Graduate - Clarion University

42 Clarion University of PennsylvaniaA maximum of three credits from the 400-level courses listed in the sections below can be taken for graduate creditwith permission from the graduate program coordinator. 400-level courses taken for undergraduate credit cannot berepeated for graduate credit.Education CoursesEducation/Reading/Science EducationEarly Childhood CoursesECH 501: Early Childhood Curriculum and Instruction 3 s.h.Early Childhood Curriculum and Instruction focuses on developmentally appropriate curriculum design and implementationfor infants, toddlers, and young children. Emphasis will be given to teaching to enhance development and learning, constructingappropriate curriculum, creating a caring community of learners, and establishing reciprocal relationships with families.Summer, on demand.ECH 502: Early Childhood Curriculum and Assessment 3 s.h.Early Childhood Curriculum and Assessment will focus on the assessment of individual infants, toddlers, and youngchildren’s development and learning as an essential component of planning and implementing appropriate curriculum. Theimportance of the learning community and family relationships to appropriate assessment will be emphasized. Action researchwill be conducted utilizing developmentally appropriate assessment practices. Prerequisite: ECH 501. Summer, on demand.ECH 505: The Healthy Infant, Toddler, and Young Child 3 s.h.Exploration of the factors that effect and support the development of a healthy lifestyle in infants, toddlers, and youngchildren. Knowledge and skills will be developed in understanding and appreciating foundations and development of movement,health and safety issues, programmatic development, and building partnerships. Summer, on demand.ECH 510: Leadership in Early Childhood Education and Care 3 s.h.Leadership in Early Childhood Education and Care will explore and develop the key components in the design of a qualityearly childhood program and in the development of visionary leadership skills. Participants will be guided through the areasof need assessment, licensing and accreditation procedures, financial matters, curriculum, environment, policies, managementskills, community support, and staff development and mentoring. Summer, on demand.Education CoursesED 403: Field Experience and Methods in Environmental Education 3 s.h.Focuses on methods used to teach environmental knowledge, concepts, and concerns, including the history and researchin environmental education. Examines the relationship of all curriculum areas to environmental education. May be taken forgraduate credit with the approval of the Education Department chair and the instructor.ED 414: Volunteers for Literacy 3 s.h.Enables student volunteers to teach in literacy programs aimed at adult and secondary school learners in different settings.Integrates basic methods for instruction in vocabulary, comprehensive study skills, and writing with the aim of fostering anappreciation for reading. Open to all university students regardless of major. Prerequisites: 2.5 QPA minimum, sophomore orabove standing, and consent of instructor.ED 501: Seminar in Critical Educational Issues 3 s.h.Examines the current critical educational issues with special emphasis on school funding, legal issues, gender equity,curriculum and cultural issues, and school reform.ED 502: Creative Response to Conflict 3 s.h.A study of the current research in the development of a classroom environment which fosters cooperation, communication,affirmation, and problem-solving for children as well as for teachers, staff, instructional teams, parents, support personnel, andother adults. Emphasizes human capabilities for resolving conflicts at various life stages and situations. Examines a range ofdiscipline models as their implementation relates to the classroom environment. (Designed to be taken in conjunction with studentteaching in the undergraduate program, or as an elective in the master’s program.) Elective course in either the undergraduateor graduate program. Prerequisite: ED 121 or 122 for undergraduate credit. Summer session only, on demand.ED 506: Gender Issues in Education 3 s.h.Examines the ways in which schools perpetuate gender bias and how educational institutions, as a reflection of thepatriarchal society in which they exist, provide different experiences and outcomes for female and male students and teachers.Prerequisite: ED 110 or WS 100 or consent of instructor.ED 509: Observations and Analysis of the Urban Classroom 3 s.h.Provides opportunities for pre-service teachers, both elementary and secondary education majors, and both undergraduateand graduate students, to observe and participate in urban classrooms. Students travel in university vehicles to visit schools inmajor urban areas and spend a minimum of five consecutive days participating in urban classrooms. Prerequisite: junior-levelstanding or consent of instructor. Offered each year during Summer Pre-session, on demand.ED 517: Educational Computer Applications 3 s.h.Provides in-service educators (K-12) who have had little or no computer experience with the knowledge, skills, and attitudesnecessary to use microcomputers as instructional tools in their classrooms. While acquiring computer skills, students willexplore, use, and demonstrate competence in each of the following areas: word processing, databases, spreadsheets, graphics,multimedia, instructional design, telecommunications, and major issues associated with the use of technology in education. The