Courses

This course integrates children's literature, the arts, and technology. Thematic teaching methods specific to these individual content areas will develop prospective teacher's ability to use poetry, prose, storytelling, visual arts, dance, music, drama, computers, the internet and digital media with students grades one thru six. These subject areas will be taught in modules and simultaneously integrated through class activities and field research projects.

An exploration of children’s literature and its role in classroom instruction, including an examination of the developmental needs and interests of children and the selection/evaluation of children’s books and media.

Prepares students to integrate digital media and technology into learner curricula. Through demonstrations, hands-on use, and application projects, students gain experience with the roles digital tools play to support teaching methods and learning strategies associated with a continuum of learner- and teacher-centered educational approaches and goals. Students develop skills in HTML, podcasting, digital storytelling, use of Web 2.0 tools (e.g., content management systems, social networks, e-portfolios), digital video, and virtual worlds in order to design and formatively assess engaging learning communities.

Explores the major reasons that people read, ways to engage adolescents in meaningful reading, ways to understand and enhance readers' meaning-making processes and experiences, and ways to assess adolescents' reading development over time. This course also addresses the language and literacy needs of English Language Learners and ways of addressing those needs through modifications of curriculum and instruction.

A seminar course designed to encourage the integration of theory and practice, taken concurrent to first semester of student teaching.

A seminar course designed to encourage the integration of theory and practice, taken concurrent to first semester of student teaching.

A seminar course designed to encourage the integration of theory and practice, taken concurrent to third semester of student teaching.

A seminar course designed to encourage the integration of theory and practice, taken concurrent with last semester of student teaching.

Class engages in seminar process to share, analyze, and extended students' professional experiences. Links theory and practice.

Exploration of dramatic play in integrated early childhood classroom.

Materials and strategies for creating an integrated early childhood curriculum with a focus on infusing the curriculum with music and movement activities.

Taken concurrently with the final semester of student teaching, this course focuses on the development, planning, and implementation of curriculum for diverse learners in early childhood and early childhood special education settings. Emphasizes curriculum integration, the role of the environment in supporting curriculum, methods of observation and assessment, and pedagogical practices. Encourages informed experimentation with various pedagogical and methodological practices in order to develop in students the capacity to create curriculum responsive to the diverse learning needs and experiences of young children and their families.

Class engages in seminar process to share, analyze, and extended students' professional experiences.

A seven-week one-credit courses analyzing & applying the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) in the transcription & subsequent pronunciation of foreign language (English) song texts. Also included in the curriculum will be the integration of grammar, spelling and language modification in accommodating acoustical shifts in the singing voice as they apply to the sung pronunciation. Students will be asked to utilize technology in uploading performance examples & researching sources for final projects and weekly assignments.

A seven-week one-credit courses analyzing & applying the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) in the transcription & subsequent pronunciation of foreign language (French) song texts. Also included in the curriculum will be the integration of grammar, spelling and language modification in accommodating acoustical shifts in the singing voice as they apply to the sung pronunciation. Students will be asked to utilize technology in uploading performance examples & researching sources for final projects and weekly assignments.

A seven-week one-credit courses analyzing & applying the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) in the transcription & subsequent pronunciation of foreign language (German) song texts. Also included in the curriculum will be the integration of grammar, spelling and language modification in accommodating acoustical shifts in the singing voice as they apply to the sung pronunciation. Students will be asked to utilize technology in uploading performance examples & researching sources for final projects and weekly assignments.

A seven-week one-credit courses analyzing & applying the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) in the transcription & subsequent pronunciation of foreign language (Italian) song texts. Also included in the curriculum will be the integration of grammar, spelling and language modification in accommodating acoustical shifts in the singing voice as they apply to the sung pronunciation. Students will be asked to utilize technology in uploading performance examples & researching sources for final projects and weekly assignments.

A survey of contemporary theoretical, technological, and socio-economic structures that link music and participatory/interactive media and entertainment forms. 'Interactive' models in the new music industry include social networks, music search and recommendation engines, personalized Internet radio and streaming, mobile music, live entertainment, and the use of music in video games and smartphone applications. These are examined and contextualized with a view to identifying business opportunities for musical entrepreneurs, creators, fans and facilitators.

Study of dance as cultural practice, exploring dance from a broad spectrum of cultures. Focus on theoretical and practical application of key concepts and dance forms as they relate to cultural identity, representation, and education. Includes critical analysis of dance in the studio, film, and written materials. Implications for curriculum and instruction are stressed.

Study of dance as cultural practice, exploring dance from a broad spectrum of cultures. Focus on theoretical and practical application of key concepts and dance forms as they relate to cultural identity, representation, and education. Includes critical analysis of dance in the studio, film, and written materials. Implications for curriculum and instruction are stressed.