Course Name |
Long Title |
Min Credits |
Description |
Requisites |
EDU-223 |
Teaching Science PreK-4 |
3 |
This course is designed to familiarize students with objectives , methods , and resources for pre K to Grade 4 science and to further enhance the scope of their science knowledge through lecture , class discussion , projects , and student demonstration . The course will introduce students to academic standards developed by NSTA , and
PDE . Students will develop lesson plans , based on Danielson ' s four domains , and these will include best practices in instruction and various types of assessment techniques . The course will involve students in a hands-on , constructivist mode of teaching / learning .
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Take EDU-100 . ( Required , Previous ). |
EDU-224 Teaching Social Studies PreK-4 3
EDU-226 Read Seq I Foundation Early Lit Research 3
EDU-227 Math Methods for PreK-4 3
This course is designed to familiarize students with objectives , methods , and resources for PreK to Grade 4 social studies and to further enhance the scope of their social studies knowledge through lecture , class discussion , projects , and student demonstration . The course will introduce students to academic standards developed by NCSS , the National Geographic Society , and PDE . Students will develop Take EDU-100 . ( Required , Previous ). lesson plans , based on Danielson ' s four domains , and these will include best practices in instruction and various types of assessment techniques . The course will involve students in a hands-on , constructivist mode of teaching / learning .
This is a foundational course on literacy instruction for PreK-4 students . The course will provide students the opportunity to : review the evolution of American Reading Instruction , explore various instructional processes for teaching reading and writing , investigate Take EDU-100 . ( Required , Previous ). techniques for teaching reading and writing , discover the role of assessment in literacy instruction and become familiar with the Pennsylvania Literacy Standards . This course emphasizes the basic mathematical competencies identified by the Pennsylvania Core Standards for Mathematics and the National Council of teachers of Mathematics as critical to math instruction for pre-kindergarten to fourth grade students . Students will examine methods and strategies essential in the instruction of number operations , geometry , measurement , data analysis , and algebraic concepts . Students will experience collaborative learning , direct instruction , and participate in required field experience assignments .