Undergraduate - Clarion University

Clarion University of Pennsylvania 175ECH 420: Issues and Advocacy in Early Childhood Education 3 s.h.Examines incidental learning of children through their interactions with the people and society’s major institutions. In-depthexploration of the family as a diverse and primary institution influencing children and the interface with the educational and socialsystems. Analyzes current issues and public policies as related to systems theory. Topics vary by semester. Emphasizes advocacy andethics of professionals to help young children cope with issues that affect them and will contribute to institutional change to meet theneeds of young children. Prerequisites: ECH 320, 322, 323, 325, 413, and HPE 410. Each semester.ECH 424/425: Early Childhood Student Teaching 6 s.h.Professional practicum requires integration and application of instructional, management, and professional knowledge andcompetencies in a school and agency setting. After an orientation to the school and agency setting, students teach under the directionof a cooperating professional and university supervisor. Two field assignments offer diversity in grade levels (N-K, 1-3), ability levelsof pupils, content areas, school and community size, multicultural settings, and/or cooperating professionals. Prerequisites: Completionof 90 semester hours, satisfactory standing in admission and retention standards in the college, completion of all required professionalcourses in certification area with a minimum grade of C, a cumulative 2.8 QPA, and meeting university residence requirements.Beginning Fall 2005, all required PRAXIS tests must be passed before student teaching. Each semester.Education CoursesED 110: Introduction to Education 3 s.h.Familiarizes students with education and the role of the school in a multicultural society. Covers historical and philosophical perspectivesof education; school organization, governance, and finance; teaching and curriculum in a pluralistic society; and the implications ofthe schools as an agent for social change. Students explore their career commitment in terms of opportunities and requirements forteaching.ED 121: Human Development and Learning 3 s.h.Acquisition of understanding and appreciation of the cognitive, social-emotional, ecological-systems, and physical-motor dimensionsof human growth and changes (birth through adolescence). Emphasizes cultural influences on human growth and change with respect tocognition, learning theories, individual differences, personality, growth, abilities, and interests. Explores cross-cultural and multiethnicperspectives with respect to holistic development of children and adolescents; involvement with and observation of individuals atvarious levels of development. Each semester.ED 122: Educational Psychology 3 s.h.Examines instructional strategies and education environments in a multicultural society from the perspective of educationalpsychology. Emphasizes learning theory and student characteristics, including development and motivation as they impact on teacherdecision-making. Considers inquiry techniques and statistics in developing empirical data and knowledge.ED 217: Microcomputer Applications in the Classroom 3 s.h.Introduces pre-service educators (K-12) to microcomputer technology and prepares them to use microcomputers as tools in theirclassroom. While acquiring computer skills, students explore, use, and demonstrate competence in each of the following areas: wordprocessing, databases, spreadsheets, multimedia/hypermedia, CD-ROM, desktop publishing, software applications, instructionaldesign, telecommunications, and major issues associated with the use of technology in education. Course complements students’specific areas of expertise.ED 221: Developmental Reading 3 s.h.Emphasizes improvement in rate, comprehension, reading taste, and independence in reading. Introduces students to varied sourcesof reading and numerous means of improving reading skills. Includes instruction in theory and an introduction to the possibilitiesof a supplementary mechanical program for reading improvement. Not recommended for students who have taken GS 100: CollegeReading/Study Skills.ED 225: Multicultural Education 3 s.h.Provides prospective teachers with a comprehensive understanding of the complexity of ethnic diversity and pluralism in theUnited States, and explores pluralism from a global perspective. Analyzes the goals, rationale, meaning, assumptions, and necessaryschool conditions for effective teaching and learning in multicultural multi-ethnic schools, fostering multicultural competencies andpreparing prospective teachers for multicultural multi-ethnic classrooms. Emphasizes interpersonal and pedagogical skills neededfor success of teacher and learner.ED 327: Instructional Strategies and Management 3 s.h.Explores basic skills of planning, designing, implementing, and evaluating the teaching-learning and management process througha clinical approach to teaching. Focuses on teacher effectiveness research and its application to instructional strategies and materials,classroom and behavior management, and educational technology. Includes peer teaching and simulations as integral componentsof the course. Incorporates variety of instructional strategies: lecture, discussion groups, simulations, peer teaching, and group andindividual analysis peer teaching experiences. For secondary education majors. Prerequisite: ED 122.ED 328: Methods of Teaching and Evaluating Communication Arts 3 s.h.Prepares aspiring secondary school teachers in the methods of teaching such language-based subjects as speech, composition, literature,grammar, and reading, and in such language-related, communication-oriented activities as dramatics, journalism, yearbook production,and media use. Observations and teaching experiences in area schools are included. Prerequisite: ED 327. Fall, annually.ED 329: Educational Evaluation and Authentic Assessment 3 s.h.Examines construction, selection, administration, interpretation, and utilization of evaluation techniques and instruments, includingstatistical interpretations. Emphasizes analysis of standardized tests applicable to various content areas, as well as the constructionand utilization of qualitative assessment techniques. Taken concurrently with the methods courses (block) for secondary educationmajors. 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