34 courses with the subject ELEM, 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.
ELEM 320Teaching Healthful Living in K-63
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course will provide 21st century K-6 teacher candidates with foundational knowledge and 775
ELEM 335Math for 21st Century K-6 Teaching Candidates3
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course provides students with foundational knowledge and understanding of school mathematics. Content will include common mathematical knowledge, problem solving, reasoning and proof, number sense, numerical operations, spatial sense, patterns, relationships and functions, and algebraic thinking.
ELEM 353(3-2-2) Methods of Teaching Language Arts, K-6: A critical study of the current practices, teaching
methodologies and strategies, and resources for teaching the language arts (including reading, writing, listening, speaking, and spelling) and the visual arts in the elementary school. Students are required to complete a field experience in elementary classrooms. Prerequisite: Admission to Teacher Education.
ELEM 354(3-2-2) Methods of Teaching Social Studies, K-6: An introduction to the current trends, practices
methods, and resources for facilitating social studies education, with particular emphasis on cultural diversity, curriculum planning, and the impact of cultural influences on teaching and learning. Course content includes an internship and demonstration lessons in elementary classrooms. Prerequisite: Admission to Teacher Education.
Lecture Hours: 4 Lab Hours: 2 This course is designed to introduce the basics of reading instruction with emphasis on emergent reading, the initial stages of reading development, and primary and intermediate reading programs. Also, it is designed to encourage the critical study of current practices, teaching methodologies, strategies, and resources for teaching language arts in the elementary school. Candidates will be required to complete a three-week clinical experience in an assigned elementary school.
Lecture Hours: 4 Lab Hours: 2 In this course, K-6 teacher candidates develop their understanding of mathematical conventions and process skills as well as the principles of scientific inquiry. Emphasis is placed on the use of best practices that promote integrative teaching and inquiry based learning, such as problem solving, reasoning, communication, connection, representation, and debating issues involving science and technology from a global perspective. Candidates will be required to complete a three-week clinical experience in an assigned elementary school.
Elementary School (K-6) A concentrated review of basic mathematics, mathematical concepts, and algorithms applicable to the elementary grades, with emphasis on content and activities related to various approaches and strategies for teaching mathematics in the elementary grades. Course requirements include an internship in an elementary school classroom.
Elementary School (K-6) A review of scientific principles, laws, and concepts related to the natural sciences, as well as process-oriented inquiry methods appropriate to a child-centered environment. An internship is required. Pre-requisite: Admission to Teacher Education.
ELEM 471Clinical Experience for Teacher Candidates in Elementary Education10
Lecture Hours: 0 Lab Hours: 0 This course is designed to be taken concurrently with ELEM 491: Elementary and Birth to Kindergarten Professional Seminar. It is developed to provide the prospective teacher candidate an opportunity to demonstrate skills in planning and in guiding the activities of children while being supervised and supported by experienced clinical educations (P-12 and EPP). It is the culmination of general education, professional education, ethical dispositions, specialty area courses, as well as early field experiences. Teacher candidates are assigned to partnership schools in local education agencies.
ELEM 530(3-3-0) Remediation of Mathematics Difficulties: An exploration of factors that contribute to
mathematics difficulties in the elementary and middle school, tests that aid in the diagnosis of difficulties, and techniques for preparing and evaluating individualized educational plans and strategies for remedial instruction.
ELEM 534Advanced Studies in Teaching Social Studies
HIST 602 Directed Readings in 20th Century History Choose one of the following: HIST 551 Caribbean History from Columbus to 1836 HIST 552 Caribbean History from the Post-Slavery Period Through the 20th Century Choose one of the following: HIST 555 The ABC Countries HIST 570 Major Topics in African History Choose one of the following: HIST 590 Special Topics in History HIST 591 Special Topics in History
ELEM 553(3-3-0) Teaching and Evaluation in Early Childhood Education: An exploration of teaching strategies
and evaluation processes in early childhood education. (Field experience required.) ELEM 560 (3-3-0) Reading/Language Arts for the Gifted (SPED 560): An in-depth study of curricula, methods, and materials for teaching reading and the language arts to gifted children, with attention to examining characteristics of the gifted, assessing their unique learning needs, and investigating aspects of creativity.
Gifted (SPED 560) An in-depth study of curricula, methods, and materials for teaching reading and the language arts to gifted children, with attention to examining characteristics of the gifted, assessing their unique learning needs, and investigating aspects of creativity.
ELEM 623(3-3-0) Advanced Language Arts in the Elementary School: An exploration of basic ideas and
techniques in the teaching of language arts in the elementary school, with emphasis on approaches for facilitating communication. ELEM 624 (3-3-0) Teaching Writing in the Elementary Schools: A study of the writing process and the teaching of composition. ELEM 635 (3-3-0) Problems in Science Education: A practical course in the basic content of the pure and applied sciences, with attention to acquiring techniques for teaching science in the elementary and middle grades and to developing learning activities and instructional units for classroom use. ELEM 640 (3-3-0) Issues in Elementary Education: This course involves an in depth investigation of current issues and problems that affect elementary education in America. This course also includes a study of trends in curriculum, teaching practices, and evaluation of these topics in terms of effectiveness on teaching and learning. A close examination of the scope and sequence of the elementary school curriculum. (Field experience required.)
A practical course in the basic content of the pure and applied sciences, with attention to acquiring techniques for teaching science in the elementary and middle grades and to developing learning activities and instructional units for classroom use.
This course involves an in depth investigation of current issues and problems that affect elementary education in America. This course also includes a study of trends in curriculum, teaching practices, and evaluation of these topics in terms of effectiveness on teaching and learning. A close examination of the scope and sequence of the elementary school curriculum. (Field experience required.)
ELEM 652(3-3-0) Selected Topics in Biological Science for Elementary Teachers: A study of selected topics in
the biological sciences, with applications to the teaching of the biological sciences in the elementary and middle schools. ELEM 653 (3-3-0) Selected Topics in Physical Sciences for Teachers: A study of selected topics in the physical sciences, with applications to the teaching of the physical sciences in the elementary and middle schools. ELEM 654 (3-3-0) Selected Topics in Earth Science for Teachers: A study of selected topics in the earth sciences, with applications to the teaching of earth sciences in the elementary and middle schools.
for Teachers A study of selected topics in the earth sciences, with applications to the teaching of earth sciences in the elementary and middle schools.
ELEM 655(3-3-0) Using Technology in the Elementary and Middle Science Curriculum: This course is designed
to further develop abilities in using technology, electronic media and other multi-media in teaching and curriculum planning for elementary and middle level science. This course not only addresses the use and application of very specific types of technology, but also focuses on how technology can be used as a thinking tool to foster meaningful learning in elementary and middle school science classrooms. ELEM 680 (3-3-0) Advanced Studies in Children’s Literature: An in-depth study of literature for children, with emphasis on the history of children’s literature, criteria for the selection of quality books, major authors of children’s literature, and current trends and issues in the field.
ELEM 691(3-3-0) Integrating Technology in the Elementary School Curriculum: This course is designed to
further develop abilities in using technology, electronic media and other multi-media in teaching and curriculum planning. This course not only addresses the use and application of very specific types of technology, but also focuses on how technology can be used as a thinking tool to foster meaningful learning.