MEDAILLE COLLEGE | Undergraduate Catalog | 2010–2011
EDU 469 FOUNDATIONS OF EDUCATION Provides the major block of work in educational theory; examination of current and anticipated educational trends from the sociological, philosophical, and historical perspectives. Three credit hours. Prerequisites: Senior standing in Elementary Education. Offered Fall and Spring semesters. EDU 477 STUDENT TEACHING /SEMINAR: CAREER AND OCCUPATIONAL STUDIES EDU 477-P (Primary) and EDU 477-J (Junior) This course provides students with on-site experience. Students will be assigned two situations, one at each level of their certification: Childhood (primary/intermediate levels) or Middle Childhood (intermediate/middle school levels). A professional portfolio and journal will be completed. Students will also, through seminars, become familiar with the New York State Learning Standards for Career Development and Occupational Studies. Twelve credit hours. Prerequisites: EDU 350, EDU 351, EDU 352, EDU 353, EDU 354, EDU 355, and a minimum 2.5 cumulative GPA. Offered Fall and Spring semesters . EDU 478 STUDENT TEACHING (B-6) AND SEMINARS: CAREER AND OCCUPATIONAL STUDIES EDU 478-B (Early Childhood) EDU 478-C (Childhood) This course provides students will on-site experience. The student will be assigned three situations, Early childhood (B-2), Childhood (1-6) primary and intermediate levels. A professional portfolio and journal will be completed. Students will gain experience in using the New York State Learning Standards in each of the academic and content areas. Students will also, though seminars, become familiar with the New York State Learning Standards for Career Development and Occupational Studies. A minimum of forty (40) days of student teaching is required. Twelve credit hours. Prerequisites: All EDU 100, 200, and 300 level courses and a 2.5 cumulative GPA. Offered Fall/Spring semester. EDU 480 ADOLESCENT STUDENT TEACHING EDU 480-I (Intermediate) EDU 480-S (Senior) This course provides students with full-time on-site immersion experiences in middle and high school settings with time being equally divided between general and special education classrooms. Students will put their pedagogical knowledge and skills into practice to include planning for, instructing, assessing, and managing/supporting students in secondary classrooms, as well as become acquainted with the personnel and functions of the school in which they teach. Each student will have at least two different supervisors; that is, one in general education with individual content specialty and the second a Special Education faculty from the School of Education. Three credit hours. Prerequisites: EDU 364. EDU 481 ADOLESCENT STUDENT TEACHING SEMINAR This course provides the Adolescent Teaching candidate with content area and pedagogical support for their full time on-site experience. Students will be given the opportunity to connect what is viewed in classroom settings to research about pedagogy through the development of a lesson plan data base which illustrates curriculum development, lesson and differentiated instructional planning, curricular adaptations and instructional strategies in the student’s area of concentration. Attention will also be paid to the relationship between the general education and special education curriculum and the process of collaboration and co-teaching in inclusive settings. Three credit hours. Prerequisites: EDU 364. EDU 498 INDEPENDENT STUDY IN EDUCATION (Topic to be specified each semester course offered.)
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