Course Description: This course will assist in understanding effective content-based teaching in a pluralistic, multilingual society. An understanding of socio-linguists and second language acquisition will frame an analysis of curriculum, materials, instructional strategies, assessments and classroom management. Students are required to complete a field experience in a setting with culturally and linguistically diverse students (taken from my.butler course descriptions)
Category Archives: Education Courses
Content Specific Methods
Course Description: This course combines a content area teaching methods lab with a practicum in secondary education. The class requires extensive field experiences and portions of the course will be taught in a high school setting where Butler students will experience secondary content specific methods modeled by veteran classroom teachers (Taken from my.butler course description)
Wife of Bath’s Tale Anticipatory Lesson Plan
Lesson Plans
Wife of Bath’s Anticipatory Lesson Plan
First Day of School Unit
Content Specific Unit Plan
Romeo & Juliet Backwards Map Unit Plan
Curriculum and Instruction Strategies for Middle Grades
Course Description: This course involves the study of a variety of curriculum designs and instructional strategies utilized at the middle grade level. Emphasis is placed on strategies and innovative middle level programs and practices. Extensive field experience is required and portions of the course are conducted off campus. (Taken from my.butler course descriptions)
ED 244: Concepts of Education
Concepts of Education
Course Descripion: Examines the sociological, historical, political, legal and economic concepts in education. This course is part of the COE CORE II requirements for the College of Education. Prerequisites: Successful completion of COE CORE I and Praxis I. Sophomore standing required or permission of instructor (Taken from course description at My.Butler).
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ED 242: Educating Children with Special Needs
Educating Children with Special Needs
Course Description: Surveys the characteristics of exceptional children and explores methods and materials for teaching and assessing such students. Includes 15 hours of non-class time field experiences (taken from My.Butler course description).
ED 398 Multilingual Learners and their Cultural Contexts
Multilingual Learners and their Cultural Contexts
Course Description: This course focuses on the cultural practices and norms that affect the language development and academic success of multilingual learners who are learning English as a new language. The conditions that inhibit and support learning English and content will be analyzed (Taken from My.Butler course description).
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Immigration Digital Story
ED 408 Foundations of Effective Reading Instruction
Foundations of Effective Reading Instruction
Course Description: This course focuses on teaching of reading in elementary and secondary settings. The course consists of three hours of instruction and a zero-credit one-hour lab each week. Students will be required to tutor a child in reading under the supervision of the instructor as part of the lab (taken from My.Butler course description).
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ED 228: Content Area Literacy in Middle/Secondary Curriculum
Content Area Literacy in Middle/Secondary Curriculum
Course Description: This course introduces content area literacy instruction in the middle and secondary classroom. Students will acquire the skills necessary to select strategies and plan content specific literacy instruction to improve comprehension of subject-specific content for middle school and high school students. Field experience is required (taken from My.Butler course description).
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ED 227 Introduction to Middle/Secondary Education
Introduction to Middle/Secondary English
Course Description: This course introduces middle school and high school structures. Students will investigate appropriate school environments, activities and curricular organization aimed at meeting the range of developmental needs of early adolescents and young adults (Taken from course description at My.Butler).
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ED 241 Developmental Theory and Application in Education
Developmental Theory and Application in Education
Course Description: Topics include theories of development and their application at various age levels. Developmentally appropriate practice, as well as a basic introduction to social, moral, emotional and cognitive development of children is included. Content is focused on teacher education (Taken from My.Butler course description).
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Developmental History Analysis
