Curriculum & Instruction + Learning, Design, & Technology

This course will provide students with an intensive study of pedagogical approaches and materials for teaching including state curriculum documents, the curricular recommendations of professional associations, 最近的教育研究提出的建议, and the recommendations of recent reform movements. 将特别强调课程理论的替代方法的研究, design, practice, and evaluation.

This course will address a variety of issues regarding stress and violence in children's lives as students discuss how the nature and content of culture are reflected in the symptoms and causes of stress and violence. 讨论将包括学校和教师的作用, from preschool through high school, in providing support for children experiencing stress and/or violence and how teachers can provide assistance to the larger family structure through broadened knowledge of cultural stressors, 使用适合年龄和文化敏感的应对技能, 以及他们如何成为社会变革的积极推动者，从而为儿童争取权益.

This course will provide students with skills that offer effective approaches in working with family and community members from culturally and socioeconomically diverse backgrounds within the larger political and social context of today’s world. The student will explore the relationship of schools to other community agencies and investigate approaches to provide socio-educational services to children and their families. 学生将研究如何运用领导能力来发起, develop, 实施项目和政策，促进所有学生的成功.

This course will examine the historical, legal, social, political, ethical, and economic perspectives that have impacted schools in America as students examine the dynamics of curriculum change and the key role leaders play in creating a learning community. Opportunity will be provided for students to debate the problems and possible approaches in dealing with the issues confronting schools with an emphasis on the importance of involving communities in the life of a school. Persons and groups involved in establishing and developing educational policies will be discussed and the practice of meeting the diverse needs of the public will be explored.

This course will provide students with the resources and skills necessary to help integrate ethical themes and character development into today’s schools. Students will be provided the opportunity to explore and develop their moral perspectives so that they will be empowered and equipped to integrate values education into their school setting. Students will be able to apply principles demonstrated by historical leaders and current research in character learning and generalize the information into situations from their personal and professional life.

在一个向各种形式的在线学习转变的世界里，对所有教师来说都是一个现实, classroom technology integration is more essential than ever. 本课程将介绍一个整合技术的模型, teacher pedagogy, 以及课堂内容，以便以一种真实而有意义的方式关注技术的使用. 鉴于谷歌工具在赌博十大平台排行中的广泛应用, integration strategies will be introduced through a lens of preparation for completion of Google Educator Level 1 Certification.

满足并超越所有学习者的需求是一个强大的教育者角色的核心. 本课程将探讨设计扩展访问的学习环境的最佳实践, differentiate instruction, 并为不同或代表性不足的学习者提供干预措施. As part of the course, 学生将探索诸如实时/在线环境下的差异化教学等主题, Universal Design for Learning, adaptive technology as a subset of educational technology, and a Cognitive Theory of Multimedia Learning.

Emerging Trends in Educational Technology explores the current and potential future impacts of emerging and rapidly evolving technologies on learning and pedagogy. 本课程将挑战学生评估新兴技术, 围绕这些技术设计项目，应用到课堂体验中, and stay informed about future trends and innovations. 学生还将深入了解如何在他们的教学环境中领导变革, 以及与新兴技术相关的系统变革的挑战.

设计在线学习环境是当今教师的一项基本技能. This course will present a structured model for generating solutions to the pedagogical challenges that educators face when creating online learning experiences for students. 将特别关注培养同理心的策略, inquiry, and community with students in the online setting. Additionally, students will explore various learning theories to better understand how educational psychology can empower the human-centered design process.

强大的学习和指导不仅来自声音, authentic pedagogical design, 而是从有意识的反思和分析自己的教学实践. 本课程将提供将批判性反思艺术融入教学工作的策略和实例. As part of this course, teachers will investigate the intersection of technology, pedagogy, and content in their own practice, 并探索与教学社区内外的同事分享他们的工作的方法.