COURSE INDEX - LaGuardia Community College

Education and Language Acquisition Department
Education
ELD170 Integrated Curriculum A: Framework for the
Developing Child
3 credits; 3 hours
This first course in the Child Development sequence introduces
the concept of the integrated curriculum as the preferred approach
in early childhood education. Theories on the acquisition of language
and its sequential development will provide a framework
for understanding the significance of language in interpersonal
relationships within one’s culture and across other cultural groups.
Curriculum experiences for children will be planned and tested in
a required co-requisite internship setting.
Prerequisite: HSC102, SSS100 or SSB110
Pre- or Corequisite: SSY101
Corequisite: Approved Co-op internship
ELD171 Integrated Curriculum B: Developing Problem-
Solving Skills
3 credits; 3 hours
This course will introduce students to the problem solving and
logical thinking processes that are common to both science and
mathematics learning for young children. The continuing emphasis
on language development will focus on building a specialized
vocabulary and the communication of thinking processes. The
course will also foster knowledge and understanding of the mathematical,
and scientific legacies ancient cultures and civilizations
have passed on to the modern world. There is a required corequisite
internship.
Prerequisite: ELD170
Pre- or Corequisite: MAT103 or SCB101 or SCP101
Corequisite: Approved Co-op internship
ELD172 Integrated Curriculum C: Developing Creativity
3 credits; 3 hours
This course will consider the media through which children’s
creativity is expressed. The content will focus on the use of imaginative
play, music and movement, art and materials. The course
will also challenge students to study and present art, music and
literature in their many forms from various cultural, ethnic,
religious, and racial perspectives.
Prerequisite: ELD170
Pre- or Corequisite: HUA101 or HUM101, SSY240
Corequisite: Approved Co-op internship
ELE111 Fieldwork I Bilingual Education
1 credit; 6 hours
This course introduces students to their first fieldwork experience
in bilingual education programs, grades 1-6 in public schools. Students
must register concurrently for ELN120 and ELE115, which
provide theoretical and reflective frameworks to analyze fieldwork
observations. Observations focus on socialization and stratification;
school knowledge; student cultures; teaching practice; and
school effectiveness and reform in diverse classroom settings. A
minimum of 60 hours of classroom observations is required.
Prerequisite: SSH106
Corequisites: ELE115, ELN120
ELE112 Fieldwork I Childhood Education
1 credit; 6 hours
This course introduces students to their first fieldwork experience
in grades 1 to 6 in public schools. Students must register concurrently
for ELN120 and ELE115, which provide theoretical and
reflective frameworks to analyze and evaluate fieldwork observations.
Observations focus on socialization and stratification;
school knowledge; student cultures; teaching practice; and school
effectiveness and reform in diverse classroom settings. A minimum
of 60 hours of classroom observation is required.
Prerequisite: SSH101 or SSH102
Corequisites: ELE115, ELN120
ELE113 Fieldwork I Secondary Education
1 credit; 6 hours
This course introduces students to their first fieldwork experience
in middle and high schools, grades 7-12 in public settings. Students
must register concurrently for ELN120 and ELE114, which
provide theoretical and reflective frameworks to analyze fieldwork
observations. Observations focus on socialization and stratification;
school knowledge; student cultures; teaching practice; and
school effectiveness and reform in diverse classroom settings. A
minimum of 60 hours of classroom observations is required.
Prerequisite: SSH101
Corequisites: ELE114, ELN120
ELE114 Reflective Seminar I Secondary Education
1 credit; 2 hours (1 lecture, 1 lab)
Taken concurrently with ELN120 and fieldwork in public schools,
this reflective seminar gives students majoring in secondary education
a framework to integrate fieldwork observations with classroom
theory and research on the social, philosophical, economic
and cultural foundations of education. Topics include fieldwork
preparation and placement; classroom observations; practitioner
research; reflective practice; and preparation and presentation of
students’ first teaching ePortfolio.
Prerequisite: SSH101
Corequisites: ELN113, ELN120
ELE115 Seminar I Childhood & Bilingual Education
1 credit; 2 hours (1 lecture, 1 lab)
Taken concurrently with ELN120 and fieldwork in public schools,
this beginning reflective seminar gives students majoring in childhood
and bilingual education a framework to integrate fieldwork
observations with classroom theory and research on the social,
philosophical, economic and cultural foundations of education.
Topics include fieldwork preparation and placement; classroom
observations; practitioner research; reflective practice; and preparation
and presentation of students’ first teaching ePortfolio.
Prerequisite: Child Ed: SSH101 or SSH102; Bilingual Ed
SSH106
Corequisites: ELE111 or ELE112, ELN120
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