MGED 3222		Integrated Reading to Learn (Reading pedagogy across content areas) (3-0-3)
Students will develop strategies to effectively engage Middle Grade students in reading across content areas. Students will develop approaches which emphasize reading as a means to learn. Students will also develop strategies to enable students to deal with reading deficiencies and other challenges students may face as readers in the Middle Grades. Prerequisites: MGED 3111, 3112, and 3213.
MGED 3231		Content Pedagogy: Mathematics Education for Middle Grades (3-0-3)
This course focuses on the curriculum and evaluation standards of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Emphasis is on problem-solving, measurement, computation, hypothesis posing, and hypothesis testing. Teaching and learning strategies are examined.
MGED 3241		Content Pedagogy: Social Studies Education for Middle Grades (3-0-3)
This course will emphasize how the conceptual themes and modes of inquiry represented in the national social studies standards are to be applied when formulating instruction and assessment activities that are appropriate to middle grade students. Special emphasis will be placed on concept formulation, thematic problem solving, strategic learning, complex skill development, performance assessment.
MGED 3251		Science Education for Middle Grades (3-0-3)
This course emphasizes approaches to teaching science content that reflect understanding of the distinct characteristics of middle school students, the importance of inquiry and discovery in the process of coming to understand science content, and the framework provided by national and state science standards.
MGED 4110		Teaching on an Integrated Team (3-0-3)
Students will engage in a simulation to act as an interdisciplinary team conceptualizing, planning and working together as a team engaging in a thematic approach to integrated studies in the middle grades. Prerequisites: MGED 3111, 3112, 3213, and content concentration.
MGED 4111		Integrated Instruction in the Middle School (3-0-3)
Students will engage in collaborative planning of an interdisciplinary unit of instruction for implementation in the field. Students will work with a team of teachers to pre-plan, implement and evaluate the interdisciplinary unit of instruction. Prerequisites: MGED 3111, 3112, 3213, and content concentration.
MGED 4160		The Creative Arts (3-0-3)
Designed to meet the unique needs of the middle school regular classroom teacher; this course, based on the arts infusion model, will emphasize aesthetic perception, creative expression, cultural heritage, and aesthetic valuing. Content areas include music, creative dramatics, movement and the visual arts.
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