The intern will receive a stipend, made available from State of Ohio Foundation funds. This course is designed to develop knowledge and skills necessary for researching program effectiveness with emphasis placed on delineating, collecting, analyzing, and applying descriptive and judgmental information for the purpose of decision-making. Interpretations are made for teaching methodology, curriculum design, counseling, and psychological services. Interpretations are made for the development of a critical, personal theory of teaching, counseling, educational administration, and psychological services. Study of educational research design, proposal writing, organization of data, and techniques for conducting research in teaching, administration, and counseling.
Emphasis is on developing a proposal to conduct an individual research project.
The study of contemporary developmental theories, including those of Freud, Skinner, Maslow, Kohlberg, Erikson, and Piaget, with interpretations made for teaching methodology, educational administration, counseling, and psychological services. Demonstration of how patterns of mathematical and scientific thought can be acquired by students. Study of the role of the teacher in the classroom including classroom management and human relations, lesson planning, assessment, instructional methods and media, and evaluation of teaching. An integrated language arts course focusing upon the knowledge base undergirding the teaching of reading and related language arts processes in the elementary school setting. Study of the multidisciplinary use of assessment devices and techniques in the diagnosis, planning, and evaluation of the special-needs learner and the development of individual education plans.