Education

The student shall be able to identify and explain characteristics of the organization and administration of American public education - federal, state, and local. He or she also will analyze American education in its legal and financial aspects, identify current issues, and discuss developments and responsibilities of membership in the teaching profession. The course will analyze topics that impact students from preschool (PK) through high school.

This course is designed to introduce current and future educators and trainers to the use of instructional technologies. Students will be exposed to a wide variety of teaching tools that can be incorporated into the classroom.

This course is designed to introduce current and future educators and trainers to methods and practices employed in online teaching and training.

This is a survey course which presents the historical, philosophical and legal foundations of special education. The course analyzes topics that impact students from early childhood through high school. There will be a review of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Students will discuss characteristics of individuals with disabilities as well as the diverse populations they belong to. This course is part of the Illinois Gateways to Opportunity Early Childhood Credential. IAI: ECE 913.

The Multicultural Classroom provides a theoretical and empirical overview of public school issues affecting minority students. Students will analyze historical trends regarding groups including, but not limited to, Native Americans, Asian Americans, Latinx, African Americans, the working class, women, LGBTQ+, and individuals with exceptionalities.

This course is designed for the education students who need a foundations course in the teaching of reading. The primary goals of the course will be to identify, discuss, and reflect upon research-based reading practices. Particular emphasis will be placed on reading principles, procedures, methods, techniques, current practices, and institutional materials. This course is designed to introduce students to multiple perspectives of reading instruction representing a comprehensive and balanced viewpoint in teaching reading.

The student will define, explain, demonstrate, and discuss those psychological principles and concepts underlying the causes of human behavior. He or she will become familiar with, evaluate, and demonstrate some of the varied traditional and current psychological principles underlying teaching methods and will study and understand significant environmental and inner forces which influence student behavior. He or she will utilize these principles in promoting an environment which permits optimum learning and the emergence of socialized behavior.