W/E-Education in Context

Community service-learning course designed for teacher candidates in the Bridges to the Future program. The course is embedded in the community teacher model of teacher education. Teacher candidates will, through course work, practice and reflection, immerse themselves in the communities within and beyond the classroom. Course serves to connect new teachers with the Human Service agencies already established in the community, simultaneously developing their understandings of the relationship of schools to communities, and understandings of teachers?

Lang & Lit Policy and Planning

This is an introductory course in the field of language planning and policy which is situated in the broader field of sociology of language. Selected case studies in education will provide a basis for critically examining issues such as: ideology and language planning interface, language education policies, literacy movements, and language shift and death. Research methodology and curriculum development projects will be designed.

Integrating Tech w/Instruction

Innovative technologies are constantly emerging and influencing individuals' productivity, relationships, and access to information. Individuals use tools such as social networks, digital cameras, blogs, wikis, podcasts, whiteboards, and Web 2.0 tools to communicate, network, and engage in the global learning community. Educators can use such tools within the middle and high school environment to enhance productivity and students' understanding of the curriculum.

S-Leadership & Org Behavior

The course is designed to provide educators, counselors and mental health professionals with an overview of the important elements of leadership and of organizational behavior. Students will study, through the writings of leading theorists, the evolutionary process of leadership and organizational behavior from the start of the industrial revolution through the technical revolution of the 21st century. Organizations are complex social systems, sometimes effective and sometimes not.

Leadership/Multicultural Tutor

The course introduces undergraduates to tutoring culturally and linguistically diverse students in elementary, middle, and secondary schools. In addition to a weekly seminar, University students tutor in schools on a schedule throughout the semester under the direction of student leaders, Faculty Directors of the TEAMS project, and public school teachers and administrators.
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