EDUCATION COURSE DESCRIPTION
ED 210 Introduction to
Professional Teaching
Prerequisite: EN 110 and EN 120a
This is the
introductory course for those planning to enter the teaching profession. The
course
ED 211 Classroom Methods
Prerequisite: ESL 089 and ED 210
Introduces instructional skills of unit planning, lesson planning,
organizing for classroom instruction, presentation skills, questioning skills,
organizing of activities, evaluation, and the teaching of concepts. Preliminary application of theory as taught in ED 210.
ED 212 Introduction to Language Teaching
Prerequisite: ESL 089
Introduces a critical analysis of the language curriculum in both
the vernacular and in English, in oral skills, reading and writing, in grades
K-8, as it is presently taught in Micronesian school systems. Recommends teaching skills in each area to
improve student performance.
ED 215 Introduction
to Exceptional Children
Prerequisite: EN 110, EN 120a
Familiarizes students with categories of handicapping conditions
and causes, characteristics of various handicapping conditions, and issues
relating to special education.
ED 233 Language Arts Methods for Yap State Community Schools
This entry-level course relates to specific methodological approaches
and content relating to the four major languages of
ED 234 Cultural Math for
Understanding and Application in Yap State Schools
This course incorporates a review of the counting,
measurement, and classification systems (Yapese, Ulithian, Woleanin,
and Satawalese) used within
ED 292 Practicum and Seminar
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor
Provides
experience in teaching remedial math, reading and behavior management.
ED 301a
Bilingual Language Arts Methods
Prerequisite: Admitted into the Education upper division
program
Prepares the education major to teach English and Micronesia
Vernacular Language Arts in the schools of the
ED 301b Reading Methods
This course provides students with methods for teaching basic reading
skills to elementary age children. Included are skills to analyze reading
curriculum, evaluate children's reading abilities and correct beginning reading
problems.
ED 303 Math Methods
Employs a variety of procedures and methods to teach
students practical ways to teach. Mathematics to elementary
school children. Includes practical teaching
experiences.
ED 304 Science Methods
Emphasizes methods of teaching science to elementary school
children by use of island environments and integrating basic science skills
into other elementary school curriculum. Practical teaching experiences are included.
ED 305 Children's Literature and Drama
Prerequisite: Admitted into third-year education program,
completion or concurrent enrollment in ED 301a and ED 301b. Introduction
to children's literature in English and in vernacular available to children in
ED 330 Classroom Management
Prerequisite: ED 210
Provides skills in classroom management with emphasis on proactive
behavior management techniques and classroom organization.
ED 338 Teaching Students with Special Needs in the Regular
Classroom Setting
Prerequisite: ED 301a, ED 301b, ED 303, and ED 330CO
Provides techniques and procedures for teaching students with various special needs in the regular
classroom setting.
ED 339 Curriculum Development for Elementary Teachers-On-line
(3)
This course examines the process of curriculum development, implementation, and
assessment for a diversity of FSM learners in the regular classroom including
students with special needs. It is the intention of this course to provide
current and relevant information concerning curriculum design, implementation,
and assessment, and to offer students practical experiences that will assist
them in understanding these issues within their school. Throughout the course
the students will be working in learning teams of three, which will facilitate
opportunities for discussion and assignments, and collaboration on practical
assignments designed to improve learning outcomes for students.
ED/AR
111 Art for Teachers
Prerequisite: Nil
This course introduces a brief and basic history,
concepts, terminology and techniques of drawing. It emphasizes elementary school lessons and
projects requiring drawing and other art forms using local materials. The course also briefly highlights the
various traditional art forms produced from around parts of
ED/MS 110 Math for Teachers
Prerequisite: MS098 Transition to Algebra
This is a semester course that is designed to provide
students with a broad understanding of basic mathematic concepts. It places
emphasizes on the use of models, diagrams, manipulatives,
applications, problem solving, and reasoning. Through the use of the hands-on
activities in this course, students will gain and enhance their conceptual
knowledge of arithmetic from counting to algebra. The lessons are especially geared to provide
ideas, models, and knowledge that are necessary for successfully teaching
mathematics to elementary and middle school children.
ED/MS 200 Statistics in
the Classroom
Prerequisites: MS/ED 110, ED 210, and ED 211, and may be
taken concurrently with ED/WS 200; or with permission of instructor to allow
students with A.S. degrees in other areas to take this course as part of
teacher preparation. This one-semester
course in the A.S. degree program for teacher education covers basic knowledge,
methods, and skills in the use of statistics in the elementary-school
classroom. It introduces four broad
areas of educational statistics specific to instruction in the classroom: (1) descriptive methods (frequency
distribution, measures of central tendency, and measures of dispersion); (2)
statistical inference (chi square and t-testing); (3) measurement of
readability; and (4) identification of pupil weaknesses in learning and of
teacher weaknesses in teaching
ED/PY 201 Human Growth
and Development
Prerequisite: SS/PY 101
Introduces human growth and development with special emphasis on the physical,
cognitive, emotional and moral issues related to the practical period through
elementary school years. Covers the entire human life cycle
from the prenatal period through old age and death.
ED/PY 300 Educational Psychology
Prerequisite: ED/PY 201
Reviews
complex factors involved in learning, individual differences, motivation for
learning, individual differences in learning, leadership and the sociocultural factors as they affect the education of
children and youth.
ED/RS 302a Introduction to Related
Services
Provides students with the basic skills required to provide related
services to children with special needs in school settings. A problem-based
learning approach will be used with students working in small groups to solve
issues/problems of particular students with special needs.
ED/RS 304 Intermediate Related
Services
Builds on skills learned in introductory RSA
courses to develop skills in
ED/RS 306 Related
Services Practicum
Allows students to begin
applying basic related services in actual school settings.
ED/RS 307 Related Services Skills
& Applications
Provides information on advanced related services skills and
applications.
ED/RS 311 Related Services Practicum
II
Allows students to apply advanced related services skills in actual
school settings.
ED/RS 313 Related Services Practicum
III
In this final full-time practicum, students will apply their related
services skills in school settings
in their home state for 8 weeks.
ED/WS 200 Educational Foundations
This course covers the
philosophies and theoretical underpinnings of education in various cultural
with added emphasis on local cultures and bilingual
issues.
ED/WS 200 Workshop
Presents and provides hands-on practice on various topics.