CATALOG OF COURSES
Ed 206 Philosophical & Historical Foundations ofAmerican Education and School Curriculum (3 credits)
This course deals with the leading historical, legal, technological and philosophical theories in education. It is designed to help students acquire a better understanding and workable knowledge of how best to identify, develop, implement, and evaluate the essential components of curriculum. Field requirement (9 hours).
Ed 331 Introduction To the Education of Exceptional Children (3 credits)
This course will prepare classroom teachers to effectively teach the range of students found in today's classrooms. This range includes students with disabilities, gifted and talented students, students who are culturally and linguistically diverse, and students at risk for school failure. Students will become aware of the departments and agencies within and outside the school district that assist in meeting the needs of exceptional students. Students will be prepared to meet the challenges of the current educational environment and understand the uses of technology for special needs students. Field Requirement (40 hours) Nursing Students Field Requirement (20 hours). (Prerequisite: ED340 or ED 348.)
Ed 332 Methods in Early Childhood Education (3 credits)
In this course, students will gain an appreciation of
the importance of creating a diverse learning environment that enhances
the unique talents of each child. Understanding the significant role family,
community and school play in a child's success will assist students in
the design of a integrated curriculum that not only addresses all facets
of the typical and atypical child, but provides for active involvement
of all support groups. As the focus of this course, students will apply
principles of childhood development (physical, cognitive, social/emotional)
along with issues of race, culture, gender, readiness and experience to
create an environment that promotes self-esteem and school success. Through
field experience, students will be exposed to various methods of curriculum
and instruction: small group, whole group, cooperative learning, collaboration,
learning centers, etc. Finally, students will be challenged to design
environments that blend traditional methods with current methods of multimedia
and technology.
Field Requirement (12 hours)
Ed 333 Curriculum in Early Childhood Education (3 credits)
This course Will explore the foundation of early childhood education from a historical perspective through current day models. Students will gain an understanding of the importance of creating a developmentally appropriate environment for children from birth through age eight that supports an understanding of children's diversity and broad range of learning styles. Emphasis will be placed on utilizing accepted core curriculum standards that support a multi-sensory, child child centered approach in conjunction with accepted traditional methods. Active field experience will provide students with opportunities to observe as they acquire learning through discovery, exploration and play. In addition, students will develop an appreciation and understanding of the multidimensional methods of authentic assessment and evaluation used at this level. Field requirement (12 hours)
Ed 340 Teaching of Reading/Language Arts for Elementary Education (4 credits)
In this course reading is seen as a continuous developmental process which begins with the acquisition of language as a foundation for reading and language arts. Emphasis is also placed on studying the development of language as an interrelated developmental experience comprising the expressive and receptive arts of listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Students are introduced to children's literature for integrating the curriculum using the current research-based models of cognitive, psycho-linguistic, and socio-linguistic theorists. Field component - 40 hours. (Prerequisite: Ed 206. Acceptance in Education Department.)
Ed 348 Teaching of Reading/Language Arts for Secondary Education (4 credits)
This course deals with the further development of children's literature and the essential theories of selection and evaluation of appropriate materials. Students study current concepts of measurement and evaluation in the classroom. This course provides students with the ability to determine reading level differences and to adapt reading skills accordingly. This course also provides students with an understanding of the nature, use, and history of testing and the social and ethical issues associated with assessment. It provides students with hands-on experience in test construction, administration, scoring, and analysis. It also acquaints students with evaluation as a decision-making tool. Field component - 40 hours. (Prerequisite: Ed 206. Acceptance in Education Department.)
Ed 409 Methods of Teaching Health for School Nurses K-12 (3 credits)
This course deals with materials, methods and principles of teaching health for elementary and secondary instruction. This includes the preparation and implementation of micro-teaching appropriate to a unit on health instruction in either elementary or secondary education. Prerequisites: ED 451 and ED 455.
Ed 448 Instructional Design I (4 credits)
This course provides the student with an opportunity to refine and implement the planning and instructional skills that will be necessary for the Student Teaching experience. The student will select subject matter for teaching from various curricular materials and the N.J. Core Content Standards. In addition to traditional sources for the identification and organization of subject matter for teaching, the student will engage in the use of modern technology as an instructional resource. Internet sources, published CD Rom programs, and methods of computer presentation, such as power point will be accessed and modeled. Field requirement (60 hours). Prerequisite: Ed 331.
Ed 449 Instructional Design II (4 credits)
This course will acquaint the elementary or secondary pre-service teacher with the skills vital to preparing, presenting, and organizing effective learning experience while maintaining a well-managed and appropriately disciplined classroom setting. Students will prepare and present several videotaped lessons for critique. A coaching procedure for the refinement and improvement of teaching skills will be used. The student will engage in the use of modern technology as an instructional resource. This course will prepare the student with effective instructional skills that will be necessary for the Student Teaching Experience the following semester. Testing fee required. Field component - 60 hours. (Prerequisite: Ed 448).
Ed 451 School Nursing I (3 credits)
This course explores the function and role of the nurse in the school health program and studies the organization, administration, and evaluation of health services at the elementary and secondary levels. It assists in developing a holistic approach in health assessment of students which includes: health care needs, problems, concerns of youth, and screening procedures. Time is given to the study of school law as it pertains to the medically fragile child, the policy of inclusion and main streaming of students. It develops the competencies of School Nurses in developing and implementing individual health care plans for exceptional children.
Ed 452 Mental Health (3 credits)
This course discusses attitudes and behaviors of individuals as well as groups toward mental health and the dependence of mental health on heredity and environment. Topics which reflect the current stresses of students, e.g., school phobia, divorce, single parent families, suicide, child abuse, substance abuse, and isolation are studied.
Ed 453 Public Health (3 credits)
This course analyzes school and community health fields, including an understanding of past and current problems and the responsibility of school and community to the prevention of health problems, including HIV Aids and substance abuse with suggested counseling techniques appropriate to the roll of the school nurse. It assists school nurses in enabling students, staff, and families in utilizing available community resources in meeting health care needs.
Ed 455 School Nursing II (3 credits)
This course enables the school nurse to identify problems and plan solutions related to the total administrative program of health care. The coordination of school facilities with resources at the community, county, and state levels will be studied. Attention is paid to those factors which impede the educational progress of children, including suicide and child abuse. In addition, the problem of violence in the school setting, incidence and possible solution (conflict resolution) and teenage pregnancy, the school policy, the rule of the school nurse. (Prerequisite: Ed 451)
Ed 456 A, B, C, Field Experience in School Nursing / Teacher of Health (3-9 credits)
This course includes field experiences in health examining, record keeping, office management, first aid procedures, hearing and vision, scoliosis testing, and other stale-mandated programs. This experience will also include the opportunity to prepare and teach health education in the classroom. This is the culminating experience in the School Nurse Program. Students are required to attend three on-campus seminars. Department approval required. (Prerequisite: Ed 455 and all courses must be completed.)
Ed 458 Field
Experience Seminar in School Nursing/Teacher of Health (1)
This seminar will address issues of common concerns among nurse/health
educators engaged in their field experience.
Ed 470 Student Teaching (9 credits)
This course gives students the opportunity to perform all the various duties of the regular classroom teacher in a school for a full semester. Practice under the guidance of a master teacher and a college supervisor strengthens the induction process of the pre-service teacher candidate. Departmental approval required. Testing fee required. Prerequisite: Ed 449 . Completion of courses.
- ED 470A Student Teaching: K–5
- ED 470B Student Teaching: K–12
- ED 470C Student Teaching: K–5 & P–3
- ED 470D Student Teaching: K–5& (one area 5–8)
- ED 470E Student Teaching: K–5& (two areas 5–8)
- ED 470F Student Teaching: K–5, P–3 & (one area 5–8)
- ED 470G Student Teaching: K–5, P–3 & (two areas 5–8)
- ED 470H Student Teaching: K-12 & K-5
- ED 470I Student Teaching: K-5, P3 & Special Ed
- ED 470J Student Teaching: K-5 & Special Ed
Ed 475 Student Teaching Seminar (3 credits)
This course is a coordinating seminar on the art and craft of the teacher as a professional and works to support the culminating experience of the Teaching Internship. Departmental approval required. (Prerequisite: Ed 449.)
Ed 489 Field lnternship (3 credits)
This course offers qualified students the opportunity to do off-campus work by individual arrangement.
Ed 499 Independent Study (3 credits)
Here, the student may pursue an approved area of research/study in selected topics of educational concern.