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This course is designed to prepare teachers to identify high-quality, appropriate children's books for their classroom instruction. Students analyze classical and contemporary children's books, creating a traditional or electronic catalog with a synopsis of each book for future reference. Creative ways of presenting themes in children's literature will be discussed. Students learn to effectively share literature and read it aloud to children. A primary goal is to stimulate an appreciation for the spectrum of children's literature used to enhance instruction across the curriculum.
Prepares classroom teachers to successfully educate students with disabilities within the regular classroom setting. While the primary focus is to manage the instructional requirements of students with disabilities, the course incorporates the legal and ethical standards for mainstreaming and the roles of parent advocacy and support groups. Additionally, students become familiar with instructional issues represented by students from culturally, ethnically, and socio-economically diverse populations. Course content also explores the importance of enhancing educational opportunities of diverse learners via procedural due process, diagnostic practices, and development of professional and parent collaboration.
Works toward the program requirement of completing three 1-credit hour education practicum courses during the junior or senior years. Students spend 30 hours in regional schools. Under the direction of the practicing teachers, students may occasionally receive teaching assignments, for which lesson plans are produced. Physical Education majors take this course concurrently with ED 447 and Health Education majors with ED 350
This course provides an introduction to educational kinesiology and an overview of Brain Gym movements. Students will also learn a multi-step implementation process for increasing concentration, participation and problem-solving in the classroom. The highly interactive course design encourages the integration of Brain Gym techniques throughout the learning process.
As part of the integrated program in elementary education, participants will practice and model practices that can be used effectively in the classroom and that draw upon research and literature on the writing process of children. They will have instruction in the writing process approach, conduct conferences that address writers' needs and interests, and present focused lessons that address a range of topics from crafting to editing. Participants will explore curriculum development and assessment and learn to teach elements of genre through the examination of exemplars in children's literature. Among the outcomes of the course participants are a literature review, two pieces in different genres including argument, and an expository piece, in the form of a nonfiction book.
This course will model secondary health education teaching methods and strategies that include collaboration, role playing, experiential learning and creative projects. Skills that can build self-esteem and assist in the health decision making process will be examined and practiced in conjunction with developing lesson plans and using health education curriculum guides and materials.
This course is designed to provide the participant an overview of current events, issues, and policies aligned to Career and Technical Education (CTE) from a National, regional, and local perspective. The design of the course will ask students to be reflective about their school, classroom, and personal challenges regarding their involvement in Career and Technical Education.
This course is designed to provide the participant an overview of current events, issues, and policies aligned to Career and Technical Education (CTE) from a National, regional, and local perspective. The design of the course will ask students to be reflective about their school, classroom, and personal challenges regarding their involvement in Career and Technical Education.
This course is designed to provide the participant an overview of current events, issues, and policies aligned to Career and Technical Education (CTE) from a National, regional, and local perspective. The design of the course will ask students to be reflective about their school, classroom, and personal challenges regarding their involvement in Career and Technical Education.
This course is designed to provide the participant an overview of current events, issues, and policies aligned to Career and Technical Education (CTE) from a National, regional, and local perspective. The design of the course will ask students to be reflective about their school, classroom, and personal challenges regarding their involvement in Career and Technical Education.
The course examines the educational perspectives of K-12 students. Students in the course will incorporate the principles of educational psychology in a variety of classroom settings and decision-making processes. Authentic case studies will be used to analyze the practical applications of these principles in teaching and learning situations. Theories, principles, and issues investigated in this course are cognitive, linguistic, personal, social, emotional & moral development, and students with special needs. There will be an in depth study of how students learn in the areas of cognitive learning process, construction of knowledge, behavior views of learning, social cognitive learning and motivation. Instructional processes will be examined in relation to instructional strategies, student interactions, and learning assessment. This is a third year course. Students will demonstrate their understanding by identifying the principles of educational psychology during visits to their assigned schools.
This course integrates different perspectives on reading instruction in K-8 classrooms as participants survey instructional approaches and informal reading assessments to support instruction in a balanced literacy program appropriate for the K-8 classroom. Participants examine and apply methods of developmental literacy, practice research-based methods that address different aspects of reading and different content areas. In their practice they create and practice lessons that support reading skills and strategies, design instruction tailored to different readers, and integrate understanding of children's literature and other reading resources in the classroom. Methods are applied in the practicum. Students integrate the Maine Learning Results into their practice and address the professional standards of certification. Outcomes for the course include a portfolio of methods, approaches, and lessons in reading.
This course, integrated with the other literacy courses in the elementary education program, introduces students to the instructional practices of the interrelated language arts components of listening, talking, reading, writing, viewing, and representing appropriate for K-8 classrooms. Students will survey methods of informal assessments, apply methods and approaches to teaching other content areas, practice the writers' workshop, integrate the Maine Learning Results and instructional approaches, and relate their learning and practice to the professional standards for teaching certification. Among the outcomes are a portfolio of instructional practices, an integrated thematic unit of instruction, and products of the writers' workshop.
Introduces mathematic concepts and problem solving strategies along with real-world applications. Methods emphasize an active learning process in which children engage in guided discovery and problem solving opportunities. Teachers learn to coach youngsters to reflect on their process to clarify ideas for themselves and to share their thoughts with others. Models of engaged learning scenarios will be developed and discussed.
Students gain skills using assessments within physical education and health education content. Tools for assessing the levels of competency are utilized at each elementary and secondary grade level. Teacher preparation students will apply these assessment tools to current programs, using guidelines in the Maine Learning Results.
Designed to familiarize students with the application of various instructional techniques and assessment strategies. Students will understand and use state and national guidelines while planning lessons and units. An array of resources will accumulate for use in the classroom. Students practice presenting lessons in front of their peers and create a complete social studies unit for adaptation in the elementary classroom.
Through experience in this course, students will develop a mentoring relationship with either an elementary or middle school student. Mentoring can be an intense process where a positive, adult role model is matched with a youngster who needs assistance with academic efforts and social/behavior issues. This course will provide insight to many issues that surround a youngster's life. Issues and topics on poverty and education, cross-cultural competencies, tutoring skills, goal setting and violence in schools and society will be addressed.
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