1977-1978 Academic Catalog

Education Ob tivities Packages, using a variety of teaching techniques and strategies, and evaluating learning. Microteaching and field based experiences included. Prere– quisite: Admission to the Teacher Education Program. 301 Planned Observation and Pre-Vocational Experience 1 hour Each student arranges 25 hours of visitation time in a public school during which he observes and participates in classroom activities. Follow-up report is required. Prerequisite: ED201. 305 Junior Practicum 5 hours A ten-week field experience required of secondary education students. The practicum must be completed prior to student teaching and is on a credit-no credit basis. Prerequisite: Admission to the Teacher Education program and Principles of Teaching or Music or Physical Education methods. 310 Supervised Field Experience 1-5 hours A one to five hour credit placement in an elementary or secondary classroom. The assignment is designed .to give a transfer student or a student repeating other field experience an analogous experience to those of the existing teacher education classes. 315 Principles of Teaching 12 hours A combination of methods of teaching, clinical experience and field experience in secondary schools with attention to combining the theory and practice of teaching and learning in each of the teaching fields. Prerequisite: Admission to Teacher Education Program. 352 Developmental Reading - A 5 hours Includes basic philosophies, current practices, testing and evaluation for reading disabilities and corrections, and materials and methods utilized in the teaching of reading in the secondary schools. Laboratory experiences included. 370 Elementary School Methods I 10 hours An introduction to the objectives, skills, and strategies of instruction, teaching aids and resource materials, and implementation in field experience in the teaching of mathematics, science and social studies. Prerequisite: Admission to the Teacher Education Program; SM182, 183. 380 Practicum in Reading: Diagnostic and Remediation Techniques 3 hours Experience in the use of formal and informal testing to diagnose various types of developmental and remedial reading problems. Emphasis upon individual assess– ment techniques in identification, testing and causation of reading difficulty. Ex– perience in the techniques of tutoring pupils having reading problems. Development of instructional strategies of diagnostic teaching. Prerequisite: ED 340, LL 352 (not offered in 1977-78) 390 Elementary School Methods II 15 hours An introduction to the objectives, skills and strategies of instruction with a linguistic emphasis, teaching aids and resource materials, and implementation in field experience in the teaching of reading, language arts and children's literature. Prerequisite: ED370. 400 Independent Study in Education 1-4 hours Investigation of contemporary topics in education through reading, writing or creative projects. Prerequisite: 15 hours in Education. 401 Early Childhood Education 4 hours A consideration of the function of pre-school education in the total life of the child including a study of the research and theory of his physical, mental, emotional, and social growth. Discussion of current pre-school and primary programs. 403 Kindergarten Curriculum and Methods 4 hours A study of purposes, content, methods and resources for teaching and learning in kindergarten. Field experience included.