1978-1979 Academic Catalog

The Department of Education 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 Physi– cal Education methods. 310 Supervised Field Experience 1-5 hours A one to five hour credit placement in an elementary or secondary classroom. The assign– ment 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 second– ary schools with attention to combining the theory and practice of teaching and /earning in each of the teaching fields. Prerequisite: Admission to Teacher Education Program. 352 Developmenlal Reading - A 5 hours Includes basic philosophies, current practices, testing and evaluation for reading disabili– ties and corrections, and materials and methods utilized in the teaching of reading in the sec– ondary schools. Laboratory experiences included. 360 Measurement and Evaluation 3 hours Test construction, standardized testing, interpretation of educational data, and selected pupil appraisal techniques. Prerequisite: Foundations of education. 370 Elementary School Methods II 11 hours An introduction to the objectives, skills, and strategies of instruction, teaching aids and re– source materials, and implementation in field experience in the teaching of mathematics, sci– ence and social studies. Prerequisite: ED 390, SM182, 183. Lab fee: $30.00. 3110 Practicum in Reading: Diagnoslic and Remediation Techniques 3 houvs Experience in the use of formal and informal testing to diagnose various types of develop– mental and remedial reading problems. Emphasis upon individual assessment techniques in identification, testing and causation of reading difficulty. Experience in the techniques of tu– toring pupils having reading problems. Development of instructional strategies of diagnostic teaching. Prerequisite: ED 340, LL 352 (not offered in 1978-79) 390 Elementary School Methods I 16 hours An introduction to the objectives, skills and strategies of instruction with a linguistic em– phasis, teaching aids and resource materials, and implementation in field experience in the teaching of reading, language arts and children's literature.. Prerequisite: Admission to Teacher Education Program. 400 Independent Study in Education 1-4 hours Investigation of contemporary topics in education through reading, writing or creative pro– jects. Prerequisite: 15 hours in Education. 401 Early Childhood Education 5 hours A consideration of the function of pre-school education in the total life of the child includ– ing 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 kinder– garten. Field experience included. 440 Special Student Teaching 9-15 Occasionally unusual situations arise which entail special provisions: e.g. summer school student teaching for experienced teachers. 450 Supervised Teaching and Seminar 16 hours Most directed teaching is done in nearby schools. Opportunities for placement in Christian schools and on the mission field are available. One quarter must be reserved. The seminar in– cludes a study of contemporary topics in education. Prerequisite: All required education courses.