ECI 610
7.1.7
3
Summer
R
EDU 502
7.1.7
3
Summer
R
EDU 503
7.1.7
3
Fall
R
EDU 504
15 week
3
Fall
W
EDU 505
7.1.7
3
Fall
R
EDU 577
15 week Student teaching
6
Spring
Student teaching
ECI 695
15 week
3
Fall
Thesis advisement
ELEMENTARY EDUCATION COURSE DESCRIPTIONS EDU 500 The Core of Education This course provides study and application of methods and materials appropriate for the understanding and implementation of a variety of "generic" situations as they apply to the various disciplines of teaching in the early childhood/childhood and middle childhood classrooms. New scholarship as well as classic philosophies will be implemented into the pragmatic aspects of the classroom as they apply to these various levels of learning. EDU 502 Education Methods of Teaching: Math, Science, Technology This course is designed to examine theories of learning and thinking as they interact with the elementary classroom disciplines of science, mathematics, and technology. A practical application of these theories will be explored and incorporated for the teaching of these disciplines in the early childhood, childhood and middle childhood classroom setting. EDU 503 Education Methods of Teaching: The Arts, English, Language Arts and Social Studies This course is designed for students to examine and analyze the information and expectations of the New York State Education Department and accumulate a repertoire of materials, methods and inclusive strategies to plan, teach and assess standards based creative arts,, language arts and social studies for all learners across a range of learning styles. Students will understand unit and lesson plans and assessments that align with the New York State Standards for Learning and the New York State Core Curriculum. The development of differentiated instructional planning, the use of curricular adaptations, the use of curriculum technology, assessment, and instructional strategies intended to support learners with diverse learning needs will be addressed. Attention will be given to the presentation of assistive technology. A practical application of these theories will be explored and incorporated for the teaching of the aforementioned in the early childhood, childhood, and middle childhood classroom. EDU 504 Early Field Experience/Seminar: Physical Education, Family/Consumer Sciences This course requires that the learner combines knowledge, dispositions, and skills through seminar training, early field/classroom experiences, and the use of Action Research. Students will reflect upon that which they have learned and apply this knowledge into active and meaningful learning experiences. This course also integrates the areas of health, physical education, family/consumer sciences and career 43 http://www.medaille.edu/academics/catalogs/graduate/0910