This lab accompanies the secondary student teaching internship course EDC 352. The focus of the lab is the examination of student teaching dilemmas for discussion and reflection. Student teachers are introduced to key topics germane to their internship while examining the student teaching experience. The course brings together content knowledge, professional dispositions and caring, instructional methods, assessment strategies, collaboration, diversity, classroom management and technology.

Examining subject matter from the standpoint of pedagogical content knowledge. The course includes methods of planning, teaching and assessment appropriate to the grade level and subject-matter area. Content frameworks and standards serve as the organizing themes for the course. Corequisite: EDC 352L. Instructor permission required.

In this class, the primary goal is to learn how to support disabled students in inclusive schooling environments. First, this course critically examines ableism and disability in schools, as well as intersections between ableism and other systems of inequality in education. The course also covers basic policies and procedures of special education in U.S. schools, so that students, as potential educators, understand their legal responsibilities to disabled students.

A study of the elementary school curriculum and the application of the principles of teaching in the elementary school, focusing on mathematics and science. Two class hours and a practicum involving directed classroom teaching. Prerequisites: EDC 235, EDC 238 and one more EDC course; a grade of B- or better in education courses. Co-requisite: EDC 345L. Instructor permission required.

This lab accompanies the elementary student teaching internship course EDC 345ms. The focus of the lab is the examination of student teaching dilemmas for discussion and reflection. Student teachers are introduced to key topics germane to their internship while examining the student teaching experience. The course brings together content knowledge, professional dispositions and caring, instructional methods, assessment strategies, collaboration, diversity, classroom management and technology.

What does it mean to be a successful child or have a successful childhood in modern society today? This interdisciplinary course helps students develop a theoretically, historically and culturally informed perspective on childhood and child development and use this knowledge to think about and address the dilemmas that confront children and families in modern societies. Students examine how the experience of childhood is shaped by the interplay of family, schooling and wider culture by drawing on directed field observations and experiences. Prerequisite: EDC 235 or equivalent.

This course examines teaching and learning issues related to the reading process in the elementary classroom. Students develop a theoretical knowledge base for the teaching of reading to guide their instructional decisions and practices in the classroom setting. Understanding what constitutes a balanced reading program for all children is a goal of the course. Students spend additional hours engaged in classroom observations, study-group discussions, and field-based experiences. Prerequisite: EDC 238. Juniors, seniors and graduate students only. Instructor permission required.