Limited to students matriculated in the Elementary Education program. Student Teaching in the Intermediate Grades Hursh Observation, participation, and classroom teaching in the intermediate grades. Limited to students matriculated in the Elementary Education program. Staff Observation, participation, and classroom teaching in the secondary schools during both the fall and spring semesters. A Survey for Undergraduates Moss Surveys the major categories of books that make up the field of children's literature.
Participants study the criteria used to evaluate the quality and validity of literacy selections.
Introduces the theory, research, and practice of reading and language instruction, emphasizing the use of children's literature in elementary classrooms. Issues in Teaching and Curriculum Staff Values and ideas as reflected in the content and organization of the curriculum and teaching practices are central issues in this course. In this course, past and current debates over curriculum and teaching are analyzed for their epistemological and political assumptions, with questions raised over whose knowledge is embedded in the curriculum and who benefits from the curricular content and processes. Integrates educational theory and teaching practices by analyzing recent changes in sociological and political explanations for social inequality, reviewing research on the reproduction and production of educational inequalities, and evaluating and implementing proposals for school and classroom reform. English Language Study for Educators Staff Provides an introduction to linguistics, focusing on the structure of the English language.