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Gives future teachers deep knowledge of how people learn, focusing on children from age 3 through grade 8. Learning, motivation, intelligence, and assessment are explored through perspectives including behaviorist, constructivist, and cognitive science. Candidates use their emerging knowledge of learning theories to make developmentally sound instructional decisions, both theoretically and in concurrent field experience. For Education majors and minors only.

Gives future teachers deep knowledge of how people learn, focusing on children grades 5-12. Learning, motivation, intelligence, and assessment are explored through perspectives including behaviorist, constructivist, and cognitive science. Candidates will use their emerging knowledge of learning theories to make developmentally sound instructional decisions, both theoretically and in practice, in a concurrent field experience. For Education majors and minors only.

Examines relationship between schools and larger society. Analyzes the historical traditions, philosophical perspectives, and social practices interacting in American education with emphasis on culture, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, and socioeconomic status. Provides a heightened awareness of legal, curricular, and social factors necessary to help students learn equitably. Field experience required.

Identifies and addresses population characteristics, incidence, and general educational placement options for the different categories of exceptional learners. Assessment practices and exemplary teaching techniques are also explored for multicultural and diversity issues. Law, policy, and IEP procedures are emphasized. Field experience required.

This course explores factors that affect the health, safety, and well-being of children inside and outside the educational setting. Students will review main concepts of health and wellness and their impact on learning, strategies for working with families and professionals, resources for instruction, and plan integrative learning activities that promote a healthy lifestyle for all learners.

This course focuses on how positive social and emotional development (SEL) can be cultivated through promoting positive school and classroom climates and help students develop skills in self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision-making. Presents students with the current theory underlying universal, school-based social and emotional learning (SEL) programs and considers the intersectionality between SEL and equity.

Designed to teach students about evidence-based SEL programs and other programs schools use to promote the 5 dimensions of SEL, this course will focus on Adult SEL, helping candidates develop skills and competencies needed to facilitate and support SEL programs. Students will work with an educator in their field experience who is promoting SEL in their classroom or school and will practice implementing SEL lessons and activities with students. Field experience required. 

SEL implementation requires continuous improvement approaches to help teachers and schools learn from their successes and challenges. Students will learn how to monitor and assess SEL implementation through continuous improvement cycles utilizing resources from CASELS Guide to Schoolwide SEL. Students will understand the national policy strategies around SEL and develop approaches to engaging with a diversity of stakeholders about SEL. Field experience required. 

This seminar is required for students who tutor and support classrooms in local schools as part of the America Reads program. Candidates will discuss questioning strategies, ways to facilitate group work, how to deal with problems in the classroom, and learn how to interact with students and required expectations of student tutors. Fingerprinting and criminal background check required. May be repeated for credit. Course is graded P/NP.

Students engage with faculty and peers in scholarly discussion, analysis, and research-based activities related to educational topics of interest.