will decide the issue or refer the problem to the
appropriate content area deans for their recom-
mendations.
Education Courses
EDUC250
SOPHOMORE FIELD
EXPERIENCE
1 sem. hr.
This course provides teacher education majors
with an introductory field experience. The
field experience is mainly observational in
nature and occurs in area public schools.
SEDU381
MEASUREMENT AND
EVALUATION IN THE
MIDDLE AND SECONDARY
SCHOOL CLASSROOM
2 sem. hrs.
This course introduces prospective teachers to
principles and procedures of measurement and
evaluation used in secondary schools. It
emphasizes well-written objectives, well con-
structed tests to measure the achievement of
those objectives, proper analysis of the results
of the tests, and the use of that information to
evaluate students. This course should be taken
prior to the junior level field experience. Pre-
requisite: SEDU370-373, Instructional Tech-
niques or permission of the instructor.
EDUC501
COOPERATIVE/
COLLABORATIVE
STRATEGIES FOR
LEARNING
3 sem. hrs.
This course provides information concerning
cooperative/collaborative strategies to develop
effective teaching techniques. It explores char-
acteristics of cooperative/collaborative learn-
ing and application of these characteristics to
specific curriculum instruction.
EDUC502
LEARNING STYLES
3 sem. hrs.
This course is designed to assist educators in
identifying individual students' learning styles
and individual teachers' teaching styles and in
expanding their teaching styles to teach stu-
dents through their own unique learning styles
characteristics. The course will provide teach-
ers with a knowledge base that enables them to
organize and administer a program based on
learning styles, develop instructional
resources, design specific strategies, and
redesign typical classrooms to respond to
learning style differences.
SEDU525
MIDDLE LEVEL
INSTRUCTIONAL
LEADERSHIP 1-3 sem. hrs.
The course develops instructional leadership
skills by studying instructional leadership,
staff management, cooperative planning, and
the application of educational research to cur-
riculum development. The course will also
include strategic teaching as a means to mas-
tery level teaching and as a basis for team
leadership.
SEDU580
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
3 sem. hrs.
This course helps students develop frame-
works for applying and integrating informa-
tional networks into the teaching and research
process via the computer. Various browsing
tools, search methodologies and maintenance
techniques help develop instructional strate-
gies in the student's content area. The course
emphasizes active student integration of the
information highway in current educational
settings.
SEDU586
CLASSROOM
MANAGEMENT AND
CONTROL
3 sem. hrs.
This course acquaints upper-level education
majors with behavioral and humanistic theo-
ries of classroom management, the elements
which create a positive learning atmosphere,
and the most recent research on classroom
organization and student motivation, with a
practical emphasis on case studies and class-
room simulations. The class addresses prob-
lem solving, the ethical dimension of class-
room management, conflict resolution, and
management issues as they relate to urban,
suburban, and rural schools. Students with
credit in EDUC386 may not enroll in
EDUC586.
EDUC596
STUDENT TEACHING
6 or 12 sem. hrs.
This course, providing experience in elemen-
tary, middle and secondary schools includes
participation in classroom teaching and other
activities of the teacher. It emphasizes practi-
cal experience in aiding children to develop
knowledge, skills, and appreciations regarded
as essential to democratic society. Students
may enroll in EDUC596 for six semester cred-
it hours only under extenuating circumstances
and with the permission of the chairperson of
the Secondary Education Department and the
dean of the School of Education.
SEDU700
EDUCATIONAL
ASSESSMENT OF
STUDENTS IN THE
MIDDLE AND
SECONDARY SCHOOLS
3 sem. hrs.
This course acquaints teachers with techniques
in choosing and developing appropriate
assessment methods. It emphasizes skills in
administering, scoring, and interpreting results
of assessment methods.
SEDU702
TEACHING IN THE
CONTEMPORARY
CLASSROOM
3 sem. hrs.
The dominant theme in this course in current
educational practice and research is the impor-
tance of analysis and reflection in the teaching
process. Through the study of three related
issues each practitioner-graduate student will
determine a path for professional develop-
ment. Theories of adult development guide
and structure learning experiences in reflective
practice, school reform, and effective schools
research.
SEDU731
A TECHNOLOGICAL
APPROACH TO THE
SELECTION,
UTILIZATION,
EVALUATION, AND
PRODUCTION OF
INSTRUCTIONAL MEDIA
3 sem. hrs.
This course assists students in the discovery of
systematic approaches to mediate teaching and
learning problems through the selection, uti-
lization, evaluation, and production of instruc-
tional media. Focus will be on a practical
hands-on approach which will involve stu-
dents directly in solving instructional prob-
lems through the use of commercial programs
and the development of student produced
media.
SEDU735
SEMINAR IN
INSTRUCTIONAL
TECHNOLOGY 3 sem. hrs.
The student will be presented with a forum in
which he will present, discuss, and resolve for
himself selected issues and problems facing
the area of instructional technology today.
This course should allow the student an oppor-
tunity to bring together the theory of his/her
course work with the experience of his/her
practicum to develop strategies for implement-
ing technology in the schools.
EDUC774
CONTEMPORARY
PROBLEMS IN PUBLIC
EDUCATION
3 sem. hrs.
In this course graduate students critically
examine complex problems confronting edu-
cation. The problems generally included are:
the impact of state and federal laws and regu-
lations; the social context for working with
students at risk for health problems, child
abuse, and poverty related concerns; and the
realities of managing a classroom during an
era of educational and political reform.
EDUC781
STATISTICAL METHODS
IN EDUCATION
3 sem. hrs.
This course examines statistical tools used in
educational and behavioral research including
descriptive measures of central tendency, vari-
ation, and relationship. It also covers inferen-
tial techniques for evaluation measures and
allies (test, analysis of variance, chi-square),
employing the hand calculator and computer
system to do computations.
64/Middle and Secondary Instruction Program