Teacher Education

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Jerry Rosiek, Department Head

(541) 346-2330

Educational Studies

EDST 405 Reading and Conference: [Topic] (1–8R) June 22–August 14.

EDST 612 Foundations of Teaching and Learning (4) June 22–July 17. Provides students with the psychological foundations of teaching and learning.

EDST 614 Cultural Context of Education (4) July 20–August 14. Examines the cultural foundations of educational practice through a critical review of four decades of ethnographic research on school and student culture.

EDST 616 Language, Power, and Education (4) July 20–August 14. Examines the politics, policies, and practical realities associated with language and literacy in educational settings and how these issues affect all students to some degree.

EDST 620 Evolution and the Math Wars (4) June 22–July 17. Focuses on the debates that influence, and in some cases overshadow, the teaching of mathematics and science from kindergarten to grade 12. Sequence with EDST 621, 622 (or 623, 624); 625, 626.

EDST 630 Humanities Curriculum and Cultural Conflict (4) June 22–July 17. Examines the epistemology and conceptions of education that underlie the humanities curriculum at the secondary level. Sequence with EDST 631, 632 (or 633, 634 or 635, 636); 637; 638.

Graduate Elementary Teaching

GET 639 Capstone (3) June 22–August 14. Application of inquiry skills to a problem of practice or an area of interest.

Middle-Secondary Teaching

MSEC 606 Field Studies: [Topic] (1–6R)

MSEC 606 Music Continuing Professional Development (1–6R) Price.

MSEC 606 Music September Experience (1) Price.

MSEC 609 Practicum: Middle-Secondary Schools (1–15R)

MSEC 639 Middle-Secondary Capstone Master’s Project (3)

MSEC 641 Middle-Secondary Continuing Professional Development (1–6R)

Teacher Education

TED 605 Reading and Conference: [Topic] (1–9R)

TED 606 English as a Second or Other Language (1–3)

TED 607 English as a Second or Other Language (1) June 20–August 12.

TED 607 Sapsik’wala (1–5) June 22–August 14.

TED 609 English as a Second Language (1–3) June 22–August 14. Extra fee.

TED 610 Curriculum Reform for a Sustainable Future (4) June 22–August 14. Focuses on the changes in curriculum and teaching considered in light of an impending ecological crisis. Bowers.

TED 610 The Scholarship of Teaching (4) June 22–July 17. Examines the reflective turn in conceptions of teacher professionalism and initiates students into the world of teacher research. Rosiek.

TED 610 Urban School Systems for Teacher Leaders (4) June 22–July 17. Explores the historical and contemporary social structures of urban schooling systems; helps educators develop effective teaching practice for schools with diverse populations. Goode.