TCH-ED 451      Child Guidance Within The Classroom
Designed to help students examine and evaluate guidance techniques and teaching strategies used in classrooms for young children. Preventive measures in classroom management will be stressed.
Credits: 3 hours
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TCH-ED 452      Family And Program Relationships In Early Childhood Education
Provides insight into the challenge of parenting, knowledge about the development and implementation of parent education and support programs, and the significance of school-family relationships. In addition, this course seeks to facilitate students' understanding of and sensitivity to parents' perspectives regarding the care and education of their young children. (Concurrent enrollment in TCH-ED 452, Learning from Parents, required).
Credits: 4 hours
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TCH-ED 453      Learning From Parents
Designed to provide students with direct interactions with parents whose children are participating in early childhood programs, birth to age 8. Emphasis is placed upon students' understanding of, and sensitivity to, parents' perspectives regarding the care and education of their young children and recognition of parents as significant informants about their children. (Concurrent enrollment in TCH-ED 452, Family and Program Relationships, required).
Credits: 2 hours
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TCH-ED 454      Human Relations In The Early Childhood Classroom
Students will analyze the connections between an effective helping relationship and effective teaching in the early childhood classroom. Effective interpersonal communication skills will be identified and practiced. The development of self-concept will be discussed.
Credits: 3 hours
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TCH-ED 455      Student Teaching In Preschool
Observation and student teaching under supervision in a preschool setting.
Credits: 6-10 hours
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TCH-ED 456      Student Teaching In Elementary, K Through 3
Observation and student teaching under supervision in an elementary school, grades K through 3.
Credits: 6-12 hours
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TCH-ED 457      Infant And Toddler Care And Education
In this course, students will investigate infant and toddler care and education theories and practices. Students will learn about appropriate curriculum and teaching methods, visit infant and toddler programs, learn about state regulations and national standards for quality, and complete an environment rating scale.
Credits: 3 hours
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TCH-ED 458      Practicum For Learning About Infants And Toddlers
The purpose of this course is to learn about child care and education practices in various centers. We will discuss how practices are influenced or constrained by human biology and developmental stages, as they are by ecological and environment pressures such as mothers' work roles. The central themes of the course can be summarized by the phrases ""purposeful care practices"" and the ""optimal practices for infants and toddlers.
Credits: 1 hours
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TCH-ED 459      Early Childhood Program Management And Advocacy
Students will begin to explore basic early childhood program components. Different types of advocacy will be presented, discussed, and implemented. Prerequisite: TCH-ED 440
Credits: 2 hours
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TCH-ED 460      Middle School Curriculum
This course offers the pre-service teachers an overview of middle school goals, basic principles, and organizations. The course explores interdisciplinary teaming, flexible scheduling, exploratory and advisory programs, and other aspects of the organization within the context of middle school goals and practices. Offered: Summer/Fall
Credits: 2 hours
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TCH-ED 461      Student Teaching In Middle School
Observation and student teaching under supervision in a middle school setting.
Credits: 6,12 hours
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TCH-ED 462      Middle School Principles And Organization
This course offers the pre-service teachers an overview of middle school goals, basic principles, and organizations. The course explores interdisciplinary teaming flexible scheduling, exploratory and advisory programs, and other aspects of the organization within the context of middle school goals and practices Offered: Summer/Fall
Credits: 2 hours
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TCH-ED 464      Math Methods for Urban Teachers
Mathematics-specific pedagogy for urban teachers. Methods, techniques, tools and materials for the effective teaching of mathematics. Emphasis on problem solving and reasoning skills in applying mathematics and on teaching in the context of diverse student backgrounds. Portions of this course will occur in urban school classrooms. Students will apply learning to urban classrooms.
Credits: 3 hours
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TCH-ED 465      Urban Education VI: Teaching Diverse Students
This interactive course will investigate and examine the principals of teaching diverse students and factors influencing effectiveness of instruction, including empowering African American males, teaching student from diverse populations and working with students with special needs. Some of the class sessions will be taught electronically and work will be submitted electronically.
Credits: 1 hours
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TCH-ED 466      Field Experience: Diverse Learners
Students will spend a minimum of 90 hours in an urban school classroom. Students will have the opportunity to apply learning and lessons designed in the semester's pedagogical courses, particularly Best Practices for Teaching Math, Science, and strategies for working with diverse learners. Students will work with their seminar leader, having the opportunity to be observed and conference about their teaching.
Credits: 1 hours
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TCH-ED 470      Philosophy And History Of Science And Technology
This course uses an historical survey to introduce the main philosophical interpretations of the nature and structure of both science and technology. Core concepts such as prediction, explanation, progress, truth, and utility will be examined in light of various philosophical perspectives. Following this, case study methodology will be used to examine interactions among science, technology, and society. Although the major focus will be upon modern Western culture, some attention will be paid to earlier and non-Western cultures. Case studies to be examined include: under the topic of Risk: Perception and Estimation, nuclear power and pesticides; the impact of high technology upon medicine; and the estimated cost/benefit of computer-mediated communications, for example, the Internet. Offered: Fall Semester.
Credits: 3 hours
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TCH-ED 475      Working with Families and Communities
This course provides an in-depth examination of research and theory relative to children, family, and community which have implications for and application to learning and instruction, Emphasis will be placed on the exploration and critical examination of and insights into the challenge or parenting, knowledge about the development and support programs, and the significance of school-family relationships. In addition, this course seeks to facilitate students' understanding of and sensitivity to families' perspectives regarding the care and education of their children and adolescents. The course is for students in the elementary education program and Institute for Urban Education.
Credits: 3 hours
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TCH-ED 480      Practicum I Early Childhood
Early Childhood students will participate in observation, assessment, and screening activities as they explore the complex nature of primary school settings. This course is taken in conjunction with TCH-ED 442. Students will be expected to spend 60 hours at classroom sites during the semester.
Credits: 1 hours
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TCH-ED 481      Practicum II Early Childhood
Early Childhood students will participate in classroom management and guidance practices as they explore the complex nature of pre-kindergarten settings. This course is taken in conjunction with TCH-ED 451. Students will be expected to spend 60 hours at classroom sites during the semester.Prerequisite: TCH-ED 480Restrictions: Students must be admitted to teacher education program
Credits: 1 hours
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TCH-ED 483      Early Childhood Reading I: Introduction to Literacy and Reading Education
This course introduces concepts about literacy processes: i.e., social, cultrual, cognitive and linguistic foundations of reading and wrtiting processes. The major focus of the course is on learning components of comprehensive reading curriculum and a range od instructional approaches and methods appropriate for early childhood learners at different stages of literacy development.
Credits: hours
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