acquisition as well as exposes students to the historic precedents, legal issues, and best practices of bilingual education. Students will explore issues related to communicating with culturally diverse families. The 30 hours of field experience allow students to see the practical side of the theory they learn in this class and to gain further insight into education from the teacher’s perspective. Prerequisite: ED111, sophomore standing, or consent of Director. (Fall) ED222 Child and Adolescent Development (2) The Child and Adolescent Development course is designed to cover a wide range of topics pertaining to the stages and process of human growth. Students will examine theories about the developing life-span, practical applications of the family environment and its influence on the child’s development. Students will become familiar with the social, emotional, physical, cultural and spiritual changes that occur from early childhood (age 3 - grade 4), elementary age (grade 3 - 8), middle childhood (grade 5 -10), and high school (grade 7 - 12). Enrollment is limited. Prerequisite: ED103 or consent of the director. (Fall) ED232 Psychology of Education (2) This course examines from the Christian perspective the important theories of human development, learning, and teaching which are practiced in classrooms today. Includes the stage theories of development, behavioral and cognitive learning theories and the information processing theory. Enrollment is limited. Prerequisite: ED102, ED222 or consent of director. (Spring) ED302 Classroom Management and Discipline (2) An examination of the strategies and theories of classroom management. This includes the physical environment, the psycho-social environment, management of daily routines, giving directions, records management, and various approaches to classroom discipline. The focus is on management and discipline in the early childhood and elementary classroom. Two sections of the course are offered in order
to address the differences between developmental age levels: EC/EL and ML/HS. Enrollment is limited. Prerequisite: ED232, junior standing or consent of director. (Fall-EC/EL; Spring ML/HS) ED312 Teaching Exceptional Children (2) A course designed to introduce the student to the broad range of special needs of children that will be encountered in the regular classroom. A variety of issues, legislation, and legal principles pertaining to exceptionalities will be discussed. The course will cover general information common to all exceptionalities. Attention will focus on specific characteristics, classroom management and teaching strategies that will promote successful learning for all students, including those who are culturally and linguistically diverse. Two sections of the course are offered in order to address the differences between developmental age levels: EC/EL and ML/HS. Enrollment is limited. Prerequisite: ED232, junior standing or consent of director. (Fall) ED330 Instructional Alignment I (3) This is part one of a two-semester course designed to model the process of instructional alignment through all stages of curriculum development, including development of goals, objectives, content and strategies as they relate to the four levels of Oregon licensure. These concepts will be applied in age-group breakout sessions focusing on effective and developmentally appropriate teaching strategies. Microteaching sessions will allow students to practice the use of major teaching strategies. The course will culminate with the design and development of a three-day teaching unit, including all supplemental instructional materials. Prerequisite: ED232, junior standing or consent of director. (Fall) ED331 Instructional Alignment II (2) This is part two of a two-semester course designed to model the process of instructional alignment through all stages of curriculum development. This course builds upon the concepts presented in Instructional Alignment I. Students will be introduced to a variety of techniques appropriate for evaluating and assessing
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