Courses

An increasing number of arts institutions, community based organizations, schools and colleges are recognizing the important role of the arts as an essential part of the educational process. The course will introduce students to the basic issues implicit to the collaboration between artists and teachers in an educational setting. It will examine the different perspectives from which artists and teachers often view each other and their work; and will encourage students to identify the common ground that exists in respect to both aims and processes. It will introduce students to some of the fundamental pedagogical issues that confront teachers and artists alike (e.g. the role and relative merits of didacticism, self-discovery, creative expression, freedom, discipline, structure, and cultural relativity etc.) and equip them with some practical strategies and approaches to such tasks and challenges as defining objectives, planning lessons, leading discussions, general classroom management, and the maintenance of a productive learning environment.

This course provides a link between teachers' mathematical knowledge and understanding of the major skills and concepts of probability and statistics to the effective and appropriate teaching of these topics in grades 7 through 12.

The first method course for foreign language education majors.Course contents include guiding principles and methodology in a variety of approaches to the teaching of foreign languages, specifically in developing auditory comprehension and oral production; teaching, reading and writing, impact of culture; heritage, socioeconomic level, and educational background on language and literacy development as well as human development processes and variations. Also included are skills in motivation, communication, and classroom management.

This course provides a link between teachers' mathematical knowledge and understanding of the major skills andconcepts of pre-calculus mathematics to the effective and appropriate teaching of these topics in grades 7 through 12.

This course provides a link between teachers' mathematical knowledge and understanding of the major skills and concepts of ratios, proporations, percents, decimals and fractions to the effective and appropriate teaching of these topics in grades 7-12.

This course explores the nature and function of higher learning beginning with the Greeks and the ancient academy through the medieval rise of the universities and the expansion of the corporate culture of higher education. Students will be exposed to a vast array of classical works from the fields of philosophy, sociology, economics and the humanities. Student will apply the works of such thinkers as Plato, Kant, Veblen as well as others to ask critical questions about what has shaped their contemporary college experience. Liberal Arts Core/CORE Equivalent - satisfies the requirement for Texts and Ideas

This class focuses on the use of the voice and singing in music therapy practice. Students explore the importance of the voice in a person's development as well as the many ways to use the voice in music therapy. The students are introduced to a wide range of vocal uses and expression through improvisation and songs and are helped to increase their spontaneity and free their natural voice.

This course introduces non-majors to theatre as a live and performing art through a variety of experiences including attendance at live performances, readings of play scripts, and theoretical texts, and the creation of original plays. Through lectures, discussions, and written assignments, students will explore the roles of the playwright, actor, director, and designer in the production process, as well as examines the role of the audience in the live performance.

Liberal Arts Core/CORE Equivalent - satisfies the requirement for Expressive Cultures for Steinhardt students.

Not Available.

No Course Description Available

No Course Description Available

A production course for teachers, recreation leaders, language specialists, actors, directors, and students of educational theatre. Focuses on the creation and performance of projects with special educational content. Students survey the history of T.I.E. programs, as well as research, devise, and present their own original productions.

Provides foundation knowledge underlying occupational therapy practice for the formulation and use of conceptual practice frameworks. The course focuses on the theories supporting current and emerging areas of occupational therapy practice.

How theoretical information is formulated, refined, tested, and assessed relative to its suitability for use in sets of guidelines for occupational therapy practice.

Examination of theoretical literature commonly employed and debated within the humanities and social sciences. Through the work of established social theorists and scholars, students explore on-going debates in traditional academic disciplines and understand their usefulness to recent scholarship in developing food studies.

This course introduces first-year doctoral students to the empirical study of higher education. Students examine the ways that scholars in the field have framed lines of inquiry, with particular attention paid to the role of theory in research. Students review and analyze several major topics in higher education, including the relationship between postsecondary institutions and societies, workers, and students.

This course will develop students’ ability to synthesize key theories & concepts in the study of media, culture, & communication, through the mapping of conceptual fields & development of syllabi aimed at core theories & individual research areas, drawing out relationships—logical, epistemological, historical, & methodological between relevant concepts, theories, schools of thought, & subdisciplines.

Theory and practice of nutritional education and dietary behavior change; methods of nutrition counseling in a variety of settings.

In this course, students acquire the knowledge and skills to be intelligent producers and consumers of learning analytics and data science in education. Students examine and assess data sources, perform analyses, and critically evaluate applications of data use in real-world educational situations. Students learn to select, analyze and interpret data to make an argument about learning; recognize the opportunities, challenges and concerns that such data use presents; and take an informed position on research, policy, and practice related to educational data science.

This seminar consists of readings, writings, and discussion. The course is divided into weekly units covering theories and philosophies relating to art and new media, as well as geo- and spatial politics, social justice, literature, environment, race, gender, and other topics. The course bibliography is tailored specifically to current MFA students and their art practices. Readings span a range of historical periods, with emphasis on how these texts relate to the contemporary moment, exposing students to both canonical and new ideas in art and theory.