Bulletin Year: 2023 - 2024 Graduate Bulletin

Courses

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ED 508 Research Analysis 2 cr.
  • Prerequisites: ED 505 or PY 320 or PY 305 or MA 171 or consent of instructor
A survey of research methodology in the behavioral sciences, emphasizing its application to education. Topics include use and interpretation of experimental designs, research proposal writing and research report evaluation.
ED 509 Proposal Writing 2 cr.
Provides insight into and experience in the various phases of proposal writing. Students demonstrate proficiency by developing a grant proposal which merits submission for funding.
ED 511 Trends in the Teaching of Language Arts 2 cr.
Significant issues, trends and challenges in the teaching of the English language arts (i.e., listening, speaking, reading, writing, viewing and representing) will be considered. Integrating the language arts into other subject areas to improve student learning and achievement will be the focus.
ED 512 Trends in the Teaching of Science 2 cr.
A study of the objectives, scope and sequence of the science program in the elementary grades. Includes content and materials of instruction, the method of scientific discovery, and evaluation.
ED 516 Introduction to Student Affairs 4 cr.
  • Graded: A/F

This course examines the Student Affairs profession and its place in American higher education. The history, roles and functions of the profession; the skills and competencies necessary; and current issues.

ED 517 Recent Children's Literature 2 cr.
A study of select recent literature for children, recent books, articles, and ideas about children’s literature, and articles, and ideas about the teaching of children’s literature. Emphasizes current issues, trends and contemporary responses to basic questions.
ED 522 Curriculum Development 3 cr.
This course gives students an understanding of the concept of change, curriculum leadership, methods of curriculum development and involvement in the curriculum development process. Topics include change agentry, developmental methods, the teacher’s role in curriculum innovations and comparative curriculum development.
ED 523 Measuring and Evaluating Training 3 cr.  (3-0-0)
  • Graded: A/F

Course content is designed to prepare trainers to conduct effective evaluations of the training effort.  Attention is directed to developing and implementing an evaluation plan, designing appropriate data collection instruments, employing data collection instruments, analyzing data, and communicating results.

ED 530 Introduction to Educational Leadership 3 cr.
Provides a review of the foundations of organizational theory, including definitions and application to organization behavior. Included is an overview of classic organization behavior and human relations theory. A concentration on leadership, motivation, change, conflict and power is applied to school improvement planning and educational leadership.
ED 531 College Student Development 4 cr.
  • Graded: A/F

This course examines pedagogical student development theories and their application to Student Affairs practice in the delivery of programs and services.  Characteristics of today’s diverse college students and the effects of these characteristics on their development will be assessed as they relate to best practices in pedagogy.

ED 532 The Principalship 3 cr.
Administrative strategies and practices of organization, supervision and management appropriate to elementary, middle and high school are studied.
ED 533 School and Community Relations 2 cr.
Stresses the critical need for educators to involve the various public school districts as partners in the education enterprise. Provides practical ideas and procedures for improving both our schools and the perception the public has of them.
ED 534 Administering Special Programs 2 cr.
A review of special program responsibility areas for school administrators. Current laws and administrative procedures for each of the specific areas are discussed. Includes an overview of best practice considerations of which principals need to be aware.
ED 541A Improvement of Instruction 3 cr.
The problems, principles and techniques involved in the improvement of instruction. The roles of the supervisor, teachers and other school personnel in the improvement of instruction are stressed.
ED 541B Supervision of Instruction 3 cr.
A review of the current research on and practice of supervising and evaluating teachers with an emphasis on clinical and developmental supervision for improving teacher’s classroom performance.
ED 543 School Finance 3 cr.
Issues basic to the development of a financial program for public education in the United States, and Michigan in particular, are examined.
ED 544 School Law 3 cr.
Provides an overview of topics about which school administrators should be knowledgeable. Includes an examination of the constitutional and legal bases of education in the United States, with an emphasis on Michigan.
ED 548 Internship in Educational Administration 1-4 cr.
  • Graded: S/U
  • Prerequisites: Consent of instructor
Enrollment in this course provides a student of school administration or supervision the opportunity to gain experience in educational administration under the supervision of university faculty and practicing administrators. A student will be assigned to responsibilities and individuals according to the nature of his/her request.
ED 548A Internship in College Teaching 3 cr.
  • Graded: A/F

Students who are enrolled in ED 548A will be required to discuss potential college classroom teaching sites with their adviser or instructor for the course before proceeding with the finalized internship plan.  Following the discussion with the instructor, the student must then schedule a meeting with a practicing college instructor who will serve as the cooperating instructor for the Internship.  Following these meetings, the student will prepare an internship contract and submit it for approval to the cooperating instructor and university instructor.

ED 548B Internship in Higher Education 3 cr.
  • Graded: A/F

Students will be immersed in a practical experience in student affairs or other related area. The internship will allow the student to assume the responsibilities of a higher education professional and to work collaboratively with students and professional as it relates to higher education. This course is to be taken as a capstone experience at the end of the planned program and the internship site must be approved by the course instructor.

ED 550 Content and Pedagogy: Infants and Toddlers 4 cr.

Draws on the theories of the theories of and legal requirements for early childhood education and early intervention and their application on infant and toddler (0-3) care and education. Emphasizes socio-cultural and linguistic influences on pedagogical decision-making across the five strands of infant and toddler development.

 

ED 551 Child Development and Learning: Birth through Kindergarten 4 cr.

Focuses on the early development of children (birth through kindergarten) and the socio-cultural influences on development. Candidates will learn about children’s growth and development across five developmental domains: physical/motor/perceptual, cognitive, social/emotional, language and emergent literacy, and approaches to learning. Candidates will understand the implications of developmental delays and disabilities on learning.

ED 553 Content and Pedagogy: Preschool and Kindergarten 4 cr.
  • Prerequisites: ED 551, ED 554

Examining how social, cultural, and linguistic contexts influence curriculum development within the domains of language and emergent literacy, mathematics, social studies, science, creative arts, and physical/motor/perceptual development. Integrates the theories of early childhood teaching and learning and the legal requirements of special education to support whole-child instruction in preschool and kindergarten.