Undergraduate Catalog 2024-2025 | Page 351

EDU-415
Prek-4 Pre-Student Teaching
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 .
3.00
EDU-416
The Culturally Responsive Classroom
This course covers the theoretical and practical implications of employing cultural pedagogy . Students are presented with practices to develop reciprocal relationships with students and communities by integrating exemplar cultural teaching methods within their professional practices .
3
EDU-437
Special Topics
Investigation of a selected topic or topics designed to integrate and enhance the student ' s comprehension and application of educational theory and practice .
EDU-439
Independent Study
Investigation of selected topics . Registration
with permission of the advisor , Dean and the
Vice President for Academic Affairs .
3.00
1.00