2001-2003 Graduate Catalog - Texas Southern University: ::em.tsu ...

EDC1 525 FIELD EXPERIENCE PRACTICUM IN EARLY CHILDHOOD (3) Constructs practical experiences inworking with young children 3-5 years old. In-depth observation and work with children in each domain. (Prerequisite:Instructor’s consent)EDCI 527 ADVANCED FIELD EXPERIENCE PRACTICUM IN EARLY CHILDHOOD (3) Provides advanced leadershiptraining for graduate students interested in becoming specialists in early childhood.EDCI 528 EVALUATION AND ASSESSMENT IN EARLY CHILDHOOD (3) Presents evaluation and assessment processesused with young children. Analyzes case studies with emphasis on application and remediation.EDCI 531 CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT (3) Presents modern techniques for managing the instructional climate withemphasis on student-centered approaches.EDCI 540 CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION (3) Analyzes procedures used in the administration and implementationof curriculum programs in public schools.EDCI 544 DEVELOPMENT OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE SKILL (3) Analyzes state-of-the-art techniques used toteach English to speakers of other languages.EDCI 551 MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION (3) Provides a generic framework for designing democratic school environmentsthat produce high academic achievement among students from different ethnic and cultural groups, and examinesschool models that have proven successful in urban communities.EDCI 571 TEACHING SOCIAL STUDIES IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (3) Outlines recent trends in the organizationand content of the integrated social studies curriculum.EDCI 577 LANGUAGE STUDIES IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS (3) Theories and practices in integrated language,teaching, and learning.EDCI 583 TECHNIQUES OF INDIVIDUALIZED INSTRUCTION (3) Presents a systemic approach to designing curricula.The course focuses on specifying objectives, specifying contents, evaluation techniques, and alternative learningstrategies.EDCI 588 PROBLEMS AND PERSPECTIVES IN URBAN EDUCATION (3) Introduces students to the politics, economics,sociology, and human relationships in urban schools. The dilemmas of poverty, powerlessness and racial strife incontemporary cities will be studied.EDCI 589 SECONDARY SCHOOL CURRICULUM (3) Outlines fundamental aspects of curriculum development andthe basic issues underlying curriculum including systems, models, and paradigms as a means for developing a curriculum.EDCI 616 CHANGE STRATEGIES IN URBAN SCHOOLS (3) Examines the foundations, elements and dynamics ofplanned change. Emphasis will be placed on the instrumentation and strategies for achieving change in urban schools.EDCI 633 RESEARCH (3) Provides a systematic analysis and evaluation of research as applied toward academic andCommunity problems. (Prerequisites: Three semester credit hours of statistics)EDCI 639 SCIENCE IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (3) Presents a study of the science curriculum and the methods ofteaching integrated science in the elementary school.EDCI 700 GENERAL LINGUISTICS (3) Presents an introductory study of language and its components. phonology,lexicon, syntax, morphology and semantics.EDCI 701 APPLIED LINGUISTICS (3) Introduces linguistic concepts and contrastive analysis and their applications topractical linguistic situations.129