printer friendly pageEDUC 267E: Development of Scientific Reasoning and Knowledge
For STEP elementary teacher candidates. Theories and methods of teaching and learning science. How to develop curricula and criteria for critiquing curricula. Students design a science curriculum plan for a real setting. State and national science frameworks and content standards. Alternative teaching approaches; how to select approaches that are compatible with learner experience and lesson objectives. Focus is on the linguistic and cultural diversity of California public school students.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3
Instructors:
Diffenbaugh, P. (PI)
;
Cannon, B. (TA)
EDUC 267G: Integrating the Garden into the Elementary Curriculum
This mini-course uses the garden and kitchen environments to provide teacher candidates with real-world contexts in which to explore some of the key issues that children face in health, nutrition, and sustainability. Teacher candidates will gain an understanding of how to integrate the various themes with content areas and standards and an appreciation for the importance of addressing children's health needs in an era when the country is facing increased obesity and other health problems.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 1
Instructors:
Costanzo, R. (PI)
;
Diffenbaugh, P. (PI)
EDUC 268A: Curriculum and Instruction in History and Social Science
The methodology of history instruction: teaching for historical thinking and reasoning; linking the goals of teaching history with literacy; curriculum trends; and opportunities to develop teaching and resource units. Prerequisite: STEP student.
Terms: Sum
| Units: 2
Instructors:
Castillon, I. (PI)
;
Jackson, K. (TA)
EDUC 268B: Curriculum and Instruction in History and Social Science
The methodology of history instruction: teaching for historical thinking and reasoning; linking the goals of teaching history with literacy; curriculum trends; and opportunities to develop teaching and resource units. Prerequisite: STEP student.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4
Instructors:
Castillon, I. (PI)
EDUC 268C: Curriculum and Instruction in History and Social Science
The methodology of history instruction: teaching for historical thinking and reasoning; linking the goals of teaching history with literacy; curriculum trends; and opportunities to develop teaching and resource units. Prerequisite: STEP student.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
Instructors:
Castillon, I. (PI)
EDUC 268D: Curriculum & Instruction Elective in History
The methodology of history instruction: teaching for historical thinking and reasoning; linking the goals of teaching history with literacy and interdisciplinary curricula; opportunities to develop teaching materials. For STEP Program students only.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 4
EDUC 271: Education Policy in the United States
(Same as
GSBGEN 347) The course will provide students from different disciplines with an understanding of the broad educational policy context. The course will cover topics including a) school finance systems; b) an overview of policies defining and shaping the sectors and institutional forms of schooling, c) an overview of school governance, d) educational human-resource policy, e) school accountability policies at the federal and state levels; and f) school assignment policies and law, including intra- and inter-district choice policies, desegregation law and policy.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
EDUC 273: Gender and Higher Education: National and International Perspectives (EDUC 173, FEMGEN 173, SOC 173, SOC 273)
This course examines the ways in which higher education structures and policies interact with gender, gender identity, and other characteristics in the United States, around the world, and over time. Attention is paid to how changes in those structures and policies relate to access to, experiences in, and outcomes of higher education by gender. Students can expect to gain an understanding of theories and perspectives from the social sciences relevant to an understanding of the role of higher education in relation to structures of gender differentiation and hierarchy. Topics include undergraduate and graduate education; identity and sexuality; gender and science; gender and faculty; and feminist scholarship and pedagogy.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3-4
Instructors:
Wotipka, C. (PI)
;
Chharan, N. (TA)
EDUC 275: Leading Change in Schools
This course explores organizational conditions conducive to planned change that can lead to school improvement. Particular attention is given to the plurality of leadership roles in change efforts. Intended primarily for master's students who have had some past experience working in or with schools.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3-4
Instructors:
Jaquith, A. (PI)
EDUC 276: Classroom Assessment
This course focuses on helping students to advance their knowledge about theory, design, and research issues related to assessing student learning in the classroom context. Students in this course will develop the basic conceptual and technical knowledge about assessment development and evaluation in the context of instructional units.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
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