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EDU-228
Art and Humanities
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 .
3.00
EDU-229
Reading in Sequence II
This course emphasizes reading and writing instructions for emerging readers and writers Birth- K . Instruction will focus on assisting students in : discovering developmentally appropriate practices for emerging readers and writers , examining oral language development and its impact on literacy development , exploring various instructional processes , investigating assessment practices and procedures for emerging readers and writers , and reviewing Pennsylvania Learning Standards for Early Childhood Literacy .
EDU-245
EDU-300
Meths Mat Mid Gr Read Across Curr
Secondary Pre-Student Teaching
This course will emphasize reading and writing in the content area for grades 4-8 . Instruction will focus on various instructional processes , techniques for teaching reading and writing , differentiated literacy programs , assessment practices and procedures and review of Pennsylvania literacy standards as well as the NCTE / IRA standards and vision for effective instruction of language arts . Observation and participation in classroom activities of local schools one day a week for 14 weeks prior to student teaching .
EDU-301
Educational Psychology
Study of the nature of learning , teaching relationships ,
individual differences , and the classroom as a social unit .
3.00 Take EDU-226 . ( Required , Previous ).
3.00 Take EDU-100 or EDU-112 . ( Required , Previous ).
3.00 Take EDU-325 . ( Required , Previous or concurrent ).
3.00