Graduate Course Description
Teacher Education (TCH) Graduate Course Description.
Adapted from Graduate Catalog 2010-2012 [PDF 1286KB]
TCH423 Integrating Literature in Middle Grades (3 crs.)
Focuses on broadening knowledge base and understanding of
children’s/young adults’ literature available for use with students in content
area study. Literature discussed with exploration of incorporating it into
middle level content subjects and using it as a tool to enhance literacy and
content learning.
TCH440 Gender Equity in Education (3 crs.)
Surveys role of women in educational systems, focusing on
women as students, teachers, and administrators. Examines how traditional expectations
of women are perpetuated throughout the educational system.
TCH445 Strategies for Effective Classroom Management (3
crs.)
Presents historical perspective of past practices in
classroom management strategies, including discipline techniques. Relates
current school law to what is legal for teachers in managing classrooms. Surveys
current theories and programs regarding classroom and time management
strategies. Provides practical suggestions based upon research findings as to
how to more effectively and efficiently develop a proactive environment
conducive to instruction. Explores multicultural settings and inclusion dynamics
as they relate to classroom management strategies.
TCH490 Selected Topics (1-3 crs.)
TCH501 Effective Teaching: Theory and Practice (3 crs.)
Emphasis on assisting teachers to understand and utilize the
research and data-based principles of effective teaching. Included are planning
and management techniques which enable effective teachers to make efficient use
of class time while preventing discipline problems. Theories and practical
applications of various discipline models, creative teaching techniques, and
self-assessment devices presented.
TCH502 Strategies for Critical Thinking and Problem-Solving
(3 crs.)
Offers both a research base and real-world classroom
applications for infusing critical thinking and problem-solving into all levels
of curricular areas. Encourages participants to create learning environments fostering
intellectual curiosity and inventiveness. Explores strategies that challenge
students to pose problems and search for ways to solve them. Incorporates
performance-based assessment.
TCH505 Instructional Technology for Today’s Educator (3
crs.)
Students develop skills in using current technologies to
support instruction in a variety of settings. Multimedia software, web page development,
and distance learning design and implementation are required. Students examine
various aspects of interactive and noninteractive technologies and make
instructional applications. Evaluating appropriate hardware and software
configurations for delivering instruction is included. Students will use
technology to research and develop real life classroom curricular solutions.
TCH511 Elementary School Curriculum and Assessment (3 crs.)
Surveys existing elementary school programs and research to
determine and evaluate curricular models and assessment issues. Investigates
such areas as purposes of education, curricular content, scope and sequence,
classroom climate, standards, and program evaluation.
TCH524 Middle School Curriculum and Assessment (3 crs.)
Surveys basic characteristics of middle school organizational
patterns, curriculum design, and evaluation models. Evaluates student
development, instructional strategies, and assessment issues. Reviews these areas
based on current research.
TCH542 Modern Elementary School Mathematics: Its Content and
Method (3 crs.)
Deals with the structure of mathematics: reasoning, sets,
numeration systems, operations and their properties and number sentences (equalities
and inequalities). Discovery learning of the mathematics is emphasized.
Prerequisite: undergraduate course in teaching of mathematics or permission of
the instructor.
TCH543 Diagnostic Techniques in Teaching Mathematics in the Elementary
School (3 crs.)
Designed to help the classroom teacher develop skills in
diagnostic teaching of elementary school mathematics. Various learning theories
and their implications for mathematics development discussed. A case study
interpreting data from standardized and informal tests and applying this diagnostic
information to remediation activities required. Prerequisite: undergraduate
course in teaching of mathematics or permission of the instructor.
TCH545 Earth Science for Elementary Teachers (3 crs.)
Comprehensive study of the earth, including its origin,
structure, rocks, soils and minerals, land forms, water, weather and climate in
relation to the solar system. The interrelationships between the earth and its
peoples are emphasized. The special needs of the elementary teacher are
considered.
TCH546 Teaching Science in the Elementary School (3 crs.)
Explores a variety of strategies and techniques for
effective N-8 science teaching. An understanding of related science principles
is interwoven with practical applications for the classroom. Science curriculum
construction and analysis is an emphasis. Science, technological, and societal
connections are considered. Prerequisite: undergraduate course in elementary
science methods or permission of the instructor.
TCH560 Making Social Studies Dynamic (3 crs.)
Eliminates the “bore” and “gore” from social studies by
studying the impact of dynamic forces on the technological age of information. Explores
the arena for modern media literacy. Examines social forces, controversial issues,
current events, cooperative learning, conflict resolution, and pragmatic
research findings about the social studies. Investigates how to make the
classroom teacher’s social studies more relevant and meaningful. Prerequisite:
undergraduate course in teaching of social studies or permission of the
instructor.
TCH575 Advanced Child Development (3 crs.)
Stresses the results of scientific studies which are used to
examine cognitive, physical, and social processes in child development from birth
to pre-adolescence with an emphasis placed on the early years. Influence of
child’s environment, home, and school explored.
TCH594 Selected Topics (1-3 crs.)
TCH599 Independent Study (3 crs.)
TCH600 Elements of Research (3 crs.)