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to work on professional identity and dispositions. Offered spring semester. Prerequisites: ED301 and
concurrent with ED307.
ED307 Educational Technology 1 credit
This course is designed to prepare future teachers to utilize technology in the classroom as a tool for
improving student learning. Pre-service teachers learn how to identify and apply technology resources
to enable and empower learners with diverse backgrounds, characteristics and abilities in order to
deliver instruction at different levels and paces and to stimulate advanced levels of learning. The courses
focuses on management of technology resources within the context of learning activities and develops
strategies to manage student learning in a technology-integrated environment. Prerequisite: concurrent
with ED306.
ED301, ED302, ED306, ED307, and acceptance into the Teacher Education Program are
prerequisites for the courses that follow. Additional specific prerequisites may be noted as
appropriate for individual courses.
ED310 Music Methods: K-8 1 credit
This course emphasizes further work in kindergarten, elementary and middle level philosophy, curriculum
and instructional strategies. An emphasis is placed on the integration of music into various curriculum
areas to meet the needs of diverse learners. Students are actively engaged in: 1) understanding the
creative developmental characteristics of children and adolescents; 2) designing and teaching appropriate
lessons; 3) musical production; 4) using music as an alternative assessment tool; and 5) the reflection
process as a means of professional development. The pre-service teacher is expected to demonstrate
professional dispositions of a principled and purposeful instructional decision-maker. Offered spring
semester. Prerequisites: ED301, ED306 and acceptance into the teacher education program.
ED316 Science Methods: K-8 2 credits
This course is designed to help pre-service teachers develop knowledge, methods, and evaluative tools
to become competent in teaching science in kindergarten through eighth grade. Students learn how
to plan science programs, to choose from a range of effective teaching techniques, and to evaluate
student learning using the Minnesota science content standards for primary, intermediate and middle
school. Topics include lesson and unit planning, the Minnesota content standards, national standards
and questioning skills. Offered spring semester. Prerequisites: ED301, ED306 and acceptance into the
teacher education program.
ED317 Social Science Methods: K-8 2 credits
This course is designed to help the student develop knowledge, learning objectives, methods and
evaluative tools to become competent in teaching social science in kindergarten through eighth grade,
become familiar with a variety of instructional techniques and demonstrate an ability to evaluate
student learning. An emphasis is placed on developmentally appropriate practices and addressing
diverse needs of learners at primary, intermediate and middle school levels using the Minnesota social
science standards for curriculum planning. Offered spring semester. Prerequisites: ED301, ED306 and
acceptance into the teacher education program.
ED320 Art Methods: K-8 1 credit
This course emphasizes further work in kindergarten, elementary and middle level philosophy, curriculum
and instructional strategies. An emphasis is placed on the integration of art into various curriculum areas
to meet the needs of diverse learners. Students are actively engaged in: 1) understanding the creative
developmental characteristics of children and adolescents; 2) designing and teaching appropriate lessons;
3) artistic production; 4) using art as an alternative assessment tool; and 5) the reflection process as a
means of professional development. The pre-service teacher is expected to demonstrate professional
dispositions of a principled and purposeful instructional decision-maker. Offered spring semester.
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