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124 courses with the subject ELEC, 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.
ELEC 100Early Childhood Education Theory & Practice3
This course is designed to introduce students to early childhood education with emphasis on historical and contemporary perspectives, theories, practice and current trends and developments. Early childhood environments for children from birth through nine years of age will be studies and various curricula materials will be reviewed. Examination of the student's personal qualities in relationship to expectations of the field is addressed throughout the course (COE assessment of dispositions). Students will be exposed to children within a variety of early childhood settings via videotaped observations of children and classrooms.Credits: 3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Fall & Spring TermsThematic Thread(s): Transfer Thread Completion Course
Foundations of Academic Discovery serves as the entry point to the Rock Integrated Studies Program. With its strong faculty-student interaction, the course promotes intellectual inquiry, critical and creative thinking, and computer skills needed for academic success. Through varied content, the course introduces students to academic discourse and information literacy while exploring topics such as diversity and inclusion and global awareness. This course will set students along the path to becoming engaged with issues and scholarship important to a 21st century education while they learn about themselves and their place in the world.Credits: 3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Fall TermsEnrollment limited to students with a semester level of Freshman 1 or Freshman 2. Enrollment limited to students with the ROCK STUDIES 2 STUDENT or ROCK STUDIES STUDENT attributes.
A unique and specifically focused course within the general purview of a department which intends to offer it on a "one time only" basis and not as a permanent part of the department's curriculum.Credits: 1-3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as Needed
A workshop is a program which is usually of short duration, narrow in scope, often non-traditional in content and format, and on a timely topic.Credits: 1-6Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as Needed
A Selected Topics course is a normal, departmental offering which is directly related to the discipline, but because of its specialized nature, may not be able to be offered on a yearly basis by the department.Credits: 1-3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as Needed
This course will provide a critical overview of key aspects of child development (physical, psychosocial, and cognitive) from theories and research that span conception to the early school years (birth to age 9). Important contexts that shape children's development will also be a major focus of this course, such as family, school, community, socioeconomic, and policy influences.Credits: 3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Fall & Spring TermsThematic Thread(s): Cultural Literacy & Community Building, Transfer Thread Completion Course
Candidates will connect theory to practice in this course. Both typical and atypical child development will be studied in-depth through observations in a variety of education and education-related settings for children birth through grade four.Prerequisites: ELEC 100D and ELEC 200DD Requires minimum grade of D. Corequisite(s): ELEC 237 and ELEC 281Credits: 3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Fall & Spring TermsStudents with a semester level of Freshman 1 or Freshman 2 may not enroll. Enrollment limited to students in the College of Education college.
ELEC 237ELL Strategies and Practice for Early Childhood Education3
This course will focus on the development of competencies and skills needed to effectively teach students whose first language is not English so that teacher candidates can accommodate and adapt instruction and assessments for Pre-K through Grade 4 English Language Learners (ELLs) In addition, this course is designed to provide pre-service early childhood educators with the scientific study of psycholinguistic phenomena in the study of language acquisition, to understand development of typical and atypical oral language in young children from birth to age 9, and to understand cultural and familial influences on language and literacy.Prerequisites: ELEC 100D and ELEC 200DD Requires minimum grade of D. Corequisite(s): ELEC 230 and ELEC 281Credits: 3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Fall & Spring TermsStudents with a semester level of Freshman 1 or Freshman 2 may not enroll.
ELEC 238Literacy Practices for the Emergent Learner, PK-13
Through a blend of theory and practice, this course explores research-based instruction for the emergent literacy learner (PreK-grade 1), including the relationship between language development and literacy, instructional activities to help children become competent users of oral language, reading and writing processes and the developmental stages of writing, creation of a literate environment, and cultural and familial influences on language and literacy. Students will understand and apply knowledge of research-based phonological awareness and phonics instruction and will learn to foster comprehension through read-alouds of authentic texts.Prerequisites: ELEC 100D and ELEC 200DD Requires minimum grade of D. Corequisite(s): ELEC 285Credits: 3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Fall & Spring Terms
ELEC 281Family and Community Diversity and Partnerships3
This course is designed to acquaint the teacher candidate in early childhood education to the theories, practices, skills, and knowledge of home, school, and community relationships, building towards home and school partnerships. The focus of this course is developing a thorough understanding of diverse contexts and ethnicities that helps educators of young children strengthen the bonds between home, school and community.Prerequisite: ELEC 100DD Requires minimum grade of D. Credits: 3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Fall & Spring Terms
ELEC 285Integrating Creative Expression through the Arts3
This course will identify basic elements, principals, related concepts, and vocabulary of the creative and performing arts. The creative arts exist as vehicles through which we can communicate the very essence of expressive language. Students will be introduced to various media, lesson planning, and ways of integrating the arts into planning academic and multicultural curricula for PreK-4 classrooms. This course will serve as a foundation for integrating arts across the curriculum.Prerequisite: ELEC 100DD Requires minimum grade of D. Credits: 3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Fall & Spring Terms
A unique and specifically focused course within the general purview of a department which intends to offer it on a "one time only" basis and not as a permanent part of the department's curriculum.Credits: 1-3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as Needed
A workshop is a program which is usually of short duration, narrow in scope, often non-traditional in content and format, and on a timely topic.Credits: 1-6Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as Needed
A Selected Topics course is a normal, departmental offering which is directly related to the discipline, but because of its specialized nature, may not be able to be offered on a yearly basis by the department.Credits: 1-3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as Needed
Provides students with a myriad of opportunities to: identify and develop basic teaching skills, design and implement math and science lessons for peers and school-aged children, and reflect/analyze lessons in light of science and math education research findings. Throughout the course, candidates will have the opportunity to actually experience classroom teaching when possible.Prerequisites: ELEC 281D and (ELEC 288D or ELEC 304D)D Requires minimum grade of D. Corequisite(s): ELEC 342Credits: 1Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as NeededStudents with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll. Enrollment limited to students with the ACCEPTANCE - TEACHER CANDIDACY attribute.
Research, history, philosophy, current trends and observations with emphasis on the nature and nurture of the young child from birth through third grade.Prerequisites: ELEC 200 (may be taken concurrently)D and ELEC 248*D and CDEV 342 (may be taken concurrently)D (may be taken concurrently).D Requires minimum grade of D. Credits: 3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as NeededStudents with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.
Combines a study of traditional literature with practice in the best methods of presenting it orally. Oral presentations include a preschool story hour, folk tale, and myth or literary fairy tale. The course also emphasizes the importance of puppetry in education and recreation.Credits: 3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as NeededStudents with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.
ELEC 311Mathematics & Literacy Teaching Lab Pre K - 41
This course provides teacher education candidates with an opportunity to observe, assist, and teach mathematics and literacy lessons in a pre-school or early childhood grade level setting. Through this lab, candidates identify and develop basic teaching skills, design and implement mathematics and literacy lessons for PK-Grade 4 children, and reflect and analyze on lessons taught, based on assessment data, research and philosophies examined concurrently in the mathematics and literacy methods courses. Candidates will also develop an appreciation for the many tasks teachers perform daily.Corequisite(s): ELEC 316Credits: 1Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Fall & Spring TermsStudents with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll. Enrollment limited to students with the ACCEPTANCE - TEACHER CANDIDACY attribute.
ELEC 316Developmental Formal and Informal Assessments3
A study of assessment for children from birth to Grade 4. Both formal and informal instruments will be discussed with the emphasis on tools that can be used by teachers of young children to inform developmentally appropriate instruction and practices on a daily basis. Considerations in choosing, administering, and reporting results of assessments will also be addressed.Corequisite(s): ELEC 330Credits: 3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Fall & Spring TermsStudents with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll. Enrollment limited to students with the ACCEPTANCE - TEACHER CANDIDACY attribute.
ELEC 317Child and Family Development in Early Childhood3
This course is a theoretical, in-depth examination of physical, intellectual, social-emotional, language and family development from birth through age 8, which builds upon previous Human Development courses. Development is viewed as occurring within a family and a culture, not in isolation. Emphasis is placed upon the connections between the theoretical and the practical.Prerequisites: CDEV 248D and ELEC 306DD Requires minimum grade of D. Credits: 3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as NeededStudents with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.
Candidates enroll as part of the Professional Block in Elementary Education. This course involves an in-depth teaching experience in an elementary classroom in which opportunities are provided for the application of content knowledge, pedagogical skills, and the assessment of children's learning. Grading P/NC/Fail.Prerequisites: ELEC 301P and ELEC 342D and ELEC 362DP Requires minimum grade of P.D Requires minimum grade of D. Corequisite(s): ELEC 332Credits: 3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as NeededStudents with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll. Enrollment limited to students with the ACCEPTANCE - TEACHER CANDIDACY attribute.
ELEC 324Methods for Teaching English as a Second Language and Bilingual Education3
A course designed to acquaint the prospective teacher at any level with the methodology used to teach English to native speakers of other languages and to acquaint students with the specialized procedures used when teaching in bilingual classrooms (any two languages) on any level.Prerequisites: ELEC 200D and (CDEV 248D or CDEV 342D)D Requires minimum grade of D. Credits: 3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as NeededStudents with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.
This course introduces the children’s literature: the history, the authors and illustrators, and the readers. A major focus is on diversity in books for children and how different cultures, experiences, time periods and characters are represented, or excluded. Emphasis is placed on critical analysis and discussion of books and illustrations, with a focus on elements of literature and art. Children as readers is also a focus, exploring ways that literature is used in classrooms and families.Credits: 3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as NeededStudents with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll. Enrollment is limited to students with a program in Early Childhood Ed (PK-4), Early Child/Spec Ed(PK-4)PK-8) or Early Childhood Education.
ELEC 327Social/Cultural Studies in Early Childhood Education3
This course is a multi-dimensional methods course which integrates background knowledge from the social sciences, natural sciences, and the humanities and fine arts. It focuses on an experiential approach to facilitating young children's growth and development, with an emphasis on human relationships. A multi-cultural perspective is fostered.Prerequisites: (ELEC 306D or ELEC 396D) and CDEV 248D and ELEC 200D and SEFE 342DD Requires minimum grade of D. Corequisite(s): ELEC 397Credits: 3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as NeededStudents with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.
ELEC 328Curriculum and Assessment in ESL Education3
This course prepares students seeking Pennsylvania certification in English as a second language (K-12) with key concepts related to curriculum development and assessment for students learning English as a second language. Topics include meeting ESL curriculum standards, novel and accurate assessment procedures, culturally biased testing, assessment suitability criteria, and culturally appropriate testing situations. The course investigates assessment within the context of ESL curriculum design, implementation, and program evaluation. Finally, students will come to terms with the process of evaluating language minority students in relation to diagnosis, placement, formal and informal assessment, exiting, and monitoring of student progress.Credits: 3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as NeededStudents with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.
ELEC 330Literacy Practices for the Developing Learner, Grades 2 - 43
Teacher candidates will acquire a thorough understanding of pedagogies to support the literacy development of learners in grades 2, 3, and 4. Candidates will be prepared to use a variety of instructional strategies and materials selectively, appropriately, and flexibly. Candidates will be prepared to use multiple strategies for developing students’ vocabulary/concept knowledge and phonics knowledge/decoding skills in addition to understanding how word meaning and fluency support comprehension. Candidates will be able to teach multiple comprehension strategies that support readers to construct meaning from text, both literary and informational, and monitor their comprehension. Candidates will gain strategies to support learners’ writing skill development. Candidates will be prepared to plan and teach cohesive lessons that embed research-based pedagogies.Prerequisite: ELEC 238CC Requires minimum grade of C. Corequisite(s): ELEC 311, ELEC 316 and ELEC 340Credits: 3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Fall & Spring TermsStudents with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll. Enrollment limited to students with the ACCEPTANCE - TEACHER CANDIDACY attribute.
Candidates will be introduced, through theory and practice, to a variety of strategies for teaching elementary reading. Candidates will become aware of ways to assess reading progress and ways to support children as they develop as readers. Candidates will also become familiar with materials used in the classroom to support literacy.Prerequisites: ELEC 301P and ELEC 342D and ELEC 362DP Requires minimum grade of P.D Requires minimum grade of D. Corequisite(s): ELEC 320Credits: 3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as NeededStudents with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll. Enrollment limited to students with the ACCEPTANCE - TEACHER CANDIDACY attribute.
ELEC 340Mathematics Methods and Strategies for PRE K - 4 Teachers3
This course is designed to provide pre-service teachers with the pedagogy and materials necessary for teaching early childhood mathematics. This course addresses development and instruction in play-based and problem-based mathematics in pre-K to grade 4 settings. Included are methods, materials, and research findings related to teaching of mathematics. Questions that provide the structure for this course are: What is the nature of mathematics (what is mathematics and what does it mean to do mathematics)? How do children learn mathematics? How do we as teachers help children learn mathematics?Corequisite(s): SPED 350Credits: 3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Fall & Spring TermsStudents with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll. Enrollment limited to students with the ACCEPTANCE - TEACHER CANDIDACY attribute. Enrollment limited to students in the College of Education college.
The various processes and operations needed to effectively teach mathematics in the elementary school are carefully analyzed. Candidates recognize and can address the mathematical concepts and the potential misconceptions and misunderstandings of these concepts by school-aged children.Prerequisites: MATH 210D and MATH 310D and SEFE 270 (may be taken concurrently)DD Requires minimum grade of D. Corequisite(s): ELEC 362Credits: 3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as NeededStudents with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll. Enrollment limited to students with the ACCEPTANCE - TEACHER CANDIDACY attribute.
A survey of philosophy, techniques and methodology used in educating children through continuous progress in an ungraded primary school.Prerequisites: ELEC 306D or ELEC 396DD Requires minimum grade of D. Credits: 3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as NeededStudents with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.
ELEC 348Leadership, Advocacy & Program Development3
This course will focus on leadership, advocacy and program development for teacher candidates preparing to work with children Pre-K to Grade 4. Focus will be on the design, development, and evaluation of early childhood programs, including theory, paradigms and models, policy in the program development process, and the use of technology in program development. In addition, this course will include theory, research and practice in early childhood as a foundation for leadership in the field and advocacy on behalf of young children, families, communities, and the early childhood profession. An examination of current issues in the field and strategies for articulating positions and for working toward change will also be addressed.Credits: 3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Fall & Spring TermsStudents with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2, Sophomore 1 or Sophomore 2 may not enroll. Enrollment limited to students with the ACCEPTANCE - TEACHER CANDIDACY attribute.
Candidates will be introduced, through theory and practice, to a variety of strategies for teaching elementary language arts. They will become familiar with the six components of language arts: reading, writing, speaking, listening, visually representing, and viewing. Candidates will learn strategies for teaching these components and integrating them into the classroom curriculum. Candidates will also become familiar with assessment tools for language arts.Prerequisites: ELEC 301P and ELEC 342D and ELEC 362DP Requires minimum grade of P.D Requires minimum grade of D. Credits: 3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as NeededStudents with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll. Enrollment limited to students with the ACCEPTANCE - TEACHER CANDIDACY attribute.
Candidates will learn numerous strategies which engage students in the science inquiry process by connecting scientific understanding and contemporary teaching and assessment practices. Locating and adapting appropriate activity-based science lessons are important components of this course.Corequisite(s): ELEC 301Credits: 3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as NeededStudents with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll. Enrollment limited to students with the ACCEPTANCE - TEACHER CANDIDACY attribute.
ELEC 372The Teaching of Elementary Social Studies3
Candidates in this course will explore the social studies curriculum, including its organization; analyze methods of teaching, objectives, and materials: and discuss evaluation/assessment techniques. Study focuses on best practice classroom applications and the relationship between instruction and student learning outcome. Field experiences included.Prerequisites: ELEC 301P and ELEC 342D and ELEC 362DP Requires minimum grade of P.D Requires minimum grade of D. Credits: 3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as NeededStudents with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll. Enrollment limited to students with the ACCEPTANCE - TEACHER CANDIDACY attribute.
A study of literacy assessment techniques designed to support the elementary teacher in designing a supportive literacy environment and effective literacy instruction for all students.Prerequisites: ELEC 332D and SEFE 200D and CDEV 248D and CDEV 342DD Requires minimum grade of D. Credits: 3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as NeededStudents with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.
An interdisciplinary approach to child-centered teaching through creative instructional materials, drama, music, and a variety of art media.Prerequisites: SEFE 200 (may be taken concurrently)D and (SEFE 248 (may be taken concurrently)D or CDEV 248D) and (SEFE 342 (may be taken concurrently)D or CDEV 342D)D Requires minimum grade of D. Credits: 3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as NeededStudents with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.
A unique and specifically focused course within the general purview of a department which intends to offer it on a "one time only" basis and not as a permanent part of the department's curriculum.Credits: 1-3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as NeededStudents with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.
A workshop is a program which is usually of short duration, narrow in scope, often non-traditional in content and format, and on a timely topic.Credits: 1-6Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as NeededStudents with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.
Curriculum, materials, audio-visual and other aids and their implementation in various early childhood learning situations with full articulation of such programs with the primary grades.Prerequisites: (ELEC 306D or ELEC 396D) and CDEV 248D and SEFE 342D and SEFE 200DD Requires minimum grade of D. Corequisite(s): ELEC 327Credits: 3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as NeededStudents with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.
A Selected Topics course is a normal, departmental offering which is directly related to the discipline, but because of its specialized nature, may not be able to be offered on a yearly basis by the department.Credits: 1-3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as NeededStudents with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.
ELEC 405Overview of and Immersion in Global Education3
The course focuses on global education and an immersive experience in a mediated field experience abroad. Students will develop awareness and skills needed to teach in a culturally responsive classroom. Educational systems from various countries will be explored with a focus on the country of the mediated field experience.Credits: 3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Fall & Spring TermsThematic Thread(s): Transfer Thread Completion CourseEnrollment limited to students with the SPECIAL APPROVAL attribute.
ELEC 407Math and Science in Early Childhood Learning3
Students will apply theories of child development to the implementation of math and science in the early childhood curriculum. Using a constructivist approach, students will plan and implement activities designed to enhance cognitive development in these areas. Students will become aware of available materials for teaching and assessment.Prerequisites: (ELEC 327D or ELEC 278D) and ELEC 337DD Requires minimum grade of D. Credits: 3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as NeededStudents with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.
ELEC 410Culture and Politics of American Education3
Public education (Pre-K-12) in the United States is one of the most important civic debates in our society. Everyone has attended school and everyone seems to have an opinion about what counts as a quality education. The problem of how to provide an education to the youth of this country requires thoughtful decisions-informed by scholarly research, multiple viewpoints and ethical perspectives. This course will provide students the opportunity to explore the cultural, political and legal issues facing public education today.Credits: 3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offerings VaryThematic Thread(s): Cultural Literacy & Community Building, Transfer Thread Completion Course, United Stated in Global ContextStudents with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2, Sophomore 1 or Sophomore 2 may not enroll.
Students will apply theories of child development to the implementation of math and sciencein the early childhood curriculum. Using a constructivist approach, students will plan and implement activities designed to enhance cognitive development in these areas. Students will become aware of available materials for teaching and assessment.Credits: 4Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as NeededEnrollment limited to students with a semester level of Junior 1, Junior 2, Senior 1 or Senior 2.
Candidates enroll as part of the Professional Block in Early childhood Education. This course involves an in-depth teaching experience in an early childhood setting in which opportunities are provided for the application of content knowledge, pedagogical skills, and the assessment of children's learning.Prerequisites: ELEC 330D and ELEC 340D and ELEC 311P and ELEC 316D and (SPED 325D or SPED 350D)D Requires minimum grade of D.P Requires minimum grade of P. Corequisite(s): ELEC 480Credits: 3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Fall & Spring TermsStudents with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2, Graduate or Sophomore 1 may not enroll. Enrollment limited to students with the ACCEPTANCE - TEACHER CANDIDACY attribute.
This course will examine atypical development from birth through age eight. Legal rights of children and families will be explored. Student will study the interventions necessary to assist the young child and their families adjust and adapt to development difficulties. A field component is included.Prerequisites: ELEC 327D and (ELEC 337D or ELEC 278D)D Requires minimum grade of D. Credits: 3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as NeededStudents with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.
This course is an overview of the role of assessment at the preschool and primary grade levels as integral to curriculum and instructional decision-making. Content will focus on informal assessment measures recommended for early childhood classroom teachers. A field experience gives students the opportunity to apply a variety of assessment measures with young children.Prerequisites: ELEC 427D and (ELEC 447D or ELEC 420D)D Requires minimum grade of D. Credits: 3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as NeededStudents with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.
ELEC 440ECE Curriculum Integration: Theory into Practice3
Development and implementation of an integrated program of all content areas across the learning standards Pre-K through Grade 4, through the integration of play-based, experience-based, and project-based teaching. Selection and development of materials and resources based on assessment data that meet the needs of culturally and linguistically diverse learners is stressed.Prerequisites: ELEC 311D and ELEC 330D and ELEC 340D and ELEC 316D and SPED 325DD Requires minimum grade of D. Credits: 3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as NeededStudents with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll. Enrollment limited to students with the ACCEPTANCE - TEACHER CANDIDACY attribute.
Students are introduced in a practical manner to the procedures required to organize, license, and administer a child care program (including preschool and elementary aged children). This course involves a field experience of 5 hours.Credits: 3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as NeededStudents with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.
This course is a supervised off-campus, full-time work experience in a certified Early Childhood Education program. Students attend seminars and complete additional assignments made by supervisors. Open only to Elementary Education: Early Learning and Development students.Prerequisites: ELEC 447D or ELEC 420DD Requires minimum grade of D. Credits: 1-12Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as NeededStudents with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.
Under the guidance of a cooperating teacher and university supervisor, candidates engage in teaching assignments on a full-time basis in specified school districts and/or early childhood agencies and attend scheduled seminars. Student teaching requires a partnership between the university and cooperating school districts and agencies. It is considered the culminating experience and the most beneficial teacher preparation course. It is a transition between pre-service and in-service teaching. Must meet all requirements to enroll in student teaching, including, but not limited to, required Praxis exams, grade point average, clearances, required courses and field experiences.Credits: 1-12Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Fall & Spring TermsStudents with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll. Enrollment limited to students with the ACCEPTANCE - TEACHER CANDIDACY attribute.
ELEC 460Instructional Strategies for Science and Technology3
This course is designed to introduce the teaching techniques and strategies used by science educators to make science teaching, meaningful, motivating, and plausible for PK-4 students. In addition, the most common curriculum units and supplements are introduced, explored, and examined for their appropriateness in the early childhood environment and the relationship to the PDE science standards. Emphasis is placed on how to collect and learn about scientific concepts in order to develop the skills necessary to teach coherent centers and/or lessons and choose instructional techniques that will most effectively help children learn. Lastly, confidence in teaching science is established as participants devise, employ, and assess science lessons presented to peers and young children.Prerequisites: ELEC 311D and ELEC 330D and ELEC 340D and ELEC 316D and (SPED 325D or SPED 350D)D Requires minimum grade of D. Corequisite(s): ELEC 470Credits: 3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Fall & Spring TermsStudents with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll. Enrollment limited to students with the ACCEPTANCE - TEACHER CANDIDACY attribute.
Teacher candidates in this course will explore the social studies curriculum, including its organization; analyze methods of teaching, objectives, and materials; discuss evaluation/assessment techniques and citizenship development for PK-4 learners. Study focuses on best practice classroom applications and the relationship between instruction and student learning outcome.Prerequisites: ELEC 311D and ELEC 330D and ELEC 340D and ELEC 316D and (SPED 325D or SPED 350D)D Requires minimum grade of D. Corequisite(s): SPED 360Credits: 3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Fall & Spring TermsStudents with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll. Enrollment limited to students with the ACCEPTANCE - TEACHER CANDIDACY attribute.
ELEC 475International Student Teaching: Early Childhood1-12
Under the guidance of a cooperating teacher and university supervisor, candidates engage in teaching assignments on a full-time basis in specified school districts and/or early childhood agencies and attend scheduled seminars. Student teaching requires a partnership between the university and cooperating school districts and agencies. It is considered the culminating experience and the most beneficial teacher preparation course. It is a transition between pre-service and in-service teaching. This course is specially designed for those students participating in the international student teaching experience.Credits: 1-12Enrollment limited to students with a semester level of Senior 1 or Senior 2. Enrollment limited to students in a Bachelor of Sci in Ed degree. Enrollment limited to students with the ACCEPTANCE - TEACHER CANDIDACY attribute. Enrollment limited to students in the College of Education college.
ELEC 480Assessment for Differentiation of Literacy Instruction3
This course examines literacy assessment practices to differentiate instruction and improve skills in phonological and phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, comprehension, and written expression. An emphasis is placed on administering assessments, analyzing assessment data, and using the data to develop differentiated plans based on research-based instructional practices.Prerequisites: ELEC 238C and ELEC 330CC Requires minimum grade of C. Corequisite(s): ELEC 460Credits: 3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Fall & Spring TermsStudents with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll. Enrollment limited to students with the ACCEPTANCE - TEACHER CANDIDACY attribute.
A program of independent work conducted by a student who has demonstrated academic proficiency, with prior approval of the student's advisor and departmental chairperson. Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor, departmental chairperson, and dean of the college where the study will be conducted. Independent Study courses give students the opportunity to pursue research and/or studies that are not part of the university's traditional course offerings. Students work one on one or in small groups with faculty guidance and are typically required to submit a final paper or project as determined by the supervising professor.Credits: 1-3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as NeededStudents with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.
A workshop is a program which is usually of short duration, narrow in scope, often non-traditional in content and format, and on a timely topic.Credits: 1-6Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as NeededStudents with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.
A Selected Topics course is a normal, departmental offering which is directly related to the discipline, but because of its specialized nature, may not be able to be offered on a yearly basis by the department.Prerequisites: SEFE 200D and CDEV 248D and CDEV 342DD Requires minimum grade of D. Credits: 1-3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as NeededStudents with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.
A unique and specifically focused course within the general purview of a department which intends to offer it on a "one time only" basis and not as a permanent part of the department's curriculum.Credits: 1-3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as NeededEnrollment is limited to Graduate level students.
A workshop is a program which is usually of short duration, narrow in scope, often non-traditional in content and format, and on a timely topic.Credits: 1-6Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as NeededEnrollment is limited to Graduate level students.
A Selected Topics course is a normal, departmental offering which is directly related to the discipline, but because of its specialized nature, may not be able to be offered on a yearly basis by the department.Credits: 1-3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as NeededEnrollment is limited to Graduate level students.
This course provides an introduction to a variety of educational research methods. Students will locate, understand, evaluate and interpret educational research.Credits: 3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Winter TermsEnrollment is limited to Graduate level students.
ELEC 605Overview of and Immersion in Global Education3
The course focuses on global education and an immersive experience in a mediated field experience abroad. Students will develop awareness and skills needed to teach in a culturally responsive classroom. Educational systems from various countries will be explored with a focus on the country of the mediated field experience.Credits: 3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Fall & Spring TermsEnrollment is limited to Graduate level students. Enrollment limited to students with the SPECIAL APPROVAL attribute.
This course is intended to help teachers develop knowledge, skill, and dispositions in assuming leadership roles and responsibilities in their schools, districts, and the educational community. This course will focus on those aspects of leadership seen as most appropriate and potentially beneficial for teacher involvement. Particular attention will be paid to the relationship between teacher leadership, school effectiveness, and site-based accountability. Students will learn the knowledge, skills, and attitudes through both university classroom and site-based clinical activities.Credits: 3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as NeededEnrollment is limited to Graduate level students.
ELEC 608Historical, Psychological & Linguistic Foundations of Literacy3
A survey of the historical, psychological, and linguistic foundations that support current teaching-learning theories of reading instruction.Credits: 3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offerings VaryEnrollment is limited to Graduate level students.
ELEC 610The Reading Program in the Elementary School3
An in-depth study of reading development, materials, and instruction from emergent literacy through reading in the third grade.Credits: 3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offerings VaryEnrollment is limited to Graduate level students.
ELEC 612The Reading Program in the Middle/Secondary School3
This course is designed to assist candidates in understanding the language and literacy process as it applies to teaching in the middle and high schools. Particular attention is paid to reading and writing in the content areas and instructional strategies to support students' literacy development. The course will focus on ways in which reading, writing, speaking, and listening are developed and used within the learning of discipline-specific curriculum, including adaptation for culturally diverse and exceptional learners.Credits: 3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Summer & Winter TermsEnrollment is limited to Graduate level students.
ELEC 613Families and Communities as Advocates and Partners in Early Childhood Programs3
This course examines research and practice as related to multiple facets of family, school and community functioning and engagement in early childhood education. an awareness of strategies in developing positive and supportive relationships with families of young children, including the legal and philosophical basis for family participation; community-centered services; and strategies for working with socially, culturally and linguistically diverse families will be included. Family involvement in early childhood programs and parent education will be stressed. Furthermore, this course will seek to explore the roles professionals who desire to gain advanced knowledge and leadership skills as child advocates and professional educators.Credits: 3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as NeededEnrollment is limited to Graduate level students.
This course will focus on introducing participants to best practices for K-12 instructional coaches. Topics will include providing leadership for K-12 curriculum programs, collaboration with teachers and administrators, data analysis, curriculum issues, knowledge of K-12 standards, and professional development facilitation. These foundations will provide students with experience in working with teachers to improve their instructional practice as well as student achievement. Special attention will be given to mastering the complexities of observing and modeling inclassrooms and providing feedback to teachers.Credits: 3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Fall, Spring, & SummerEnrollment is limited to Graduate level students.
ELEC 615Teacher Leadership & School Change for Instructional Coaches3
This course is designed to develop the understandings and skills of teachers as leaders in school change, through the lens of the instructional coach. Candidates will explore theories of organizational change as they apply to schools and school culture, focusing on current formal and informal opportunities for leadership. Candidates will apply the strategies and approaches in several authentic contexts.Credits: 3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offerings VaryEnrollment is limited to Graduate level students.
ELEC 616Advanced Child Development: Birth through Grade 43
Advanced Child Development: Birth through Grade 4 will provide an advanced overview of key aspects of child development (physical intellectual, emotional and social) from theories and research that span conception to the early school years (birth to age 9). Important contexts that shape children's development will also be a major focus of this course, such as family, school, community, socioeconomic and policy influences.Credits: 3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as NeededEnrollment is limited to Graduate level students.
ELEC 617Historical Contexts and Current Issues and Trends in the Education of Young Children3
Historical Contexts and Current Issues & Trends in the Education of Young Children is designed to explore the field of early childhood education, placing emphasis on historical and contemporary perspectives and theories, as well as current trends and developments. Candidates will be expected to analyze a variety of early childhood environments and educational contexts for children (birth through nine years of age), in light of their personal interest and background knowledge. Candidates will be exposed to a variety of early childhood settings and philosophies via recorded observations of children and classrooms.Credits: 3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as NeededEnrollment is limited to Graduate level students.
ELEC 618Using Technology within Early Childhood Education3
This course will acquaint candidates with the appropriate types and uses of technology in an early childhood classroom. Specific technologies will be explored with connections to early childhood development, curriculum and assessment. Cultural, legal and ethical issues will be included. Family and community connections will also be examined.Credits: 3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as NeededEnrollment is limited to Graduate level students.
ELEC 619Planning, Management & Leadership of Early Childhood Education Programs3
Planning, Management & Leadership of Early Childhood Education Programs will assist candidates' depth of understanding regarding all aspects of program leadership. Research has shown that an early learning program's quality of care is linked to the quality of leadership and management found within. Therefore, emphasis will be placed upon the development of the leadership skills needed to effect positive change for early childhood programs, within communities and on behalf of the field of early learning and development.Credits: 3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as NeededEnrollment is limited to Graduate level students.
ELEC 620Budgeting, Allocating Resources & Marketing within Early Childhood Programs3
This course is designed to study the many facts of planning, developing and assessing program budgets in various early childhood program structures. A focus on prioritizing and allocating resources through advertising, marketing and grant-writing will be included as well.Credits: 3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as NeededEnrollment is limited to Graduate level students.
ELEC 621Regulations, Licensing, Program Accreditation & Law in Early Care & Education3
Regulations, Licensing, Program Accreditation & Law in Early Care & Education will provide an in-depth overview of the necessary aspects of administering high-quality early childhood programs. The level of program quality is integrally linked to its systems, structure and administration; each will therefore be examined in light of licensing regulations, program accreditation and laws that promote excellence in early childhood program administration.Credits: 3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as NeededEnrollment is limited to Graduate level students.
A study of the causes and methods of correcting reading disabilities, this course is designed to familiarize the prospective reading specialist / literacy coach with the various kinds of assessments used in the diagnosis and remediation of reading difficulties and the use of assessment data to inform instructional decisions.Prerequisites: ELEC 608C and ELEC 610C and ELEC 612C and ELEC 614CC Requires minimum grade of C. Credits: 3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Fall, Spring, & SummerEnrollment is limited to Graduate level students.
ELEC 623Language Acquisition & Literacy Development: Birth to Age 53
Language Acquisition & Literacy Development: Birth to Age 5 includes an examination of the process of language and literacy development from birth through age 5 with a focus on using knowledge of child development in the school and with families. Through a blend of research/theory and practice, teacher candidates explore the relationship between language development and literacy, the development of instruction and assessment tools to foster literacy development, the creation of a literate environment and cultural familial influences on language and literacy.Credits: 3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as NeededEnrollment is limited to Graduate level students.
ELEC 624Synchronous and Asynchronous Technology for K-12 Education3
Candidates will develop the use of synchronous and asynchronous technologies to assist in the teaching, emediation, assessment and enrichment of K-12 students in inclusive traditional and/or cyber classrooms. The goal is to help pre-service teachers implement various synchronous and asynchronous instructional technologies effectively.Credits: 3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as NeededEnrollment is limited to Graduate level students.
ELEC 625Practicum: Assessment and Instruction for the Reading Specialist3
A practicum course designed to give the reading specialist candidate an opportunity to gain competence in selecting, administering, and interpreting a variety of formal and informal assessment measures in a field-based setting. The candidate will design and implement a program to help students with reading difficulties.Prerequisites: ELEC 610C and ELEC 612C and ELEC 622CC Requires minimum grade of C. Credits: 3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Fall, Spring, & SummerEnrollment is limited to Graduate level students.
ELEC 626Practicum: Ethics and Social Justice in Early Childhood Education Programs3
This field-based course examines the ethics of early care and education, social justice and responsibilities inherent in the roles of working with families an dying children. Diverse perspectives will be identified to develop an understanding of ethical concepts and social justice. The focus is to analyze the research reflecting the impact educators have on ethical and social justice responsibilities to children, families, communities, peers and the profession. Furthermore, this field-based course will require observation and application of the ethical codes of conduct to develop a thoughtful process to resolve ethical or legal conflicts, especially in working with diverse populations.Credits: 3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as NeededEnrollment is limited to Graduate level students.
A course designed to provide an opportunity for the student to make an individual in-depth study of one or more issues associated with instruction in reading.Prerequisites: SEFE 602C or SEFE 696C or ELEC 697CC Requires minimum grade of C. Credits: 3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Fall, Spring, & SummerEnrollment is limited to Graduate level students.
ELEC 628Social Studies and Citizenship for Young Learners3
Social Studies and Citizenship for Young Learners will explore advanced work in the social studies curriculum, including its organization. Candidates will analyze methods of teaching, objectives and materials and will discuss evaluation /assessment techniques and citizenship development for PK-4 learners. Best practice classroom applications and the relationship between instruction and student learning outcome will also be explored within the context of social studies and citizenship content.Credits: 3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as NeededEnrollment is limited to Graduate level students.
ELEC 629Practicum: Organization and Administration of School Reading Programs3
A field-based course to provide the potential reading specialist with an opportunity to survey and evaluate an existing reading program. Leadership qualities will be fostered to help the student grow as a resource member of an educational team.Prerequisite: ELEC 622CC Requires minimum grade of C. Credits: 3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Fall & Spring TermsEnrollment is limited to Graduate level students.
Curriculum Integration through the Arts provides the development and implementation of an integrated curriculum through the arts for all content areas across the learning standards Pre-K through grade 4, through the integration of play-based, experience-based and project-based teaching. Students will be introduced to various media, lesson planning, strategies of integrating the arts and using assessment data that meet the needs of culturally and linguistically diverse learners PreK-4 classrooms.Credits: 3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as NeededEnrollment is limited to Graduate level students.
An in-depth study of a process approach to writing instruction, including assessment and response to writing with an emphasis on using children's literature in the teaching of writing.Credits: 3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as NeededEnrollment is limited to Graduate level students.
ELEC 633Resource Materials in Children's Literature3
Selection and evaluation of children''s literature, survey of recent additions to the area with emphasis on newer non-fictional materials. Examines the place of literature in the teaching of reading and writing in the elementary classroom.Credits: 3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as NeededEnrollment is limited to Graduate level students.
ELEC 636A Survey of the Mathematics Curriculum K-83
Teachers will evaluate mathematics curricula materials from a variety of sources using instruments designed to help determine the value of support materials. The types of curriculum materials will be discussed and evaluated on current research.Credits: 3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Summer TermsEnrollment is limited to Graduate level students.
This course is designed to provide teachers with a detailed study of current K-8 instructional materials and programs in science education. Emphasis is placed on construction of teaching materials, programs, and teaching concepts, which may be utilized to develop scientific concepts taught in the K-8 classroom.Credits: 3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Winter TermsEnrollment is limited to Graduate level students.
This course is designed to study the significant role assessment has in the implementation of developmentally appropriate early childhood programs, PK-4. Students will learn about various types and methods of assessment as well as appropriate uses for assessment information. Additionally, students will engage in a critical exploration of ethical responsibilities to students, families, colleagues and community as they consider the implications of assessment on both practice and outcomes for young children.Credits: 3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as NeededEnrollment is limited to Graduate level students.
This is a practicum course designed to support reading specialist candidates' development of literacy coaching skills, strategies, and idspositions through hands-on activities with inservice teachers, administrators, allied support staff, and parents. Candidates will complete a minimum of 45 hours of supervised practicum experiences.Prerequisites: ELEC 622C and ELEC 614C and ELEC 615C and ELEC 629CC Requires minimum grade of C. Credits: 3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offerings VaryEnrollment is limited to Graduate level students.
A survey of the history, philosophy, and current practices in the field of gifted child education. A field experience component includes observation of children who have been identified as gifted.Credits: 3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Summer & Winter TermsEnrollment is limited to Graduate level students. Enrollment limited to students in the College of Education college.
ELEC 647Identification and Assessment of Gifted Learners3
An in-depth study of the different facets of giftedness and the multiple means in which to identify and assess gifted learners and their cognitive, social and emotional needs. Prerequisite: A minimum of Level 1 certification and ELEC 646 Introduction to Gifted Education. This course is not open to undergraduate students.Prerequisite: ELEC 646CC Requires minimum grade of C. Credits: 3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Summer & Winter TermsEnrollment is limited to Graduate level students. Enrollment limited to students in the College of Education college.
An in-depth study of the multiple service models for meeting the needs of gifted learners. A 10-hour field component includes observations of a variety of programs for gifted learners and the development of an Individualized Gifted Plan. A minimum of Level 1 certification and ELEC 646 Introduction to Gifted Education.Prerequisite: ELEC 646CC Requires minimum grade of C. Credits: 3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as NeededEnrollment is limited to Graduate level students. Enrollment limited to students in the College of Education college.
ELEC 649Gifted Education Curriculum Design and Practicum3
A course designed to provide the candidate with experiences in designing and implementing curriculum for gifted learners. Candidates will have an opportunity to interact with and guide instruction for gifted students through a final 10-hour practicum experience.Prerequisites: ELEC 646C and ELEC 647C and ELEC 648CC Requires minimum grade of C. Credits: 3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as NeededEnrollment is limited to Graduate level students. Enrollment limited to students in the College of Education college.
Candidates will utilize emerging web tools to address the needs of their content modules. The course will provide an opportunity to design innovative ways of applying these emerging technologies to facilitate their own teaching and student learning in the K-12 cyber classroom. Candidates will develop and submit an IRB approval for employing their modules with students in the Capstone course.Credits: 3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as NeededEnrollment is limited to Graduate level students.
Candidates will identify and explore current issues and ethical decisions educators and administrators experience when exploring and implementing online teaching practices. The goal of this course is to provide pre-service teachers with a knowledge base of the benefits and hardships that educational entities face when providing online instruction.Credits: 3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as NeededEnrollment is limited to Graduate level students.
ELEC 660Advanced Technologies for the Teaching of Mathematics and Science3
Candidates will develop the use of technologies to assist classroom teachers in the diagnosis of student misconceptions, and in the remediation and enrichment of mathematics and science instruction. This course is designed to help practicing teachers become familiar with educational technology, its uses and how to integrate computer and calculator technology in their mathematics and science classrooms. The goal is to help teachers implement technology effectively in their own instruction, as well as, assisting their students to utilize educational technology efficiently and appropriately.Credits: 3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Summer TermsEnrollment is limited to Graduate level students.
ELEC 661Perspectives in Mathematics and Science Education3
Current issues in mathematics and science education will be examined, such as content specialists at the elementary level. Standards set forth by national associations, the science/technology/society theme, misconceptions in mathematics and science, minorities and females in mathematics and science, and programs for special populations.Prerequisites: ELEC 636C or ELEC 638CC Requires minimum grade of C. Credits: 3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as NeededEnrollment is limited to Graduate level students.
Students will examine research and techniques as they apply to mathematical and related problem solving approaches for students in the elementary school. There will be special emphasis on induction and deduction techniques as they apply to a wide variety of topics in elementary school mathematics.Credits: 3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Summer TermsEnrollment is limited to Graduate level students.
ELEC 667Science & Engineering Concepts for K-8 Teachers3
This course is designed to increase the practicing teacher''s knowledge and conceptual understanding of science concepts outlined in the National Science Education Standards and Pennsylvania Science and Technology, as well as Environmental and Ecology Standards. Participants will develop this understanding via a problem-based approach allowing them to develop their own inquiry-based lesson planning in the classroom, while connecting science concepts to everyday life.Credits: 3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Summer TermsEnrollment is limited to Graduate level students.
Students will explore the mathematics required for teaching and the different methods of approaching and solving without the use of traditional algorithms.Credits: 3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Summer TermsEnrollment is limited to Graduate level students.
This course is being developed as part of a new track in the existing M.Ed. Program. Currently, no graduate course dedicated to literacy instruction and assessment of early childhood students ages 6-9, is offered through the ELEC department, College of Education or university. The content of this course includes the knowledge and skills required for initial certification as specified by PDE (Pennsylvania Department of Education).Credits: 3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as NeededEnrollment is limited to Graduate level students.
ELEC 671Science for the Young Learner: Birth to 93
This course is being developed as part of a new track in the existing M.Ed. Program. Currently, no graduate course dedicated to literacy instruction and assessment of early childhood students ages 6-9, is offered through the ELEC Department, college of Education or university. The content of this course includes the knowledge and sills required for initial certification as specified by PDE (Pennsylvania Department of Education). The course will meet the candidate requirements for science and technology pedagogy that is outlined by the Pennsylvania Department of Education for initial teacher certification PK-4.Credits: 3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as NeededEnrollment is limited to Graduate level students.
ELEC 672Mathematics for the Young Learner: Birth to 93
Mathematics for the Young Learner: Birth to 9 contain required content that will satisfy accreditation requirements and fulfill the goals of a Master's Program that provides initial certification in early childhood education.Credits: 3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as NeededEnrollment is limited to Graduate level students.
The Early Childhood Practicum provides an in-depth teaching experience in an elementary classroom in which opportunities are provided for the application of content knowledge, pedagogical skills and the assessment of children's learning.Credits: 3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as NeededEnrollment is limited to Graduate level students.
ELEC 678Supporting Quality Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment for Young Learners3
This course is designed to prepare graduate students with a strong theoretical base and practical understanding of the development of early childhood curriculum that supports best practices in the field. Research-supported practices in early childhood instruction and assessment will be critically explored.Credits: 3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as NeededEnrollment is limited to Graduate level students.
ELEC 679Capstone: Design & Implementation of Action Research3
This course is designed to engage the learner in the process of inquiry through action research. Action research is the process of focused self-reflection through evidence collecting and this course will outline the steps in this process as well as provide the requisite support to engage in practitioner inquiry through action research. Participants in the course will complete an action research project as a culminating experience.Prerequisite: ELEC 678BB Requires minimum grade of B. Credits: 3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as NeededEnrollment is limited to Graduate level students.
Student Teaching is a transition between pre-service and in-service teaching. The experience allows the student teacher to work collaboratively with a cooperating teacher, gradually assuming all responsibilities of classroom teaching. The student teaching experience requires partnerships between the university and cooperating school districts, and is considered the capstone experience of the program.Credits: 9Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as NeededEnrollment is limited to Graduate level students.
ELEC 687Integration of Web-based Technologies to Create Online Courses3
Candidates will develop an online module(s) including lessons, activities, assessments, synchronous and asynchronous instruction and other methods of instruction that were developed through courses in the progrm. The module is expected to be deliverred to students. The purpose is to demonstrate candidate's ability to develop courses for online teaching.Prerequisite: ELEC 653CC Requires minimum grade of C. Credits: 3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as NeededEnrollment is limited to Graduate level students.
A unique and specifically focused course within the general purview of a department which intends to offer it on a "one time only" basis and not as a permanent part of the department's curriculum.Credits: 1-3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as NeededEnrollment is limited to Graduate level students.
This course will enable the student of mathematics education to be conversant about the people and beliefs that have influenced the practice of teaching mathematics from pre-school through grade 8.Credits: 2Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Winter TermsEnrollment is limited to Graduate level students.
This course provides teachers with an in depth look at key individuals and cultures that have impacted Western civilization from antiquity through the early modern era with regards to science content. The primary focus will be on discoveries that have impacted current knowledge bases in chemistry, biology, medicine, geology, and physics. A second focus will be study of the debate and reasoning provided by leading scientists involved, while paying attention to the social and cultural contexts in which they worked.Credits: 2Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Winter TermsEnrollment is limited to Graduate level students.
A workshop is a program which is usually of short duration, narrow in scope, often non-traditional in content and format, and on a timely topic.Credits: 1-6Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as NeededEnrollment is limited to Graduate level students.
ELEC 697Statistical Interpretation & Analysis in Reading Research and Assessments3
This course focuses on the interpretation of statistics usedi n literacy assessments and research, with a focus on assisting reading specialists and classroom teachers in utilizing data to inform literacy instruction and to meet the needs of individual students.Credits: 3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Summer & Winter TermsEnrollment is limited to Graduate level students.
A Selected Topics course is a normal, departmental offering which is directly related to the discipline, but because of its specialized nature, may not be able to be offered on a yearly basis by the department.Credits: 1-3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as NeededEnrollment is limited to Graduate level students.
ELEC 699Teacher Action Research in the Mathematics/Science Classroom1-3
This course is designed to increase the practicing teacher’s understanding of qualitative research. Practicing teachers will develop a qualitative research proposal or action research proposal to implement during the seminar course (ELEC 705).Prerequisite: ELEC 601CC Requires minimum grade of C. Credits: 1-3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Summer TermsEnrollment is limited to Graduate level students.
Independent Study courses give students the opportunity to pursue research and/or studies that are not part of the university's traditional course offerings. Students work one on one or in small groups with faculty guidance and are typically required to submit a final paper or project as determined by the supervising professor.Credits: 1-3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as NeededEnrollment is limited to Graduate level students.
ELEC 705Seminar in Mathematics and Science Education Research2
Students will participate in a practicum experience under the direction of a faculty member. The practicum experience will be completion of a research project developed during the program and carried out during this course. The final project will be written , bound and submitted for review by two faculty members who will determine if the student has successfully completed the requirements for the program.Prerequisite: ELEC 699CC Requires minimum grade of C. Credits: 2Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Winter TermsEnrollment is limited to Graduate level students.
A unique and specifically focused course within the general purview of a department which intends to offer it on a "one time only" basis and not as a permanent part of the department's curriculum.Credits: 1-3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as NeededEnrollment is limited to Graduate level students.
A workshop is a program which is usually of short duration, narrow in scope, often non-traditional in content and format, and on a timely topic.Credits: 1-6Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as NeededEnrollment is limited to Graduate level students.
A Selected Topics course is a normal, departmental offering which is directly related to the discipline, but because of its specialized nature, may not be able to be offered on a yearly basis by the department.Credits: 1-3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as NeededEnrollment is limited to Graduate level students.
In Thesis, the candidates for the Master of Education degree writes the last two chapters of their thesis with the assistance of the thesis committee. In addition, the candidates must make a successful oral defense of the thesis. Students pursuing a thesis program should contact their academic advisor concerning research after completing about one-half of their degree coursework. The advisor will assist the student with the necessary steps (such as preliminary selection of a topic and arranging for the appointment of a committee) to proceed.Credits: 3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as NeededEnrollment is limited to Graduate level students.
ELEC 813Advocacy and Family, School and Community Engagement3
This course examines the role of school, family and community engagements as a component of educational reform. The focus is to analyze the research reflecting the impact of home/school and community/school partnerships on student learning. Furthermore, this course will seek to explore the various theoretical frameworks that focus on family types, cultlures, economic conditions, school systems, community services, political forces, advocacy groups and other additional factors that impact young children and their families with special needs. A framework for conceptualizing child/family policy, roles professionals can play in building advocacy/policy and approaches professionals can use in implementing these roles will also be investigated.Credits: 3Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Fall Terms EvenEnrollment limited to students in the EDD 9DSE program. Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students.
