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  • ECEE 3700: Teaching Math K-4

    3.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Western University

    This course develops and applies students' knowledge and skills necessary to teach mathematics to children from grades K-4. This course emphasizes the PDE mathematics standards and NCTM domains through developmentally appropriate instructional methods using a variety of teaching tools/manipulatives.
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  • ECEE 3710: Teaching Science K-4

    3.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Western University

    This course develops and applies students' knowledge and skills necessary to teach science to children from grades K-4. This course emphasizes the PDE science standards and Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) through developmentally appropriate instructional methods using the scientific process and inquiry-based learning.
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  • ECEE 3720: Teaching Soc.St. K-4

    3.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Western University

    Develops and applies students' knowledge and skills necessary to teach social studies in grades K-4. This course emphasizes the PDE social studies and NCSS standards through developmentally appropriate instructional methods for the constructivist classroom with a focus on current trends, issues, and the status of elementary social studies.
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  • ECEE 3730: Content Area Lit

    3.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Western University

    Students will gain insights into the different ways in which literacy enables learning across the curriculum and will explore how to integrate literacy instruction into the content areas. Students will gain an understanding of language and literacy development and will examine the literacy needs and experiences of diverse learners.
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  • ECEE 3740: Integrated STEM

    3.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Western University

    This course is designed to provide the candidate with an understanding of integrated STEM education as well as effective instructional strategies for teaching STEM in K-12 classrooms. The course provides an introduction to the fundamentals of STEM disciplines and the strategies used to implement integrative STEM education. Candidates will review basic fundamental concepts of STEM disciplines (science, mathematics, engineering, and technology), effective STEM pedagogy and teaching strategies, integrative STEM learning, and innovative problem-based instruction utilizing the engineering and design process. Candidates will participate in hands-on laboratory and research-based activities as they engage in engineering design challenges intended to provide candidates with an opportunity to work individually and in collaborative groups to utilize skills of scientific inquiry and problem-solving to design, test, analyze, and evaluate STEM-related processes and products. Candidates will utilize the design process, computational thinking, critical thinking, and problem solving to engage in design challenges and will then communicate the results of the engineering and design process through a variety of formats (i.e., lab reports, multimedia presentations, design briefs, etc.).
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  • ECEE 4950: RI ECEE Internship

    1.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Western University

    Teacher candidates will develop and apply knowledge, skills, and dispositions in early childhood settings, specifically working with children from infancy to age 6. Candidates will complete 70 hours under university and on-site supervision.
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  • ECEE 5000: Child Development

    3.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Western University

    This online course provides teachers with the opportunity to review recent research and theory concerning advanced child growth and development. The course examines the nature and process of child development with a focus on infancy and early childhood years. The primary goal of the course is the integration of information generated from empirical research, both classic and current, into explanatory systems (theories) of child development. The emphasis in this course is less on learning the facts of child development and more on learning why child development research is conducted (theories), how it is conducted (methodology), what it means for the field (conclusions) and how research is evaluated (critical thinking).
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  • ECEE 5250: Content Learning

    3.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Western University

    Early Childhood Curriculum Content will focus on the content related to areas of creative arts, health and wellness, science, social studies, mathematics and technology. Emphasis will be on developmentally effective presentation of the content areas, including play, and integration of the content areas. Class participants will use standards to plan content related learning experiences for children. Requires implementing content-related learning experiences for young children of different age groups in a variety of early childhood settings.
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  • ECEE 5260: Observe, Assess, and Document

    3.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Western University

    This course identifies appropriate assessment strategies used to evaluate cognitive, physical, and psychosocial development of children and considers implications for curriculum planning. It explores the use of systematic observations, documentation, diagnostics and formative assessment. Candidates use Pennsylvania's Standards Aligned System as an informative source in planning and meeting the standards. A one week residency is required for this course.
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  • ECEE 5270: Family, School & Community

    3.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Western University

    An exploration of the knowledge, dispositions, and skills required of professionals in order to respond to diverse family systems and needs. Emphasis is placed on developing collaborative partnerships, effective communication, mobilizing community resources, ethical and research-based practices, and advocating for diverse families and communities.
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