The central focus is the application of learning theories to inclusive classrooms and multivlevel academic content. Ten hours in school are required. This course is the basis for our approach to literacy, which reflects best practice and research about learning through the experience spectrum. The key focus is for all students to become literate, across cultures and capabilities. Basic reading and developmental linguistic theories, models of reading instruction, and teaching methods are studied.
Participants prepare and teach lessons covering the various aspects.
Ten hours ischools are required. Foundations of Mathematics 3 Cr. Conceptual understandings of basic mathematical properties, rules, operations, and topics such as geometry, measurement, numeration systems and their history, sets and their relationships to math, and rational numbers will be discussed in relationship to their inclusion in the elementary school curriculum. Manipulatives, diagrams, calculators, and computers, as well as paper and pencil, will be utilized by students as they learn ways of instructing children at various stages of cognitive development. Ten hours in schools are required.