EDU-415 |
Prek-4 Pre-Student Teaching |
The student is required to participate in classroom activities of local schools one day each week during the semester. Two different placements are offered to the student in preparation for the student ' s anticipated certification categories. The experience is to promote the development of professionalism in the school and community setting while affording the opportunity to apply teaching methodology and educational concepts mastered in coursework. A weekly seminar provides an opportunity to analyze the experience. Application to the Education Committee of Gwynedd Mercy ' s School of Education is required early in the spring semester prior to |
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the experience. |
3.00 |
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EDU-416 |
The Culturally Responsive Clas |
This course covers the theoretical and practical implications of employing cultural pedagogy. Students are presented with practices to develop reciprocal relationships with students and communities by integrating |
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exemplar cultural teaching methods within their professional practices. |
3.00 |
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EDU-437 |
Special Topics |
Investigation of a selected topic or topics designed to integrate and enhance the student ' s comprehension and |
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application of educational theory and practice. |
3.00 |
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EDU-439 |
Independent Study |
Investigation of selected topics. Registration with permission of the advisor, Dean and the Vice President for |
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Academic Affairs. |
1.00 |
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EDU-490 |
Secondary Student Teaching |
The student teaching requirement( 13 weeks) is fulfilled during the last semester of senior year. Each candidate for certification spends five days a week for seven weeks in a primary grade and even weeks in an intermediate |
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grade. Seminar and individual conferences are required by supervisors. |
6.00 |
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EDU-495 |
Field Experience II |
During the second Field Experience, the Education Studies major will spend two( 2) days per week in a school setting exploring and assisting the classroom teacher. Here the student will tutor, help with assignments, teach small group lessons and continue to refine their knowledge of effective teaching using the four domains of effective teaching. A University Supervisor will evaluate the student in the classroom. A weekly seminar |
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accompanies this Field Experience. |
6.00 |
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EDU-498 |
Student Teaching Seminar |
Student Teaching and Seminar is a requirement fulfilled after all other coursework requirements have been completed and the student has at least a cumulative GPA of 3.0. The student is required to make formal application February 1st of the spring semester prior to the academic year in which the student anticipates engaging in student teaching. The experience is designed to allow for the development of professionalism in the school and the community setting, while affording the opportunity to apply teaching methodology and education concepts mastered in coursework on a daily basis. This student teaching experience is for 16 weeks in an inclusion classroom under the supervision of a certified teacher and is accompanied by a bi-weekly seminar class |
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to provide an opportunity to analyze the experience. Prerequisite: All course work completed. |
12.00 |
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EDU-502 |
The Learning and Teaching Process |
Overview of learning theories and their relationship to the facilitation of optimal learning environments. This course examines, through research, human learning over the life span as well as developmental and cognitive learning theories. Students will have the opportunity to apply learning theories to issues of typical and diverse learners. The applied practices of school life such as classroom management, curriculum development, learning standards, intelligence and testing, outcomes assessment and technologies in education will be analyzed and |
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critiqued. |
3.00 |
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EDU-503 |
Social, Political, & Econ Found of Educ |
This course is an inquiry into the fundamental purposes of education in the United States. Students will examine |
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contemporary issues as well as the philosophical, political and cultural of American education. |
3.00 |
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