19 courses with the subject EDFD, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
EDFD 100Introductory Education Field Experience1
This course provides a general elective education-related field experience within a community-based or school-based setting to pre-education students, prior to admission into Teacher Education. This course has a seminar, as well as supervised service component, within designated community agencies and/or area schools. All placements need to be approved by the second week of the course. This course has 15 field experience hours.
Instructor permission. P/NC only. Offered each semester.
EDFD 150Introductory Field Experience0-1
A general elective education-related field experience either within a community-based or school-based setting. Persons enrolled for 0 credit will be placed within a community-based setting. Persons enrolled for 1 credit will be placed within a school-based setting. Persons enrolled in this course must arrange their schedule with the Office of Clinical Practice prior to registration. This course requires 30-40 field experience hours.
Instructor permission. P/NC only. Offered each semester.
EDFD 300Teaching, Learning, and Schooling For the 21st Century3
Meets GOAL 9. The purpose of this course is to critically examine the social interactions, historical trends, cultural complexities, pedagogical movements, and philosophical foundations of schooling and the teaching profession. Students will critique their own educational experiences and reflect upon their own beliefs and values about teaching, learning, and schooling. Emphasis is placed on topics and tensions in the relationship between school and society and the implications for 21st century educators. Grade only. Offered each semester. Course Registration
The course takes a laboratory and a directed study approach in areas such as communication, group interaction, trust, interpersonal relationships, and the study of minorities, ethnic groups, and second language learners.
Admission to the teacher education program. Grade only. Offered May term. Course Registration
EDFD 331Teaching Social Studies in Secondary Schools3
This course introduces students to the philosophical and curricular foundations of social studies education, with a focus on preparing informed, engaged citizens. Emphasis is placed on disciplinary literacy-supporting students in reading, writing, and critical thinking within social studies contexts. Students will engage in curriculum planning and instructional design, learning to develop inclusive, inquiry-based learning experiences that reflect best practices in social studies teaching. A required field experience provides opportunities for observation and guided reflection on instructional practices in real classroom settings.
Admission to the Teacher Education program. Grade only. Offered annually (usually fall semester). This course may be retaken once due to student withdrawal or earning less than C grade. Course Registration
EDFD 352Introduction to Educational Technology2
This course covers basic technological knowledge, which will enable the teacher to plan technology-based instruction, integrate technology into the curriculum, and enhance the teacher’s technological competencies. P/NC only. Offered each semester. Course Registration
EDFD 460 - Multicultural Youth, Children, and Families Part I: B-6th Grade . Grade only. Offered each semester. This course may be retaken once due to student withdrawal or earning less than C grade. Course Registration
EDFD 461 - Multicultural Youth, Children, and Families: Part I: K-12 and 5-12 . Grade only. Offered each semester. This course may be retaken once due to student withdrawal or earning less than C grade. Course Registration
EDFD 420Classroom Management: B-6th Grade1
This course provides students with the knowledge, skill, and understanding of preparing a safe environment for all learners. In particular, the impact of strategies on managing children within early childhood and elementary educational settings. This course has field experience hours within local school districts.
Admission to Teacher Education, EDFD 400 - Metacognitive Learner: B-6th Grade , and EDFD 460 - Multicultural Youth, Children, and Families Part I: B-6th Grade .
Corequisite
◆ EDFD 440 - Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment: B-6th Grade . Grade only. Offered each semester. This course may be retaken once due to student withdrawal or earning less than C grade. Course Registration
EDFD 421Classroom Management: K-12 and 5-121
This course provides students with the knowledge, skill, and understanding of preparing a safe environment for all learners. In particular, the impact of strategies on managing children in the K-12 and 5-12 educational settings. This course has field experience hours within local school districts.
Admission to Teacher Education, EDFD 401 - Metacognitive Learner: K-12 and 5-12 , and EDFD 461 - Multicultural Youth, Children, and Families: Part I: K-12 and 5-12 .
Corequisite
◆ EDFD 441 - Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment: K-12 and 5-12 . Grade only. Offered each semester. This course may be retaken once due to student withdrawal or earning less than C grade. Course Registration
EDFD 442Postsecondary Education and Training3
This course will provide an overview of the characteristics and needs of the postsecondary learner in various settings. Topics related to effective teaching and training at the postsecondary level will be addressed including learning styles, inclusion, relationship-building, instructional design, and motivation. Grade only. Offered annually. Course Registration
A study of the purposes, organization, offerings, and achievements of education in selected foreign countries. Grade only. Offered annually. Course Registration
EDFD 400 - Metacognitive Learner: B-6th Grade . Grade only. Offered each semester. This course may be retaken once due to student withdrawal or earning less than C grade. Course Registration
EDFD 461Multicultural Youth, Children, and Families: Part I: K-12 and 5-122
EDFD 401 - Metacognitive Learner: K-12 and 5-12 . Grade only. Offered each semester. This course may be retaken once due to student withdrawal or earning less than C grade. Course Registration
EDFD 462Multicultural Youth, Children, and Families Part II1
This course provides a structure for acquiring, planning, and implementing ethnographic strategies designed to help students identify the sociocultural influences on educational processes and reform efforts occurring in local school districts. Sociological theories, including Functionalism, Conflict Theory, and Interpretivism, are used to analyze the meaning of said processes and reform efforts for stakeholders in the districts analyzed. The foci of these analyses are to help students collaborate with stakeholders in the ethnographic settings to ensure educational equity and social justice for diverse learners traditionally marginalized in educational settings.
Admission to Teacher Education, EDFD 400 - Metacognitive Learner: B-6th Grade or EDFD 401 - Metacognitive Learner: K-12 and 5-12 , EDFD 420 - Classroom Management: B-6th Grade or EDFD 421 - Classroom Management: K-12 and 5-12 , ◆ EDFD 440 - Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment: B-6th Grade or ◆ EDFD 441 - Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment: K-12 and 5-12 , and EDFD 460 - Multicultural Youth, Children, and Families Part I: B-6th Grade or EDFD 461 - Multicultural Youth, Children, and Families: Part I: K-12 and 5-12 .
Corequisite
△ EDFD 459 - The Professional Educator . Grade only. Offered each semester. This course may be retaken once due to student withdrawal or earning less than C grade. Course Registration
EDFD 483Multicultural Children, Youth, and Families2
This course provides structure for acquiring, building and demonstrating mechanisms for integrating multicultural content into mainstream curricula. Specific attention is geared to goals, concepts and instructional planning in elementary education addressing culture, ethnicity, race, gender, language, socioeconomic levels, religion, age, ethics and exceptionality. The social reconstructionist approach is infused to provide demonstrations of transforming teaching for equity and justice. Grade only. Offered annually. Course Registration
The purpose of this course is to investigate both historical and current educational topics. Topics may include but not limited to: 1) human development and learning, 2) multiculturalism and diversity, 3) curriculum, instruction, and assessment, 4) student success and motivation, 5) standards and accountability, and 6) middle level education.
Instructor permission and completion of professional education sequence or educator’s license. Grade or P/NC. Offered annually or when demand warrants.
EDFD 498Educational Issues and Trends1-6
The purpose of this course is to assess and to explore the impact of educational issues on current and historical trends. Issues may include but not limited to: 21st century learning, culturally responsive teaching, inclusive teaching, classroom management, standardized testing, and middle level professional learning communities.
Instructor permission and completion of professional education sequence or educator’s license. Grade or P/NC. Offered annually or when demand warrants.
EDFD 499Educational Workshops and Seminars1-6
The purpose of this course is to analyze historical and current concepts through standalone and/or series of workshops and seminars. The topics may include but not limited to 1) child study, 2) curriculum, instruction, and assessment study, and 3) issues study.
