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Course Name
Long Title
Min Credits
Description
Requisites
EDU-414
Classroom Management for PreK-4
3
This course is designed to prepare teacher candidates to understand and use provisions and procedures needed to create and maintain an environment in which effective teaching and learning can occur .
Take EDU-100 . ( Required , Previous ).
Various discipline models will be introduced .
EDU-415
Prek-4 Pre-Student Teaching
3
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 the experience .
EDU-437 Special Topics 3
EDU-439 Independent Study 1
EDU-495 Field Experience II 6
Investigation of a selected topic or topics designed to integrate and enhance the student ' s comprehension and application of educational theory and practice . Investigation of selected topics . Registration with permission of the advisor , Dean and the Vice President for Academic Affairs . 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 accompanies this Field Experience .