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EDU-224
Teaching Social Studies PreK-4
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 willinvolve students in a hands-on , constructivist mode of teaching / learning .
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EDU-226 Read Seq I Foundation Early Lit ResearchThis 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 .
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