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learn strategies for accurately recording
and summarizing these naturalistic
observations. This course will have a
minimal field placement of 25 hours
during the semester. (Offered fall term)
ED 131
Teaching & Learning in Diverse
Communities
4 credits (CS)
This course will examine the various
complexities and diversity of the
classroom today. Students will engage
in fields of study which include, but are
not limited to the following: gender,
race, ethnicity, special education, family
structures and dynamics, societal
influences on education, and
educational law and history. These
topics and others will guide students to
challenge their presumptions with
regard to teaching and learning.
Additionally, it will set the foundational
stage in the framework of becoming a
dynamic teacher. This course will have
a minimal field placement of 25 hours
during the semester. (Offered spring
term)
ED 181
Teaching Practicum I
4 credits (CS)
Every Inclusive Early Childhood and
Inclusive Elementary Education
Program student completes at least one
teaching practicum. The student works
with a head teacher in planning the
curriculum, engaging in activities with
the children, conducting observations,
developing assessment portfolios for
children, and discussing issues at
weekly seminars.
(Offered fall term)
Prerequisites: ED 111 Child Development
and Observation. A medical exam and Child
Abuse Central Register clearance are required.
185
ED 312
Inclusive Primary Curriculum
and Methods
4 credits (CS)
This course provides future teachers
with a blending of theory, teaching
strategies and practices, content
materials, curricular themes, and related
processes for developing
comprehensive plans for teaching
children in inclusive elementary
classrooms in grades 1-3. The New
York State Learning Standards, and the
content standards developed by the
National Council of Teachers of
Mathematics, the National Council of
Teachers of Science, the National
Council for the Social Studies, the
International Reading Association, the
Council for Exceptional Children, and
other appropriate groups will be
incorporated into integrated thematic
units. These materials will be
supplemented with appropriate texts
and other resource materials. Students
will learn how to accommodate diverse
learners, utilize child-centered
instructional methods, promote
technological and content area literacy,
assess student performance, and
establish a learning environment that
supports inquiry.
Field Component: In preparation for
student teaching, students will be
required to participate in an inclusive
classroom at the primary level. Students
will actively participate in all aspects of
the classroom to which they are
assigned, and will directly assist the
classroom teacher(s) in designing/
planning, implementing, and evaluating
curriculum. Students will gradually
assume responsibility for the tasks
involved in teaching and classroom
management. (Offered spring term)
Prerequisites: ED 111, ED 131, ED 181,
ED 320
Co-requisites: ED 325, ED 350, ED 388