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skills. Projects will involve models that draw uponteachers’ own questions, knowledge, and concernsas a basis for exploration and action. Candidateswill develop an understanding of research that isdesigned to both inform and support teachers’engagement in classroom issues. Candidates willidentify an area of interest and move fromconception of a field-based research topic to ananalytic framework for analyzing data. Allcandidates will submit a substantial written researchreport that includes a thorough review of thescientific literature. Presentation of an informal oralreport is required. Permission of the Chair of theReading Program is required for candidates toreceive credit for reading/literacy research.ECE 612 Advanced Instructional Strategies forYoung Children – Three semester hours. Thiscourse presents and explores a scientific approach toclassroom instruction. It is designed to foster thedevelopment of a personal philosophy of teachingwhich will serve as a guide for action in all phasesof traditional and innovative instruction and willinvolve strategies for analysis of teaching,individualized instruction, and mode of evaluationof learning.ECE 625 Trends in Teaching Social Studies inElementary Schools – Three semester hours. Thiscourse is concerned with a detailed consideration ofproblems concerned with selection of what to teach,the grade placement of content, methods, andmaterials of teaching, current research, and means ofevaluating achievements in social studies withparticular attention given to recent trends.ECE 671 Advanced Research in Elementary andEarly Childhood – Three semester hours. Thiscourse is concerned with guiding the candidate inthe development of the first three chapters in thethesis, according to the latest APA Manual. Thiscourse makes it possible for a candidate to pursue anarea of special interest and develop the foundationof a thesis completing the first three chapters (athesis is directed by a major advisor who maychoose not to use the three chapters developed inthis course in the completion of the candidate’sactual thesis). This study is done under thesupervision of the instructor, and may culminatewith an examination based on the content.EARLY CHILDHOODECH 506 Curriculum Design – Three semesterhours. Curriculum design in light of the latestunderstandings and needs in early childhoodeducation with some experience in theimplementation of certain aspects of the curriculumin laboratory school P-3.ECH 516 Multi-Sensory Approaches – Threesemester hours. The development of the sensoryavenues and the concomitant processes in infancyand childhood, including concept information,development of these processes, and evaluatingprocess are given consideration. Practicalexperiences identifying learning disabilities.ECH 517 Theory, Methods and Materials inEarly Childhood Education – Three semesterhours. The philosophies and methods extant in earlychildhood education, their purposes and efficacy,including a look at special education and itsinvolvement in the mainstream of education. It willinclude laboratory observation and participation.ECH 595 Internship in Early ChildhoodEducation – Six semester hours. This course is anintensive 14-week, full-time supervised internship ina public school. Weekly on-campus seminars are arequired part of the course.ECH 602 Strategies of Parent Involvement –Three semester hours. The importance and optimalrole of parent involvement factors in the being andbecoming of the child and adolescent through thevarious stages of the metamorphosis to maturity andbeyond. The method will be competency-based andpermit selection of a particular stage in the role ofparent involvement for concentration at any givenage and stage of human development by each of theclass members, while at the same time pursuing acomprehensive knowledge of the role of parenting atall stages, with an emphasis on optimal strategies forinvolvement. The student will be required todemonstrate the ability to prescribe strategies forparent involvement at each stage of thechild/adolescent development.ECH 698 Thesis I – Three semester hours.Candidates will complete the proposed thesis.ECH 699 Thesis II – Three semester hours.Candidates will complete the thesis.ECH 602 Strategies of Parent Involvement –Three semester hours. The importance and optimalrole of parent involvement factors in the being andbecoming of the child and adolescent through thevarious stages to the maturity and beyond. Thecourse will focus on parent involvement for119
concentration at any given age and stage of humanof the metamorphosis to maturity and beyond. Themethod will be competency-based and permitselection of a particular stage in the role of parentinvolvement for concentration at any given age andstage of human development by each of the classmembers, while at the same time pursuing acomprehensive knowledge of the role of parenting atall stages, with an emphasis on optimal strategies forinvolvement. The student will be required todemonstrate the ability to prescribe strategies forparent involvement at each stage of thechild/adolescent development.In addition to other deficiencies, candidates seekingthe Alternative Master’s in Early ChildhoodEducation (P-3) must complete the followingundergraduate teaching field courses: ECE 304,ECE 305, ECH 300, ECH 405 and PSY 403. Astate-required practicum is offered all day onWednesday when enrolled in undergraduatematerials and methods courses ECE 304 and ECE305 (Note: School of Education Policy prohibits thetransferring in of materials and methods coursestaken at other institutions). Early ChildhoodEducation Alternative Master’s candidates seekingthe additional endorsement in ElementaryEducation must complete the following graduatecourses: ELE 509 and ELE 519.ECONOMICSECO 500 Survey of Economic Analysis - Threesemester hours. This course is designed for studentswith limited or no background in economic theory atthe undergraduate level.ECO 503 Macroeconomic Theory - Threesemester hours. Examination of the modern theoryof income, employment, and the price level alongwith their principal determinants, interaction of theproduct and money markets and changes in the levelof economic activity over time. (Prerequisite: ECO500 or its equivalent).ECO 509 International Economics - Threesemester hours. An analysis of the forces thatdetermine international specialization; balance ofpayments analysis; exchange rates systems; andevaluation of current international economic policiesand programs.ECO 514 Managerial Economics - Three semesterhours. Managerial economics is designed to providethe student with a working knowledge of economictheories of consumer and producer behavior andtheir application to the decision-making process offirms in allocating their resources. Among the topicsincluded are: the firm as an economic entity,consumer choice, demand, decision making underuncertainty, production, cost theory, pricing theory,and the effects of different competitiveenvironments (with emphasis on market structureanalysis). (Prerequisite: ECO 500 or anundergraduate two-course sequence in principles ofeconomics).EDUCATION ADMINISTRATIONAND SUPERVISIONEAS 631 School Organization in PersonnelDevelopment – Three semester hours. Thetechniques and procedures for effective staffdevelopment are studied. Included are proceduresfor developing, implementing, monitoring andevaluating a program of staff developmentconsistent with school and system needs. Thedynamics of effective school and communityrelations are explored, considering communitydiversity and the socio-emotional politicalinfluences on school operations.EAS 632 Federal, State, Local Legislation andPolicy Development – Three semesterhours. Federal and state statutes are studied relatedto the rights of students and employees. State boardand local policies are reviewed in light of statutoryand judicial mandates pertaining to studentclassifications, employment, and contractual rightsof teachers and other staff. All major federallegislation, state statutes and policies, and relevantcourt decisions will be used to critique local schoolpolicies and operations.EAS 633 Management of Educational SupportServices – Three semester hours. All managementoperations of the school are explored. Attention isgiven to personnel matters, line and staff operatingrelationships, managing material resources, facilityoperations, transportation, fiscal management,conflict resolution, student records, security, andscheduling for instruction.EAS 634 Cultural and OrganizationalLeadership for Operations – Three semesterhours. Effective procedures for administeringstudent services and leadership skills will beexplored. Included will be means of monitoringstudent attendance, health and nutrition needs, plans120
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