Participants examine instructional methods and materials used for teaching world languages to children, issues of assessment and differentiation of instruction, and considerations of the role of the target language, grammar, and vocabulary for developing proficiency in another language. Opportunity is provided to engage in, and analyze, instructional practices/models for language teaching. Prerequisites: EDUC 530 and 540.
Teaching Theater to Children
Participants examine instructional methods and materials used for teaching theater arts to children, the importance of the arts in the curriculum, issues of assessment and differentiation of instruction, and strategies making interdisciplinary connections. Opportunity is provided to engage in, and analyze, actual instruction and performances. Prerequisites: EDUC 530 and 540.
Teaching Art to Children
Participants examine instructional methods and materials used for teaching art to children, the importance of the arts in the curriculum, issues of assessment and differentiation of instruction, and strategies making interdisciplinary connections. Opportunity is provided to engage in, and analyze, actual instruction and artistic products. Prerequisites: EDUC 530 and EDUC 540.
Teaching Vocal Music to Children and Adolescents
Participants examine instructional methods and materials used for teaching and conducting vocal music with young children and adolescents, the importance of the arts in the curriculum, issues of assessment and differentiation of instruction, and strategies for making interdisciplinary connections. Opportunity is provided to engage in, and analyze, actual instruction and performances. Prerequisites: EDUC 530 and EDUC 540.
Teaching Content Grades PreK-6
This course, required for ELEM and ECE certification seekers, begins the examination of the instructional methods used for teaching science, math, and social studies in elementary schools. Opportunities are provided to engage in, and analyze, actual and simulated classroom instruction. The course also introduces concept of interdisciplinary planning, strategies for building literacy fluency throughout the curriculum, issues of assessment, and uses of instructional resources within the school and community as part of the teaching/learning process.
Literacy Methods and Materials for Teaching Reading
This six-credit block of courses combines the former EDEL 402 and EDEL 260 courses, integrating concepts of children’s literature, literacy development, and materials for teaching reading with concepts of literacy instruction more broadly. Students examine the developmental nature of literacy, exploring issues surrounding the development of phonemic awareness, issues of phonics, comprehension, fluency, and vocabulary, while exploring appropriate methods and materials used for teaching students in the elementary classroom to become literate as readers and writers of diverse kinds of texts, as speakers, as listeners and thinkers. Other issues include attention to using textbooks and tradebooks, research on motivation, family literacy, and effect of gender and culture on literacy development. Opportunity is provided to engage in, and analyze, actual and simulated classroom instruction. This course fulfills a Maryland certification requirement in the teaching of reading. Prerequisites: EDUC 530 and EDUC 540.
Technology in the Classroom, Part I
This course focuses on integrating technology into the Pre-K-12 classroom. Learners will follow a best-practices approach to digital asset management, the creation of a multi-media lesson, and the appropriate and ethical use of software, web sites, and other technologies in the Pre-K-12 classroom. Interns will establish their electronic portfolios organized around program goals, Maryland Teacher Technology Standards, and principles developed by the New Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium (INTASC). Prerequisite: admission to the MAT program.
The Teacher as Researcher: Assessment & Data-Driven Decision-Making
This course assists students in using research-based practices to design, implement and interpret various student assessments of learning and to understand the current assessment mandates in public schools. Students are guided in the processes involved in the interpretation of standardized test data, the use of this data for instructional decision-making purposes, and how such data can inform action research initiatives. Students will also develop expertise on commercial assessment and evaluation devices that are used to monitor student learning in the public school environment. Prerequisite: EDUC 510.
Seminar in Public Schools, Part I
In this seminar, the interns meet weekly as a group to analyze their school-based experiences and to reflect on themselves, students, schools, teaching and learning, and broader issues of education in society. Co-requisite: EDUC 600.
Internship in Public Schools, Part I
Elementary and secondary certification seekers serve as interns in either an elementary, middle or secondary school; early childhood certification seekers serves as interns in early childhood placements. During their time in the schools, students engage in structured observations, work with individual children and small groups of students as directed by their mentor teachers, and develop comfort and skill in working with whole classrooms of students. Co-requisite: EDUC 601
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