Middle
Grades Education 5-9
Professional
Knowledge
The professional education component
of the middle grades education program at Pikeville Collage creates the vehicle
for integrating and disseminating the general and specialization knowledge
found in other components of the curriculum.
The following courses are included in professional knowledge:
EDU 301 Education in
This course seeks to convey the important knowledge and issues in the Field of education in a way that
bridges educational research and classroom practices. Prerequisite: ENG 111 or ENG 114 and ENG I12
or ENG 115.
Should be taken before admission to the Program.
EDU 302 Education Practicum
(1)
This course will provide prospective teacher education candidates with an opportunity for in depth
observations and limited participation in P- 12 schools early in the program. This course will also provide
an overview of education in the state
of
Program. Pre- or Co-requisite: EDU 301. Should be taken before admission to the Program.
EDU 303 Health and Safety for the Classroom
Teacher
.. (3)
In this course preservice teachers will examine the role of the classroom teacher in advocating, instructing,
and facilitating a coordinated school health and safety program. Preservice teachers will develop an
understanding of health and safety issues concerning P-12 students and P-12 teachers. Pre- or Co-requisite:
EDU 301. Should be taken before admission
to the Program.
EDU 304 Diversity in the Classroom
.
..(3)
In this course preservice teachers will develop an understanding of how learning is influenced by individual
experiences, talents, and prior learning as well as language, culture, family, and community values. Pre-
or Co-requisite:
EDU 301. Should be taken before admission to the Program.
EDU 305 Students as Learners
.
.
..(3)
In this course preservice teachers will be introduced to the major concepts, principles, theories, and
research related to the development of children and adolescents and discuss how to construct learning
opportunities that support individual students' development,
acquisition of knowledge, and motivation.
Pre- or Co-requisite:
EDU 301. Should be taken before admission to
the Program.
EDU 383 Technology in Education ... ...(2)
This course will focus on giving the preservice teacher a thorough grounding in computer software skills
needed for productivity purposes. Students will have hands-on instruction in using word processing,
spreadsheet, presentation, database, concept-mapping, and desktop publishing tools to create basic
teaching materials and to perform administrative tasks in the P-12 classroom. Students will also learn
basic operating systems, troubleshooting techniques, and methods of evaluating software and Internet
resources to provide them with the skills needed to survive in current and future classrooms. Meets NTS
IX standard parts: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 10, 11, 12, 16. Prerequisite.- CS 101 or higher. Course will be 2 credits,
with a non-credited lab.
Should be taken before admission to the Program.
EDU 400 Technology in Education II
..
(2)
This course will focus on giving preservice teachers the ability to integrate technology tools into their units
and lesson plans. Emphasis will be placed on teaching methods using technology, lesson planning and
cumulative projects integrating technology. Students will learn about using the Internet for instruction,
including constructing web sites and web-related activities. Students will also receive hands-on instruction
in graphic manipulation (scanning, digital images, graphic editing software), web animation software,
analog and digital video and authoring software for use in creating multimedia teaching tools. Meets NTS
Standard IX parts: 5, 7, 8, 9, 13, 14, 15. Prerequisite: EDU 383 and Co-requisite EDU 401, 402, 404,
407
or 408 or 409..Course will be 2 credits, with a non-credited
lab.
EDU 401 Principles and
Practices of Classroom Management
(2)
In this course preservice teachers will be introduced to the principles of effective classroom management
and strategies to promote positive relationships, cooperation, and purposeful learning. Topics discussed
will include establishing daily procedures and routines, establishing a personal discipline plan, arrangement
of classroom
space and response to student misbehavior. Prerequisite:
Admission to
Teacher Education Program.
EDU 402
Exceptional Learners in the Inclusive Classroom
..(3)
This course is intended to provide future teachers with the skills needed to identify students for referral
for possible assessment for special education services, to modify units of instruction to meet the individual
needs of exceptional learners and to collaborate with special education teachers in meeting the individual
needs of exceptional learners in the general education classroom. Co-requisite: EDU 400, 401, 404, 407
or 408 or 409
EDU 404
Assessment Strategies for the Classroom Teacher
...(3)
This course will provide the preservice teacher with an understanding of measurement theory and
Assessment related issues including types of assessments, characteristics of assessments, scoring
assessments,
and uses of assessments. Co-requisite: EDU 400, 401, 402, 407 or 408
or 409.
EDU 406
Content Area Reading
...(3)
In this course preservice teachers will develop the skills needed to help their students develop the ability
to use reading,
writing, talking, and listening processes to learn subject matter across the
curriculum.
Prerequisite: Admission to
EDU 408
Clinical Practice I Curriculum and Instruction in the Middle School
...(6)
In this course preservice teachers will develop, practice and reflect on the skills and techniques of
effective teaching in order to perfect them. The preservice teacher will spend fifteen hours a week
in an assigned middle grades classroom with a college supervisor and a cooperating teacher to practice
strategies for teaching the appropriate content in the area(s) for which the candidate is seeking certification.
They will also spend three hours a week on campus with their college supervisor developing and reflecting
on those strategies. This course must be taken the semester before Clinical Practice 11: Student Teaching
in the Middle
School. Co-requisites:EDU 400, EDU 401, EDU
402, and EDU 404.
EDU 442
Clinical Practice 11: Student Teaching in the Middle School
(12)
Student teaching is viewed as the capstone to the middle grades education program. All areas of
knowledge are integrated and theory is put into practice as the preservice teacher assumes full
responsibility
for students' learning in a middle grades school classroom.
Prerequisite: Admission to