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  • ED 3102: Teaching of Mathematics

    3.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Western University

    This course is designed to provide insight into the teaching of general mathematics, algebra, geometry, probability, and statistics in middle and secondary schools. Students become aware of and use the resources and methods of instruction for teaching mathematics at the secondary level.This course is connected to Level III Field Experience
    ShareED 3102 - Teaching of Mathematics

  • ED 3103: Teaching of Social Studies

    3.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Western University

    This course is designed to provide insight into the teaching of general social studies, history, political science, geography, economics, anthropology, psychology, and world cultures in middle and secondary schools. Students become aware of and use the resources and methods of instruction for teaching social studies at the secondary level.This course is connected to Level III Field Experience
    ShareED 3103 - Teaching of Social Studies

  • ED 3104: Teaching of Science

    3.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Western University

    This course is designed to provide insight into the teaching of Biology, Chemistry, Earth and Space Science, and Physics in middle and secondary schools. Students become aware of and use the resources and methods of instruction for teaching science at the secondary level.This course is connected to Level III Field Experience
    ShareED 3104 - Teaching of Science

  • ED 3300: Learning Environments

    3.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Western University

    This course will allow the Secondary Education teacher education candidate to explore different instructional methodologies and classroom management plans, from the physical set-up of the classroom, classroom rules to procedures for dealing with problem students in your classroom. It includes issues related to adolescent development and school safety.This course is connected to Level II Field Experience
    ShareED 3300 - Learning Environments

  • ED 3600: Constructivism in the 21st

    3.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Western University

    The purpose of this course is to help the teacher candidates learn how to effectively analyze, select, and integrate current educational technologies into the design, implementation and assessment of learning experiences to engage a diverse student population. The course includes collaboration with teachers in a field experience setting to develop applications for technology for learning.
    ShareED 3600 - Constructivism in the 21st

  • ED 3610: Content Area Literacy

    3.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Western University

    The purpose of this course is to help the prospective teachers of middle and secondary education academic subject areas develop an understanding and appreciation of the academic and literacy their students will need. Teacher candidates will understand how literacy skills are developed. They will develop teaching practices and learning strategies to help students become more successful learners with attention to their own subject areas.
    ShareED 3610 - Content Area Literacy

  • ED 3615: Data Inquiry in STEM Ed

    3.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Western University

    This course provides future teachers and community educators with strategies for facilitating scientific and technological inquiry experiences in science, math, technology and engineering education. Course activities provide indepth experiences with the collection & analysis of scientific data developing it into evidence useful in decision-making.
    ShareED 3615 - Data Inquiry in STEM Ed

  • ED 3700: ELL Foundations

    3.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Western University

    This course examines research-based English Language Learner (ELL) teaching and learning methods in K-12 mainstream classrooms. The major theories of second language acquisition will be reviewed and their implications for the second language classroom will be discussed. The primary goals of this course are (a) to familiarize teacher candidates with major theoretical issues and research-based methods in second language learning in formal and informal situations; (b) to provide teacher candidates with opportunities to develop communication strategies that will support their students learning; (c) to assist teacher candidates in becoming skillful at making appropriate teaching decisions that will nurture language learning among culturally and linguistically diverse students, in order to promote and increase academic achievement in the classrooms.
    ShareED 3700 - ELL Foundations

  • ED 4100: Educational Assessments

    3.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Western University

    This course is designed to help students understand the importance of valid and reliable classroom assessments to support student learning in middle and secondary education. It examines the interplay between classroom assessments and larger scale assessments, and how to gather and make sense of classroom assessment data. Assessment is defined as the process of obtaining information that is used to make educational decisions about students, to give feedback to the student about his or her progress, strengths, and weaknesses, to judge instructional effectiveness and curricular adequacy, and to inform policy. The course will have students examine construction, selection, administration, interpretation, and utilization of evaluation techniques and instruments, including statistical interpretations. There will be an emphasis on analysis of standardized tests applicable to various content areas, as well as the construction and utilization of qualitative assessment techniques. This course is connected to Level III Field experience.
    ShareED 4100 - Educational Assessments

  • ED 4240: Student Teaching

    0.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Western University

    This capstone experience of the teacher education program engages candidates in a semester-long clinical experience in classroom(s) with increasing levels of responsibility for planning, classroom environment, instructional delivery including diverse learners, and assessment while maintaining high levels of professionalism.
    ShareED 4240 - Student Teaching
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