EDUC 350 - Teaching and Learning in the Content Areas

Section 01-Social Studies and History

This Social Studies methods course will enable candidates to learn and demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary for them to teach Social Studies on the secondary level. The foundation of this course will be the Conceptual Framework of the University of Saint Joseph School of Education, the Connecticut State Department of Education regulations, including the Common Core of Teaching, the Social Studies Frameworks and the standards of the National Council for the Social Studies. The focus will be on planning, implementing and evaluating instruction and curriculum. The course will cover specific strategies that will lead to student-centered constructivist classroom activities that engage individual students in meaningful ways. The use of primary sources will be emphasized. Field study is required.

Section 02-World Language

This is a foreign language methods course for initial license that will enable candidates to learn and demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to teach the Romance languages at the middle/secondary level. The foundation of this course is the Conceptual Framework of the University of Saint Joseph School of Education, the regulations of the Connecticut State Department of Education, including the Common Core of Teaching and Foreign Language Frameworks, as well as the standards of the American Council for Teaching Foreign Languages. The focus will be on second-language teaching methods. Language learning skills will be reviewed (listening, reading, writing, speaking) as well as the psychosocial aspects of language learning. Teacher candidates will understand the National Standards for Foreign Language Learning in the 21st Century (communication, culture, connections, comparison and community) and the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines. Candidates will plan, implement and evaluate instruction and curriculum as well as specific methods and strategies that will lead to student-centered constructivist classroom activities that engage individual students in meaningful ways. They will pay special attention to the technology component of teaching and learning. Field study is required.

Section 03-Mathematics

This is a mathematics methods course for initial license that will enable candidates to learn and demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to teach math at the middle/secondary level. The foundation of this course is the Conceptual Framework of the University of Saint Joseph School of Education, the regulations of the Connecticut State Department of Education, including the Common Core of Teaching and the Common Core Standards, as well as the standards of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. The focus will be on planning, implementing and evaluating instruction and curriculum. The course also covers specific methods and strategies that will lead to student-centered constructivist classroom activities that engage individual students in meaningful ways. Field study is required.

Section 04-Science

This is a science methods course that will enable candidates to learn and demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to teach Science at the middle/secondary level. The foundation of this course is the Conceptual Framework of the University of Saint Joseph School of Education, the regulations of the Connecticut State Department of Education, including the Common Core of Teaching and the Science Frameworks, as well as the standards of the National Science Teachers Association. The focus will be on planning, implementing and evaluating instruction and curriculum. The course will cover specific methods and strategies that will lead to student-centered constructivist classroom activities that engage individual students in meaningful ways. Field study is required.

Section 06-English

This is an English methods course for initial license that will enable candidates to learn and demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to teach English at the middle/secondary level. The foundation of this course is the Conceptual Framework of the University of Saint Joseph School of Education, the regulations of the Connecticut State Department of Education, including the Common Core of Teaching and the Common Core Standards, as well as the standards of the National Council of Teachers of English. The focus will be on planning, implementing and evaluating instruction and curriculum. The course will cover specific methods and strategies that will lead to student-centered constructivist classroom activities that engage individual students in meaningful ways. Field study is required.
Prerequisite(s): EDUC 205 - Foundations of Education  and EDUC 265 - The Elements of Teaching  or SPEC 265 - The Elements of Teaching