribution; randomness; estimation of parameters; standard errors; testing hypotheses about means and differences between means, type I and type II errors; "T," chi-square, "F" distributions; and analysis of variance.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course presents an overview of quantitative and qualitative data relevant to educational leadership, student achievement, equity and school improvement. Authentic, semester-long research projects lead students to a more complete understanding of the types of educational data available for collection and analysis as well as how data can be collaboratively transformed into actionable knowledge to meet the challenges of professional decision-making, teaching and learning.
  • 3.00 Credits

    A review of various views (humanistic, behavioral, cognitive) of the learner and learning theorists (Skinner, Rogers, Bruner, Piaget). Case studies of actual teaching learning problems are brought to the class by the participants for examination and discussion by the group. Completion of PSED 510 is considered preferable prior to enrollment in this course.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course is designed for persons who which to teach foreign languages in the schools, grades K-12. Students are provided with a theoretical foundation for teaching techniques and opportunities are provided for lesson presentations, preparation of teaching materials, planning units, evaluating instruction, and observing teaching. Prerequisites: PSED 510, 516, and six hours of 300- and 400-level courses in the target language area.
  • 6.00 Credits

    This course is part of a guided teaching experience in the secondary schools which typically consists of PSED 518 and 519 for a full semester. This field experience is designed to provide the opportunity to demonstrate the competencies and understandings of the teaching/learning process in the middle/junior high school. This course will not be permitted to fulfill M.Ed. requirements. Prerequisites: 1) students must meet all requirements described under the Student Teaching section, 2) students must have approval of the adviser and department chair in the major field, 3) students must have the approval of the Department of Professional and Secondary Education, and 4) students must have completed at least 24 semester hours of credit in the major field.
  • 6.00 Credits

    This course is part of a guided teaching experience in the secondary schools which typically consists of PSED 518 and 519 for a full semester. This field experience is designed to provide the opportunity to demonstrate the competencies and understandings of the teaching/learning process in the high school. This course will not be permitted to fulfill M.Ed. requirements. Prerequisites: 1) students must meet all requirements described under the Student Teaching section, 2) students must have approval of the adviser and department chair in the major field, 3) students must have the approval of the Department of Professional and Secondary Education, and 4) students must have completed at least 24 semester hours of credit in the major field.
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