40 courses with the subject ED, 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.
This course is designed to help the student acquire basic movement concepts and skills (body, space, effort, relationship) for leading physically, active and healthy lives. A wealth of developmentally appropriate movement education activities will be presented.
This course is intended to introduce the student to the field of education. A historical approach is taken as a basis for developing the philosophical, religious, political, social, and practical aspects of educational theory and implementation. Basic school organization, curriculum and educational issues are discussed.
This course is designed to acquaint the student with classroom procedures and management techniques. The student will become familiar with the instructional skills needed to work within various classroom structures, using various forms of media to enhance lesson planning and assessment.
This course is designed to help students develop a foundational understanding and a Christian philosophical perspective of health, physical education, and sports. The students are introduced to the vast interrelationships of physical education and health, fitness, recreation, dance, and other sub–disciplines of the HPERD alliance. Special attention will be given to related history, philosophy, professional organizations, and publications, as well as organizational and administrative problems, duties, and issues related to health and physical education.
This course is designed to help students assess aptitude and achievement. Teacher-constructed exams and standardized tests, including the criterion-referenced and norm-referenced nature of assessment, will be discussed.
This course is designed to assist the student in understanding the mental, emotional, social, and physical conditions that require special considerations in an Adapted Physical Education program. This includes both improved understanding and practical application of curriculum issues, instructional strategies, and assessment needed for inclusion in an Adapted Physical Education setting. Aiding, observing, and teaching experiences will be arranged with special populations to reinforce what students have learned. Prerequisite: admission to the School of Education.
This course is designed to prepare English teachers for middle and secondary school teaching. Its emphasis will be on general methods, lesson planning, preparation, teaching techniques, materials, presentation, and evaluation.
This course is designed to prepare English teachers for junior and senior high school teaching. Its emphasis will be on writing objectives within the scope of the PA standards, general methods, lesson planning and study preparation, teaching techniques, materials, presentation, and evaluation. It will also cover teaching reading skills. Prerequisites: ED201 and admission to the School of Education.
This course is designed for the prospective music teacher. It covers methods and materials for teaching music in the elementary school. Special emphasis is placed on preparing the PA prospective teacher in the art of teaching, teaching music activities, and knowing music learning sequences for how students learn music. Included are lesson planning and objectives, evaluation procedures of music methods and materials, their effectiveness at levels of learning, and introduction to current music learning theories. These general music teaching and learning principles are transferrable to other music disciplines such as chorus, instrumental, and strings. Also included is an introductory overview in using Microsoft Word and Finale for lesson planning and curriculum writing. Prerequisite: admission to the School of Education.
This course provides an overview of the teacher’s role in comprehensive school health education including an introduction to the health status of youth, at–risk students, components of the coordinated school health program, National Health Education Standards, and Pennsylvania General Standards. Information is provided on school health services, a healthful and safe school environment, the comprehensive school health education curriculum, instructional strategies, and assessment. An important focus of this course is on the skills needed to teach health in a new and different way. Prerequisites: HP206 and admission to the School of Education.
This course is designed to introduce future secondary social studies teachers to the various facets of teaching. Classroom arrangements, procedures, and a philosophy of discipline will prepare the students to plan lessons appropriate to various social studies students within the multiple social studies disciplines. Prerequisites: ED201 and admission to the School of Education.
This course is designed to help students understand and demonstrate the various dimensions of effective teaching in K– 12 physical education settings. The students will learn to functionally organize and develop a physical education curriculum and program implementation philosophy in accordance with NASPE and PA standards. Particular attention will be given to managerial (routines and rules) principles, appropriate assessment, safety, game modifications, sequential progressions, lesson planning, and other effective teaching strategies and programming issues.
This course is designed for prospective teachers who are nearing completion of their certification program. The goal is to promote a successful transition from the role of student to that of educator. Topics to be discussed will be a review of the Christian world view of the philosophy of education, certification requirements, basic legal principles for educators, writing resumes and cover letters, interviewing, teaching applications, and the Pennsylvania’s Code of Professional Practice and Conduct for Educators. Prerequisite: admission to the School of Education.
This course presents an overview of the areas pertinent to teaching English Language Learners in the content areas, K– 12: language, culture, standards–based instruction, assessment as related to ELLs, and professionalism. Prerequisite: admission to the School of Education.
This course will introduce the pedagogical strategies, materials, national and state standards, curricula, technology, assessment techniques, and enrichment topics for mathematics teachers in grades 7-12. Students will plan lessons that utilized direct instruction, group learning, technology, and inquiry. Students will also plan a lesson for use in an ESL classroom. Prerequisite: admission to the School of Education.
This course is designed for the prospective music teacher. It covers methods and materials for teaching music in the secondary school. Special emphasis is placed on preparing the prospective teacher in the art of teaching, teaching music activities, and knowing music learning sequences for how students learn music. Included are lesson planning and objectives, evaluation procedures of music methods and materials, their effectiveness at levels of learning, and introduction to current music learning theories. These general music teaching and learning principles are transferrable to other music disciplines such as chorus, instrumental, and strings. Also included is an introductory overview in using Microsoft Word and Finale for lesson planning and curriculum writing. Prerequisite: admission to the School of Education.
This course is designed to continue the preparation of social studies teachers for secondary level teaching. Emphasis will be placed on general methods, lesson planning, preparation, teaching techniques, material (including bulletin boards, handouts, and electronic resources), assessment, evaluation, and presentations. Students will begin to articulate a philosophy of teaching social studies. Prerequisites: ED201, ED414, and admission to School of Education.
The student teaching seminar is designed to orient the student to the requirements of the culminating experience of secondary education majors. It will cover professional interaction, pedagogical requirements and responsibility, legal issues and a spiritual challenge as the teacher prepares for this venture. Open to seniors in the education program.
Student teaching is the culminating experience for education majors. It provides each student with the opportunity to complete a full semester of teaching experiences with approximately eight weeks exposure in both Christian and public school. The student teachers will work under the supervision of college-chosen cooperating teacher(s) and college supervisor(s) for each setting. Prerequisite: admission to student teaching.
Student teaching is the culminating experience for education majors. It provides each student with the opportunity to complete a full semester of teaching experiences with approximately eight weeks exposure in both Christian and public school. The student teachers will work under the supervision of college-chosen cooperating teacher(s) and college supervisor(s) for each setting. Prerequisite: admission to student teaching.
This course is an independent reading course in which requirements will be based on the student’s interest and need.
Investigation of the historical foundations of education through its many phases and periods with careful analysis of each school of philosophy in the light of the Christian philosophy of education. Emphasis will be placed upon the historical, philosophical, social, international, and political events that have shaped American education. Special attention is given to the development of a consistent biblical philosophy of education.
An overview of the development of the philosophy of learning and how each philosophy impacts teaching. The course will focus on the what, why, and how of learning. Various philosophies of learning will be compared and evaluated as well as how the student’s view of learning impacts his style of teaching. The theological implications of the philosophy of learning will also be discussed. This course is required for all M.Ed. students.
This course introduces the student to the tools, methods, and design of research studies. Emphasis is given to contribution skills as well as intelligently understanding how to utilize research literature. This course is required for all M.Ed. students.
Curriculum and Instruction Courses
This course provides an emphasis on the role of educators as instructional leaders and innovators within the arena of curriculum and faculty development. It explores the approaches to developing, organizing, implementing, supervising, and evaluating PreK to 12 curricula or a faculty development plan from the leadership perspective. An important emphasis will be on the leadership interaction among faculty and curriculum, integration, instruction, and assessment.
This course is designed to present and evaluate models of curriculum design that will enable curriculum leaders to assist faculty in curriculum evaluation, curriculum writing, and curriculum revision. Emphasis will be placed on interaction among curriculum, integration, instruction, and assessment activities.
This course will provide a brief history of the field of learning disabilities and the laws that govern testing and placement. The student will learn to identify cognitive, behavioral, and social characteristics of the learning-disabled student. Emphasis will be placed on the services, treatment intervention, and instructional approaches that can be used in the classroom.
This course provides an overview of the theoretical and practical framework for creating effective instruction. Topics include instructional systems, instructional outcomes, varieties of learning, designing instruction, and delivery systems for instruction. Emphasis will be on determining goals, identifying appropriate resources and strategies to reach those goals, and evaluating the ultimate achievement of the goals. In addition, student involvement in the instructional development process will be emphasized.
This course covers advanced methods for teaching the Bible to elementary and secondary students. The course includes the development of aims and lesson plans which emphasize life application. A variety of methods and curricular materials are examined.
Current information and research pertaining to issues of importance to educators will be examined. The implications of these issues for the field of education and the Christian school movement will be discussed.
This course assists the classroom teacher in understanding the learner as well as developing characteristics of excellence through a study of teaching and learning styles and methods coupled with the elements of effective teaching. Active involvement in the total teaching/learning process is included as instructional principles, methods, and skills are enhanced for effective classroom instruction.
This course is a study of effective concepts of instructional supervision topics, including the school’s supervision policy, the administrator’s supervision plan, and the role of the teacher’s job description, techniques of supervision, and the improvement of classroom instruction.
This is a study of the philosophical and practical models of leadership, management, and organization in a school setting. Various organizational forms of Christian schools will be examined with an emphasis on the administrative processes involved in each of them. The role and responsibilities of the effective school board will be analyzed.
This course is an examination of the solid financial base essential for an educational institution, including proper budgeting, financial planning, development processes, fundraising, endowments, and financial management that form the building blocks for this base. General principles for oversight and coordination of these areas will be examined.
This course examines the nature and scope of public relations and development for educational institutions, including public relations, student recruitment, development processes, fund raising, endowments, and management of these activities. General principles for oversight and coordination of these areas will be examined.
This course will introduce students to a variety of legal principles. Particular consideration will be given to Christian schools, although the class will also cover legal issues involved in public education. The class will also examine school law issues from a philosophical/theoretical framework.
This is an independent study through the use of reading, writing, and interaction with a faculty mentor. The course is developed in the areas of student interests for an agreed–upon number of credits and is open to individuals or groups.
This is a professional contribution to the education field, usually a research project utilizing empirical methodology. It may be another type of contribution, however, with permission of the advising professor.
Source: Clarks Summit University's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 59
