2003-2004 - The University of Scranton

EDUC 226 3 cr.
Secondary, Transitional and Vocational Services
The role of the special-education teacher in
designing and implementing transitional and
vocational services for the disabled student.
Emphasis is placed upon the role of the specialeducation
professional as an advocate for the disabled
in accessing school, community, state, and
federal resources.
EDUC 241 3 cr.
Foundations of Reading Instruction
A basic course in reading. It provides an introduction
to reading-instruction, reading programs,
and the reading process as it relates to language
acquisition and learning to read. The readiness,
reading skills, techniques and methods which are
essential for effective reading will be examined.
EDUC 242 3 cr.
Mathematics Methods for Elementary Teaching
The course provides the Elementary Education
major with planning and instructional strategies
appropriate for use in the mathematics area of
elementary curriculum. An analysis of content
will be made in light of the needs of the elementary
student and society.
EDUC 244 3 cr.
Planning Effective Elementary Instruction
(Prerequisite: EDUC 222) This course prepares
the elementary major with the research-based
tools and strategies required to prepare lesson
and long-term planning, consistent with best
practice, for exemplary instruction in the classroom.
Particular attention will be paid to alignment
of objectives and assessment consistent
with the Pennsylvania Academic Standards.
EDUC 251 3 cr.
Development of the Early Learner
This course will be focus on the development of
the early learner, birth through age eight. Psychomotor,
affective and cognitive development, as
well as special-needs children, will be studied.
Theory to practice linkages will be stressed. An
observation component is part of the course
expectation.
EDUC 252 3 cr.
Assessment in Early Childhood Education
(Prerequisites: EDUC 140 and 251) This course
will focus on strategies, methods, and instruments
for assessing the early learner’s development
in the cognitive, psychomotor, and affective
domains. Theory-to-practice linkages will be
stressed. An observation component is part of
the course expectation.
Panuska College/Education 245
EDUC 256 3 cr.
Family and Community Relations
This course prepares the ECE teacher with the
strategies and communication skills necessary to
build positive relationships with colleagues
within the school and agencies in the larger
communities that can contribute to the wellbeing
of each student in order to realize the full
developmental potential of each child.
EDUC 258 1 cr.
Assessment Practicum
(Co-requisite: EDUC 265) Students will obtain
hands-on experience in the assessment of specialneeds
students and adults.
EDUC 265 3 cr.
SPED Educational Assessment
This course will focus on the strategies, methods,
and instruments for assessing the disabled
student’s development in the cognitive, psychomotor,
and affective domains. Theory-topractice
linkages will be stressed. An observation
component is part of the course expectation.
EDUC 267 3 cr.
Learning Disabilities
This course provides an introduction to learning
disabilities. Definitions, current theories, etiological
bases, and educational management of
students with learning disabilities and/or hyperactivity
and attention deficit are emphasized.
EDUC 280 1 cr.
Field Experience II
(Prerequisites: EDUC 121 and 180; pre- or corequisite:
EDUC 222) The course is closely associated
with Educ 222. Projects will be assigned
to be carried out in basic education schools and
other agencies through observation, tutoring,
and oral/written reports. Completed ACT 34
and Child Abuse. Application required.
ED/P 306 3 cr.
(P) Philosophy of Education
(Formerly ED/P 106) An examination of representative
modern systemic philosophies of education
with a critical analysis of the answers that
each system of philosophy provides to the
important questions concerning the nature of
knowledge, value, man, and society.
EDUC 310 1-3 cr.
Special Topics in Education
A series of courses dealing with specific educational
issues, theories, ideologies, skills, methods,
or other designated topics for individual or