literature concerning mathematics education. Computer and electronic technologies appropriate to secondary mathematics curriculum will be examined and utilized to develop introductory competencies. Prerequisites: Admission to teacher education.
SCED 4401	Science Pedagogy I (3-0-3)
In this course students will examine, in relation to typologies of learning (Bloom and Gagne), varied approaches to instruction of secondary science curriculum including: inquiry, field and laboratory based learning, concept attainment and formation, hypothesis testing, discovery and simulation. Students will develop instructional planning skills at both the lesson and unit levels for applying these instructional approaches, incorporating appropriate technologies and considerations of student diversity as learners. (1 hr lab) Prerequisites: Admission to teacher education.
SCED 4402	Science Pedagogy II (3-0-3)
In this course students will critically examine formal designs and examples of secondary science curriculum, the national and state standards for science in the secondary schools, materials and resources for science instruction, including opportunities through electronic media for scientific investigations, data base development, critical discourse. Skills and strategies for assessing science learning, promoting development of secondary students' reading and writing skills through the science curriculum will be developed. Prerequisites: Admission to teacher education.
SCED 4501	Secondary English Pedagogy I (3-0-3)
Through this course students will demonstrate the abilities to analyze and apply models of instructional approaches, and learning assessment in the areas of literature, reading skills, and language development. Students will develop skills necessary to plan instructional units and lessons that accommodate diverse learners and that incorporate print, technological and other non-print sources of content. Students will be able to synthesize research related to literature, reading and language instruction in secondary settings in order to utilize this research in planning, implementing and evaluating secondary English curriculum and instruction. Prerequisites: Admission to teacher education.
SCED 4502	Secondary English Pedagogy II (3-0-3)
Students will examine controversial issues related to English curriculum and instruction. They will develop understandings and skills related to assessment including diagnostic, formative and summative evaluation strategies; interpreting standardized test data; using inventories and holistic scoring strategies; understanding and using sound principles of test design. Students will develop the critical analytical skills needed to select and evaluate curriculum and materials, particularly adolescent literature, on the basis of sound criteria. Prerequisites: Admission to teacher education
SCED 4901	Secondary Apprenticeship (12-0-12)
Students are placed with selected master teachers for an entire semester during which time they are teaching in the curriculum areas for which they are seeking
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