Canadian ElementaryTeacher Certification Program with Master of Science Option

Course Descriptions

ECI
ECI 530 Educational Explorations in Diversity
This course is designed to provide theoretical and applied knowledge of practical methods, strategies, and techniques used to successfully meet the diverse needs of today’s inclusive classroom.

ECI 610 Transitions from Education’s Roots to the Present
This courses provides a bridge from the works of past theorists and practitioners to current ideas and innovative teaching procedures of present day educators. A core of influential thinkers, such as Dewey, Skinner, Rogers, Piaget, and Gardner, etc., will be used.

EDL
EDL 550 Developmental Literacy: Emergence to Fluency
This course will explore the concept of a balanced reading program from the emergent reader to a fluent reader. The students will study the elements of balanced reading which include read alouds, shared reading, guided reading, independent reading, phonemic awareness, word recognition strategies, and comprehension strategies. Students will develop reading experiences for children based on the New York Language Arts Standards. After learning these strategies and developing materials the student will have an opportunity to engage children in literacy experiences.

EDL 560 Literature for Children
This course explores the role of children’s literature in the elementary literacy program. Students will explore the various genre of literature both in the areas of fiction and nonfiction, narrative and expository. Students will read and develop activities using various types of trade books, to assist student in meeting the New York State English Language Arts Standards.

EDL 650 Assessment and Evaluation of Literacy
This course is designed to investigate current practices and procedures in the evaluation of New York State English Language Arts Standards (reading, writing, listening, and speaking). The course will include instruction in the administration and analysis of running records, assessment of listening and speaking, concepts of print, word recognition, spelling development, phonemic awareness, comprehension, writing development, and modes of responding to literature. Students will also investigate the role of standardized test and testing programs in the assessment of reading and the other language arts areas.

EDU
EDU 500 The Core of Education
This course provides study and application of methods and materials appropriate for the understanding and implementation of a variety of "generic" situations as they apply to the various disciplines of teaching in the early childhood/childhood and middle childhood classrooms. New scholarship as well as classic philosophies will be implemented into the pragmatic aspects of the classroom as they apply to these various levels of learning.

EDU 502 Education Methods of Teaching: Math, Science, Technology
This course is designed to examine theories of learning and thinking as they interact with the elementary classroom disciplines of science, mathematics, and technology. A practical application of these theories will be explored and incorporated for the teaching of these disciplines in the early childhood, childhood and middle childhood classroom setting.

EDU 503 Education Methods of Teaching: The Arts, English, Language Arts and Social Studies
This course is designed to examine theories of learning and thinking as they interact with the elementary classroom disciplines of the arts, language arts and social studies. A practical application of these theories will be explored and incorporated for the teaching of the aforementioned in the early childhood, childhood, and middle childhood classroom.

EDU 504 Early Field Experience/Seminar: Physical Education, Family/Consumer Sciences
This course defines family/consumer sciences as well as physical education in light of daily living and societal expectations. It requires that the learner combine knowledge, attitudes, values, and skills through a complex interplay of mind, materials, and social interactions. Through seminar training, early field/classroom participation and the use of action research, students will reflect upon that which they have learned and transform their knowledge into active and meaningful learning experiences.

EDU 505 Child Abuse Identification and Substance Awareness, Health Issues and School Violence
This course provides New York State certification in the identification and reporting of child abuse and teaching the awareness of substance prevention, health issues and school violence. It provides the student with opportunities to review literature for discussion or presentation and debate issues.

EDU 577 Student Teaching/Seminar: Career and
Occupational Studies
This course provides students with on-site experience. The student will be assigned two situations, one at each level of their certification: Childhood (primary/intermediate levels) or Middle Childhood (intermediate/ middle school levels). A professional portfolio and journal will be completed. Students will also, through seminars, become familiar with the New York State Learning Standards for Career Development and Occupational Studies.