GRADUATE EDUCATION PROGRAM COURSE DESCRIPTIONS EDG 601 Learning Theories................................................................................................................ 3 hours This course is designed to provide students with a foundation and perspective on the nature of learning. Students will examine the ideas of learning theorists looking for the relationship between theories of learning and the teaching methods by which they are applied in the classroom. EDG 602 Classroom Management ..................................................................................................... 3 hours This course is designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary to establish a classroom learning community in which they can organize and conduct effective instruction, and in which their students can be challenged and highly involved in those learning activities. Smooth running classrooms exist because teachers have clear ideas about the classroom conditions and student behaviors necessary for a healthy learning environment. EDG 604 Teaching Models ................................................................................................................. 3 hours This course will focus on several teaching models and how these models may be used in organizing instruction, studying classroom interaction and effectiveness. EDG 606 Curriculum Design............................................................................................................... 3 hours This course will focus on skills as related to the development and organization of curriculum, design, implementation, and evaluation of the learning program with students. EDG 609 Computers in Education ...................................................................................................... 3 hours This course is designed to emphasize the uses of technology in both the classroom and in data management for program evaluation and administration. Students will be expected to generate a series of products that can be used to support the teaching/learning process. EDG 622 Application of Content & Pedagogy Principles: ENG; MAT; SCI; Reading or Social Studies ............ 3 hours With the supervising faculty members in education and the selected field, the student will design and conduct a study relevant to one or more of the selected field’s disciplines. The student proposal will include a rationale for conduction the study based upon its relevance to the target discipline (s) and its appropriateness to the student’s instructional assignment. Following approval and at the conclusion of the study, the student will submit a scholarly report including at minimum the components initially agreed upon. EDG 632 Differentiating Curriculum................................................................................................... 3 hours This course will examine two critical areas: differentiated instruction and inclusive schooling. In looking at differentiated instruction, students will be examining how traditional assessment observation techniques and authentic assessments can be used to determine strategies, methods and materials for optimal learning. This course will also examine how to teach in such a way that children, including those with mild to severe disabilities, children who are gifted, and children from diverse cultural and ethnic groups, learn together well. EDG 633 Inclusionary Issues.............................................................................................................. 3 hours This course will provide an overview of exceptionalities found in an inclusionary classroom. These will include, but not be limited to students with mental retardation, developmental delays, specific learning disabilities, attention deficit disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, severe behavior disorders, serious emotional disorders, communication disorders, autistic spectrum disorders, physical disabilities, health issues, hearing and visual impairments, and gifts and talents. This course will also include the studies of cognition, intelligences, learning styles, and modalities, as well as various service models for instruction. EDG 645 Contemporary Educational Issues....................................................................................... 3 hours This course will focus upon current educational reform issues and research findings to school organization and governance, teaching, learning, and classroom management. Students will investigate and discuss these and many other areas of current and educational interest.
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