Undergraduate Catalog 2022-2023 | Page 237

Course Name
Long Title
Min Credits
Description
Requisites
EDU-224
Teaching Social Studies 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 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 handson , constructivist mode of teaching / learning .
Take EDU-100 . ( Required , Previous ).
EDU-226 Read Seq I Foundation Early Lit Research 3
EDU-227 Math Methods for PreK-4 3
EDU-228 Art and Humanities 3
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 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 . This course emphasizes the competencies identified by the Pennsylvania Early Learning Standards and the National Core Arts Standards for pre-kindergarten to fourth grade children in the content area of arts and humanities . Students will examine methods and strategies essential in the instruction of the production , performance and exhibition of music , dance , theater , and visual arts . Students will learn of cultural and historical contexts , and develop an understanding of aesthetic and critical response to a variety of art mediums .
Take EDU-100 . ( Required , Previous ).