Curriculum

This course will present the value of incorporating the servant leadership model into one’s repertoire as an educational leader today. Students will identify key characteristics and strategies that will enhance their legacy as a leader who galvanizes positive changes in the lives of students, 的同事们, 父母, 以及整个学校的文化.

This course will provide students with an intensive study of pedagogical approaches and materials for teaching including state curriculum documents, 专业协会的Curriculum建议, recommendations that have emerged from recent educational research, 以及最近改革运动的建议. Specific emphasis will be given to the study of alternative approaches to curriculum theory, 设计, 实践, 和评估.

本Curriculum将探讨历史, 法律, 社会, 政治, 道德, and economic perspectives that have impacted schools in America as students examine the dynamics of curriculum change and the key role leaders play in creating a learning community. Opportunity will be provided for students to debate the problems and possible approaches in dealing with the issues confronting schools with an emphasis on the importance of involving communities in the life of a school. Persons and groups involved in establishing and 开发ing educational policies will be discussed and the 实践 of meeting the diverse needs of the public will be explored.

This course will address a variety of issues regarding stress and violence in children's lives as students discuss how the nature and content of culture are reflected in the symptoms and causes of stress and violence. Included in the discussion will be the role of schools and teachers, 从学前班到高中, in providing support for children experiencing stress and/or violence and how teachers can provide assistance to the larger family structure through broadened knowledge of cultural stressors, 使用适合年龄和文化敏感的应对技能, and how they can serve as active agents of 社会 change leading to advocacy for children.

This course will provide students with skills that offer effective approaches in working with family and community members from culturally and socioeconomically diverse backgrounds within the larger 政治 and 社会 context of today’s world. The student will explore the relationship of schools to other community agencies and investigate approaches to provide socio-educational services to children and their families. The student will examine ways to exercise leadership to initiate, 开发, and implement programs and policies to foster success for all students.

This course is 设计ed to provide experienced teachers with the latest research in brain-based learning and instructional theory and its practical applications to the classroom. 主题将包括大脑的结构和功能, 大脑是如何处理信息的, 偏侧优势专业化, 内存, 保留和转移理论, 以及情感在学习中的作用. The purpose of this course is to equip educators with an understanding of research-based body/brain/mind principles and how they are applied in teaching and learning.

This course equips teachers to be knowledgeable about educational technology and current tools available to further student engagement. Course activities are heavily influenced and directed by the standards of the 国际 Society for Technology in Education (ISTE).

This course will provide students with the resources and skills necessary to help integrate 道德 themes and character 开发ment into today’s schools. Students will be provided the opportunity to explore and 开发 their moral perspectives so that they will be empowered and equipped to integrate values education into their school setting. Students will be able to apply principles demonstrated by historical leaders and current research in character learning and generalize the information into situations from their personal and professional life.

This course will provide students with an introduction to educational research by exploring problems or issues in education, 定性研究方法, 分析研究文章. Students will learn the essentials needed to carry out the research process and begin their capstone project, 哪一个会在605年完成.

During this course, students work to finalize their capstone project. Students will triangulate data using critical self-reflections, 可靠的文献, and observations as a method to respond to an educational problem. Upon completion of the written project, students will orally present their capstone in class. 毕业申请费:185美元. 先决条件: EDR 580 (允许同时注册).