ART - Catalog - University of Oklahoma

The Uni ver sity of Oklahoma 2006-2008 Gen eral Cat a log
EDUCATION COURSES
G5403 Instructional Telecommunications. Prerequisite: graduate
standing. Introduces the student to the use of telecommunications in the
delivery of educational programming and includes a survey of the attributes
of the predominant technologies, how these relate to the design of
instruction, and the issues surrounding the management and organization
of instructional telecommunications systems. (F)
G5413 Design and Delivery of Distance Education Programs.
Prerequisite: graduate standing. Designed to prepare student to design
instruction for distance learning systems. Topics include the distance
learner, facilitating learning at a distance, instructional design for distance
learning systems, and assessment of learning at a distance. (Sp)
G5423 Computer Mediated Communications in Education (Crosslisted
with EIPT 5423). Prerequisite: graduate standing. Designed to prepare
students with knowledge, skills, and tools in the area of Computer-Mediated
Communication, focusing specifically on web-based and web-supported
instruction. Provides learners with both theoretical understanding of and
practical skills for using the Internet in instructional settings. (Sp)
G5503 Introduction to Training and Development. Prerequisite:
graduate standing. Provides an overview of the training and development
functions in business, industry, government and voluntary organizations. It
is designed for those who are expected to be responsible for some aspect
of training and development and for those interested in learning more
about these functions. This course will cover the traditional as well as
broadening role of training and development and will examine how
training and development might be different in the future. (F, Sp)
G5513 Management and Administration of the Training Function.
Prerequisite: graduate standing. This course is designed for those preparing
for or having oversight responsibilities in the training and development
function. Topics will include the management function, staffing, ensuring the
quality of training, legal issues, marketing and financial management. (Irreg.)
G5523 Survey of HRD Competencies. Prerequisite: graduate standing.
Focuses on the roles and competencies required to succeed as training and
development professional as identified in ASTD’s human performance
improvement study. Students will develop or improve their basic competencies
by designing and implementing class training program on one of the core
competencies. Topics include: Negotiation; leadership; group process;
problem solving; delegation; cost benefit analysis; coping skills; consulting;
interpersonal relationships; goal implementation; needs analysis survey
design and development; and listening and questioning skills. (F, Sp)
G5533 Advanced Training and Development Functions. Prerequisite:
graduate standing. Enables participants to appropriately apply in their
organization state-of-the-art techniques in human resource development/training
and development; recognize how future trends in linking strategy and
training and development may impact their organization; assess current
human resource development practices and formulate plans for their
improvement; specify human resource issues and problem areas and identify
alternative solutions to facilitate training and development processes. (Sp)
G6023 Theory and Practice in Higher Education Finance. Prerequisite:
graduate standing. Covers important aspects of finance in American higher
education. Topics covered include history of finance, politics of the
budgetary process, state funding, student financial aid, internal budgeting,
finance management, tuition pricing, costing, financial indicators, funding
of private higher education, the “who-pays-and-who-benefits” question,
and key financial terminology employed in higher education. Discussions
of these topics are purposely more theoretical than hands-on and more
focused at the national level than at the state or institutional levels. (F, Sp)
G6143 Theory and Research in Training and Development. Prerequisite:
graduate standing. An overview of research in the field of training and
development. The activities include the review of research journals and
dissertations and interviewing of current and active training and
development researchers. Bibliographies and computerized databases will
be sought and reviewed. Procedures of detecting bias and research
mistakes will be covered.
G6173 Theory and Research in Distance Education. Prerequisite: graduate
standing. Examines the study of distance education throughout the globe;
studies the emerging theoretical issues within the field, relating theory to
practice through case studies; analyzes the current status of research in
distance education with special emphasis on instructional telecommunications;
and examines the role of distance education as a discipline.
G6213 Theory and Practice of Continuing Higher Education.
Prerequisite: graduate standing. Defines continuing higher education and
traces its development in the United States from the eighteenth century.
Examines the range of institutions, kinds of programs, emerging issues,
organizational structure, budgeting, administration and relationship to the
larger institution in which continuing higher education operates.
G6223 Theory and Practice of Continuing Professional Education.
Prerequisite: graduate standing. An examination and explication of the
agencies, goals, institutions, issues, outcomes, purposes and processes of
the continuing education of professionals.
Early Childhood Education (EDEC)
1203 Contemporary Parenting. An introductory course covering basic
principles of child management. Parenting skills and guidance techniques
that foster self-worth in children are stressed as are positive and effective
methods of discipline and control.
2203 Creative Expression for Early Childhood Programs. Prerequisite:
admission to Teacher Education program. Characteristics and processes of
creativity as expressed by children from age two to eight are reviewed.
Planning and production of materials that enhance creativity in
self-expressive thought and play are emphasized. (Sp)
3001 Mentoring I. Prerequisite: admission to Teacher Education program.
Fosters professional development of early childhood education students
and facilitates their successful participation in the Teacher Education program.
Professional opportunities in the field and professional organizations will be
identified. Students will continue development of their portfolio
documenting their development in the Teacher Education program. (F)
3211 Fundamentals I Laboratory. Corequisite: 3213. Designed to provide
students with the opportunity to implement what they are learning in other
courses as they interact with children in a classroom setting. Students will
carry out assignments during this lab that have been assigned in EDEC
3213 as well as other specialization classes. (F)
3213 Fundamentals of Instruction of the Preschool Child, Part I: Social/
Emotional Skills. Prerequisite: admission to Teacher Education program,
and 2203; corequisite: 3001, 3211 and EDLT 3183. Links theory and research
to preschool teaching. Includes materials on ways to foster social and
emotional well-being and enhance creativity in children. Effective methods of
discipline and a multiethnic approach to curriculum are emphasized. Includes
weekly participation in an approved preschool program. (F)
3221 Fundamentals II Laboratory. Corequisite: 3223. Designed to
provide students with the opportunity to implement what they are learning
in other courses as they interact with children in a classroom setting.
Students will carry out assignments during this lab that have been assigned
in EDEC 3223 as well as other specialization classes. (Sp)
3223 Fundamentals of Instruction of the Preschool Child, Part II:
Language and Cognitive Processes. Prerequisite: 3213; corequisite: 3221
and EDLT 4303. Links theory and research to practical preschool teaching.
The development of mental ability and reasoning skills is stressed as are
effective strategies for encouraging language development and prereading
skills. Special attention is given to the needs of children from low income
families. Weekly participation in an approved preschool program is required. (Sp)
3233 Teacher, Parent, Child Relationships in Early Childhood Programs.
Prerequisite: 3213 or permission of instructor. Includes techniques for
parent conferencing and referrals, planning and presenting effective parent
education meetings, parent involvement in the classroom and experience
in making home visits. Focuses on family needs when children are aged
two to eight. To be taken concurrently with 3223. (Sp)
3413 Early Childhood Development. Social, physical and cognitive
influences on behavior during the preschool years are described and
explained. The developmental implications of changing from caregiver to
peer relationships are examined. (Sp)
4001 Mentoring II. Prerequisite: 3001. Fosters continued professional
development of early childhood education majors and facilitates their
successful participation in the Teacher Education program. Professional
development opportunities outside the classroom are discussed. Students
continue work on a portfolio showing their continued development as
future teachers. (F)
4121 Curriculum Laboratory. Corequisite: 4123. Designed to provide
students with the opportunity to implement what they are learning in other
courses as they interact with children in a classroom setting. Students will
carry out assignments during this lab that have been assigned in EDEC
4123 as well as other specialization classes. (F)
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