Field-based program focusing upon characteristics of effective teaching methodologies, teaching performance, curriculum decision making, value guidelines, and the characteristics of the learner. Character and Values Education. Overview of research, theory, and practical approaches to values education, emphasizing processes of moral development and socialization. Philosophy and Organization of the Middle Level School. Focuses on characteristics of young adolescents and how middle level schools can be organized to meet those characteristics through interdisciplinary teaching, advisory programs, and exploratory mini-courses.
Graduate students have additional course requirements for design and implementation of a project.
Curriculum, Methods, and Assessment for the Middle Grades. Integrates current approaches to curriculum design with instructional models and assessment of learning appropriate for grades 5-9. To receive credit for 6610, graduate students design and implement an action research project related to curricular or pedagogical interests, then share their findings in class. Project will include review of literature related to student's interest. Service Learning Applications for the Middle Grades.