teaching, critical thinking techniques, and approaches to content area reading). Students will examine the secondary school in its historical and political context, as well as in relation to pertinent philosophical issues. Students will examine multiple models of classroom management and their relationship to the learning environment of the classroom. Prerequisites: Admission to teacher education.

SCED 4201 Secondary Social Studies Content Pedagogy I (3-0-3)
Students will examine the implications of the structural features of social sciences and history for developing curriculum, instruction, and assessment for secondary social studies and history. They will critically consider national and state content standards in light of their knowledge of the disciplines and secondary students. Prerequisites: Admission to teacher education.

SCED 4202 Secondary Social Studies Content Pedagogy II (3-0-3)
This course emphasizes the process of applying the understandings developed in SCED 4201 to the design of instruction and assessment. The assessment focused segment of the course will examine varied methods and modes of assessing learning; and the importance of aligning assessment with intended learning outcomes or objectives. Prerequisites: Admission to teacher education and SCED 4201.

SCED 4301 Secondary Mathematics Pedagogy I (3-0-3)
The focus will be on skills in problem-solving, measurement, computation, hypothesis posing and hypothesis testing, and on algebraic and geometric analyses. Teaching and learning strategies will be examined in light of effective school practices and in light of national, regional, and local curriculum standards. Prerequisites: Admission to teacher education.

SCED 4302 Secondary Mathematics Pedagogy II (3-0-3)
Using knowledge bases derived from educational research, from national, state, and local curriculum standards. Students will plan, present, and evaluate instruction for the secondary school mathematics classroom. Techniques for assessment of learning will be examined, as well as teaching and learning strategies. Computer and electronic technologies appropriate to secondary mathematics curriculum will be utilized to develop introductory competencies. Prerequisites: Admission to teacher education and SCED 4301.

SCED 4401 Science Pedagogy I (3-0-3)
Students will examine 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. 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

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