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EDCI 30800 - Practicum In Reading For The Classroom Teacher
Credit Hours: 3.00. For prospective teachers in elementary or secondary schools who desire advanced supervised practice in teaching reading to pupils experiencing reading difficulty. It is required for a minor in reading. The seminar will evaluate diagnostic and tutoring strategies, methods, materials, and achievement. No undergraduate students may be enrolled in any of these undergraduate courses until they have been admitted to teacher education. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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EDCI 30900 - Reading In Middle And Secondary Schools: Methods And Problems
Credit Hours: 3.00. For prospective teachers at junior and senior high schools. An overview of reading processes, fundamentals of reading instruction, factors that influence the ability to read text materials, strategies and materials for identifying and reducing reading problems, school resources, and programs for normal and deficient readers. Concurrent enrollment with program-specified methods course. Typically offered Fall Spring.
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EDCI 31000 - Literacy And The Young Child
Credit Hours: 3.00. A content course designed to provide the background knowledge needed to guide the literacy development of children aged 3-8. The course examines young children’s emergent use and understanding of literacy in the home and in early schooling. The course traces the connections between the developmental history of children’s literacy and classroom practice. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
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EDCI 31100 - Media For Children
Credit Hours: 3.00. Books and other resources designed for children and adolescents are studied and evaluated in terms of literary theory and aesthetic appreciation. Emphasis is placed on literature and its place in the child’s world. Typically offered Fall Spring.
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EDCI 32500 - Literacy In The Primary Classroom
Credit Hours: 3.00. Students will study how children’s oral language develops, how children learn to read and write in primary grade settings, and the teacher’s role in this process. Students will learn how phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary and comprehension influence children’s literacy development. Students will learn how to select appropriate instructional materials; employ teaching strategies to meet the cognitive and affective literacy needs of all children; and collect, interpret, and use data from various types of assessments to inform literacy teaching and learning processes. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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EDCI 32600 - Literacy In The Intermediate Classroom
Credit Hours: 3.00. This course includes a field based component. Students will build on material learned in EDCI 32500 . They will concentrate on increasing student’s literacy skills with a focus on fluency, phonics, strategic reading, vocabulary, literary analysis, content area reading, the writing process, and building comprehension skills. They will learn to select appropriate materials, employ strategies to meet the cognitive and affective literacy needs of all children; and create integrate, and use data from various forms of assessment to inform the teaching and learning process. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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EDCI 35000 - Community Issues & Applications For Educators
Credit Hours: 2.00 or 3.00. This course is an examination of diverse individual, family, and community characteristics and issues, and potential impacts on teaching and learning processes. Includes service learning with human service agencies and personnel in the school and community. As part of this course, students complete certification to meet the Indiana Department of Education suicide prevention training requirement for teacher licensure. Typically offered Fall.
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EDCI 35600 - Career Education In Family And Consumer Sciences
Credit Hours: 3.00. Examination of middle and high school career education accomplished through family and consumer sciences, including (1) life and career exploration and planning; (2) analysis of career paths and opportunities in family and consumer sciences; and (3) career preparation through laboratory and cooperative education programs. Historical and contemporary foundations for career education in family and consumer sciences is also are addressed. Includes observations and interactions with students and teachers in career-education programs and participation in professional meetings. Typically offered Fall.
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EDCI 35700 - Occupational Internship In Career And Technical Education
Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. Supervised experiences in the area(s) of job training teacher certification. One hour of credit earned in increments of 250 clock hours of in-service training. Approval of University vocational education advisor. Typically offered Spring Fall.
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EDCI 35800 - Introduction To The Organization And Coordination Of Vocational And Technical Education
Credit Hours: 2.00 or 3.00. An introduction to the organization and coordination of vocational and technical education. Areas of emphasis include delivery systems, funding, state plan, credentialing systems, public relations, recruitment/placement/ follow-up, youth organizations, trends, and issues. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
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EDCI 36000 - Curriculum And Instruction In Family And Consumer Sciences: Middle School
Credit Hours: 3.00. Instructional program development for family and consumer sciences. Developmental needs and issues of early adolescents; study of adolescent literacy; and curriculum integration of language arts, math, and other content areas are emphasized. Development of a comprehensive unit of instruction that incorporates standard-based curriculum, assessment, and instruction for family and consumer sciences is a major component of the course. Includes observations and interactions with family and consumer sciences teachers and students and participation in professional meetings. Typically offered Spring.
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EDCI 36100 - Social Studies In The Elementary School
Credit Hours: 3.00. Provides students with an overview of the field of social studies, of selected issues in the field, and of best practice strategies for teaching social studies to elementary school children. Encourages participants to reflect on social studies knowledge, skills and dispositions, how students learn these most effectively, and how best to teach social studies. Includes a field-based experiential component. No undergraduate students may be enrolled in any of these undergraduate courses until they have been admitted to teacher education. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
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EDCI 36200 - Literacy In The Elementary School I
Credit Hours: 6.00. Examines how children’s oral language develops, how they learn to read and write, and the teacher’s role in these processes. Using a balanced approach to literacy instruction, students learn to select materials; employ strategies to meet the cognitive and affective literacy needs of all children; and collect, integrate, and use data from various forms of assessment to inform teaching and learning processes. Includes a field-based experiential component. Taken concurrently with EDCI 36100 . No undergraduate students may be enrolled in any of these undergraduate courses until they have been admitted to teacher education. Typically offered Fall Spring.
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EDCI 36300 - Literacy In The Elementary School II
Credit Hours: 3.00. Focuses on teaching children who experience difficulty acquiring literacy. Assessments of children’s strengths and needs are used to plan and evaluate instruction. Strategies for helping children develop more mature literacy understandings are applied in weekly small-group instructional sessions. Includes a field-based experiential component. Taken concurrently with EDPS 43000 . Typically offered Fall Spring.
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EDCI 36400 - Mathematics In The Elementary School
Credit Hours: 3.00. Focuses on teaching mathematics in the elementary school. Students learn what it means to teach mathematics when reasoning, problem solving, communication, and connections are the foci. Includes a field-based experiential component. Typically offered Fall Spring.
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EDCI 36500 - Science In The Elementary School
Credit Hours: 3.00. Investigates ways children learn science as a basis for planning, enacting, and assessing science curriculum and instruction. State and national standards, teaching cases, and science lab experiences are used as tools for reflecting on practice. Includes a field-based experiential component. Taken concurrently with EDCI 36400 and EDCI 37000 . Typically offered Fall Spring.
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EDCI 37000 - Teaching English As A New Language
Credit Hours: 2.00. This course focuses on the design of materials and instructional strategies for English Language Learners Pre-K - Grade 6. This course must be taken concurrently with EDCI 36400 and EDCI 36500 . It includes a field-based experiential component. Typically offered Fall Spring.
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EDCI 40100 - Reading Comprehension In The Content Area
Credit Hours: 3.00. Fulfills requirement for reading endorsement. Reading comprehension related to organizing and remembering expository text for primary, intermediate, and middle school students. Teaching strategies for general and specific content area comprehension. Typically offered Fall Spring.
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EDCI 40200 - Teaching Kindergarten: Issues And Methods
Credit Hours: 3.00. Examination of developmentally appropriate kindergarten curricula, current issues, and practices. The course addresses not only the activities and procedures of a kindergarten classroom, but also the connections between children’s development and the design of developmentally appropriate, integrated curricula. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
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EDCI 42100 - The Teaching Of Biology In Secondary Schools
Credit Hours: 3.00. The rationale, objectives, methods, and materials of teaching biology and life science in junior and senior high schools. Extensive use of multimedia resources in planning specifically for the student teaching experience. No undergraduate students may be enrolled in any of these undergraduate courses until they have been admitted to teacher education. Typically offered Fall.
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EDCI 42200 - The Teaching Of English In Secondary Schools
Credit Hours: 3.00. Explores a wide variety of instructional practices suitable for teaching middle and high school English including language, literature, and writing - addressing specific pedagogical issues such as teaching diverse learners and developing cohesive units of instruction. Typically offered Fall Spring.
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EDCI 42300 - The Teaching Of Social Studies In Secondary Schools
Credit Hours: 3.00. The purpose of this course is the development of a theoretical framework and pedagogical skills necessary to teach social studies to middle and high school students. Students are introduced to the general issues involved in planning and organizing a social studies curriculum. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
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EDCI 42400 - The Teaching Of Earth And Physical Science In The Secondary Schools
Credit Hours: 3.00. The methods and materials needed for the teaching of chemistry, earth-space, physics, and general science in the secondary schools, including field experience. No undergraduate students may be enrolled in any of these undergraduate courses until they have been admitted to teacher education. May be taken for two credits (no field experience) by students who are enrolled in another methods course with field experience. Typically offered Fall.
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EDCI 42500 - Teaching Of Mathematics In Secondary Schools
Credit Hours: 2.00 or 3.00. This course is designed for students who are planning to be secondary mathematics teachers in the twenty-first century. The course content is organized around tools and tasks for teaching secondary mathematics content, theories of teaching and learning mathematics, and organizing for classroom instruction. Must have completed at least 18 credit hours of Mathematics previous to this course. No undergraduate students may be enrolled in any of these undergraduate courses until they have been admitted to teacher education. Typically offered Fall Spring.
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EDCI 42600 - Teaching Mathematics In The Middle And Junior High School
Credit Hours: 2.00. Designed to prepare the prospective teacher to plan, present, and evaluate mathematics lessons, determine goals, manage instruction, and use a variety of instructional strategies. Must have completed at least 18 credit hours in Mathematics previous to this course. No undergraduate students may be enrolled in any of these undergraduate courses until they have been admitted to teacher education. Typically offered Fall Spring.
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EDCI 42700 - The Teaching Of Modern Foreign Languages In Secondary Schools
Credit Hours: 3.00. The course is a combination of lecture, computer-facilitated interaction, and guided on-site secondary school experience provided through the Professional Development School program. No undergraduate students may be enrolled in any of these undergraduate courses until they have been admitted to teacher education. Typically offered Fall.
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EDCI 42800 - Teaching Science In The Middle And Junior High School
Credit Hours: 2.00. Designed to prepare preservice teachers to teach science in the middle and junior high school (grades 5-9). No undergraduate students may be enrolled in any of these undergraduate courses until they have been admitted to teacher education. Typically offered Spring.
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EDCI 42900 - Methods Of Teaching Physical Education In Secondary Schools
Credit Hours: 3.00. Application of instructional concepts and strategies in physical education field experience setting. No undergraduate students may be enrolled in any of these undergraduate courses until they have been admitted to teacher education. Typically offered Fall.
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EDCI 43000 - The Teaching Of Foreign Languages In Junior High And Middle School
Credit Hours: 2.00. An examination of second language listening, reading, speaking, and writing skills, along with information on cultural problems. No undergraduate students may be enrolled in any of these undergraduate courses until they have been admitted to teacher education. Typically offered Spring.
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EDCI 43200 - The Teaching Of Health And Safety In Secondary Schools
Credit Hours: 3.00. The selection and application of teaching methods, materials, content, and resources appropriate for health instruction at the various educational levels. No undergraduate students may be enrolled in any of these undergraduate courses until they have been admitted to teacher education. Typically offered Fall.
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EDCI 43300 - The Teaching Of Social Studies In Junior High/Middle School
Credit Hours: 2.00. Foundations of social studies; methods, techniques, strategies of teaching, and activities - with special attention to skills of planning, questioning, and testing. Includes observation, participation, and microteaching in social studies classrooms. No undergraduate students may be enrolled in any of these undergraduate courses until they have been admitted to teacher education. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
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EDCI 43400 - Literacy Teaching And Learning In Secondary Schools
Credit Hours: 2.00. Exploration and development of various instructional methods and materials appropriate for supporting adolescent literacy in secondary English (i.e., middle and high school English Language Arts), including the teaching of reading. Content-area literacy methods and materials are also addressed. Includes a field experience of up to 20 hours in a secondary English school setting. Typically offered Fall Spring.
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EDCI 43500 - The Teaching Of Speech And Theatre In Secondary Schools
Credit Hours: 2.00 or 3.00. No undergraduate students may be enrolled in any of these undergraduate courses until they have been admitted to teacher education. Typically offered Fall Spring.
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EDCI 44400 - Methods for Teaching Family and Consumer Sciences
Credit Hours: 4.00. The culminating on-campus teacher-education course for the Purdue University Family and Consumer Sciences program. The course builds and consolidates teacher-candidates’ knowledge and skills for teaching family and consumer sciences. Emphasis placed on standards-based instructional planning and materials; instructional strategies, including laboratories, assessment of student learning, and classroom management. Course includes field experiences. Program content requirements should be completed previous to or concurrent with this course. Typically offered Fall.
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EDCI 44600 - Directed Observation For Family And Consumer Sciences
Credit Hours: 1.00 to 4.00. Field-based experience in a middle or high school, a Cooperative Extension setting, or other applicable career setting for family and consumer sciences educators. Build professional capacity through focused, participatory experiences that include interactions with family and consumer sciences educators, other school/agency personnel, and students/clients. Thirty-five hours of documented experience in approved setting needed for one credit. Typically offered Fall Spring.
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EDCI 45000 - Techniques Of Coordination In Cooperative Vocational Education
Credit Hours: 2.00. For prospective and present coordinators and supervisors of cooperative vocational programs in public schools. Emphasis on problems of organization, administration, supervision, and operation of cooperative education programs. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
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EDCI 46600 - Integrated Curriculum In The Elementary School
Credit Hours: 2.00. This course introduces various approaches to integrated curriculum, including historical foundations and current conceptual frameworks. Students develop integrated curriculum units (with relevant goals, materials, activities and plans) suitable for particular teaching contexts. The course includes a field-based component and is taken concurrently with EDPS 43000 . No undergraduate students may be enrolled in any of these undergraduate courses until they have been admitted to teacher education. Typically offered Fall Spring.
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EDCI 49000 - Individual Research And Teaching Experience
Credit Hours: 1.00 to 8.00. Primarily for teacher candidates requiring special, individualized experience in research or teaching. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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EDCI 49600 - Student Teaching In The Elementary School
Credit Hours: 8.00 to 16.00. Full time elementary classroom teaching experiences and a student teaching seminar under the mentorship of the classroom teacher and a University supervisor. Typically offered Fall Spring.
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EDCI 49800 - Supervised Teaching
Credit Hours: 8.00 to 16.00. Teaching full time in a school classroom under the supervision of the teacher in charge of the class and a University supervisor. Completion of education methods courses and other Gate requirements for the major area and admittance to teacher education required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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EDCI 50000 - Foundations Of Literacy
Credit Hours: 3.00. Survey course in the acquisition of and instruction in reading, writing, and other aspects of language. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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EDCI 50100 - Problems In Literacy Acquisition: Evaluation And Instruction
Credit Hours: 3.00. Examines informal and standardized instruments useful for evaluating students who experience difficulties acquiring reading, writing, and other aspects of language. Discusses corrective/remedial instructional strategies appropriate for the classroom and clinic. Supervised practicum. Typically offered Spring.
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EDCI 50200 - Reading In Middle And Secondary Schools
Credit Hours: 3.00. A course designed for teachers and prospective teachers in subject matter areas of the junior and senior high school. Surveys of techniques and objectives of reading instruction in the schools with special attention to the opportunities and obligations to teach reading within content areas. Teaching experience helpful but not required. May be taken as part of the sequence leading to reading specialist or for the junior high school endorsement program. Typically offered Fall Spring.
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EDCI 50600 - Environmental Education
Credit Hours: 3.00. Synthesis of philosophies, scientific principles and methods for environmental education programs in forests, camps, and schools. Students conduct and summarize literature research on scientific and educational principles. In interdisciplinary teams, they develop, implement, and evaluate curricula for schools, nature centers, interpretive and outdoor education programs. Typically offered Fall Spring.
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EDCI 50900 - Writing In Middle And Secondary Schools
Credit Hours: 3.00. Focuses on understanding philosophical and theoretical approaches, such as the writing process model, current reading/writing research, and how various approaches fit into existing school curriculum. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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EDCI 51000 - Colloquium In Science And Mathematics Education
Credit Hours: 1.00. Weekly colloquia on individual research topics of interest to science and mathematics education faculty and graduate students. Colloquia will describe research programs in education. Course will be required of first-year graduate students. Typically offered Fall.
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EDCI 51100 - Teaching Mathematics In The Elementary School
Credit Hours: 3.00. Historical and current curriculum developments in mathematics education with implications for classroom practice; analysis of instructional strategies; cognitive development; use of research results. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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EDCI 51200 - Mathematics In The Secondary School
Credit Hours: 3.00. Models of mathematics learning, current curriculum trends and practices with emphasis on laboratory and individualized systems; designing instructional materials. Typically offered Fall Spring.
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EDCI 51300 - Foundations Of Learning Design And Technology
Credit Hours: 3.00. Provides an historical overview of the field and delineates the foundational knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed by professionals in the field of educational technology and instructional design. Students explore the field by engaging in collaborative projects, along with thinking and writing about various aspects of educational technology and the underlying instructional design theories. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
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EDCI 51400 - Language Arts In The Elementary School
Credit Hours: 3.00. Research, recent trends, and current developments in the field of language arts and implications for classroom practice in the elementary school. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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EDCI 51500 - Reading In The Elementary School
Credit Hours: 3.00. Research, recent trends and current developments in the field of reading instruction. Emphasis will be on improving developmental reading in the elementary school programs rather than on surveying remedial programs. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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EDCI 51600 - Seminar In Environmental Education
Credit Hours: 3.00. The seminar covers current research and literature in environmental education, focusing on teaching children and adults about the environment. Topics vary by semester and student interest. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
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EDCI 51700 - Survey Of Science Education
Credit Hours: 3.00. Introduction to current issues and research in science education, broadly organized under themes of learning, teaching, and science curriculum. Typically offered Fall.
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EDCI 51800 - The Nature Of Science In Science Teaching
Credit Hours: 3.00. Explores philosophical issues related to the scientific enterprise, such as the production and validation of scientific knowledge; the role of the scientific community; and the influence of gender and culture on doing science. Also examines the implications of these issues for science teaching and learning, as well as for research in science education. Typically offered Spring.
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EDCI 51900 - Teaching Learners Of English As A New Language
Credit Hours: 3.00. (ENGL 51900) This course focuses on current issues and techniques in ESL instruction and assessment for students at the beginning or intermediate stages of English language acquisition Pre-K-12. Emphasis is on the design of materials and instruction that foster English language development in the content areas of the curriculum (i.e., Specially Designed Academic Instruction in English or SDAIE). Some familiarity with elementary and/or secondary teaching methods is assumed. Typically offered Fall.
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EDCI 52600 - Language Study For Educators
Credit Hours: 3.00. (ENGL 52900 ). Covers foundational knowledge in language and linguistics for teachers and educational researchers. Topics include structure and functions of language, language acquisition and development, language diversity, classroom discourse, language and media, and literacy-language arts curriculum. A foundation for work in Literacy and Language Education. Typically offered Summer Spring.
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EDCI 52700 - Science Methods In The Elementary School
Credit Hours: 3.00. The examination of learning theories, instructional methods, and curricular materials appropriate for teaching science concepts and skills in the elementary school setting. Students will apply, evaluate, and reflect upon elementary science teaching methods through class activities and field experience assignments. Acceptance into the Elementary Transition into Teaching (TTT) program. Typically offered Fall Spring.
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EDCI 52800 - Human Performance Technology
Credit Hours: 3.00. This course provides an introduction to the field of human performance technology (HPT). It examines basic concepts and principles of human performance, the theoretical underpinnings of the field, research and application literature, and various approaches to solving human performance problems. A systematic approach to the analysis, design, development, implementation and evaluation of performance improvement interventions within organizations is emphasized. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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EDCI 53000 - English Language Development
Credit Hours: 3.00. (ENGL 53000 ). Focuses on theoretical and practical knowledge for teachers about how second languages are learned, and on the educational and philosophical basis for second language teaching and learning. Links English language development to teaching and learning strategies and is designed for undergraduate and graduate students in education and practicing teachers. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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EDCI 53100 - Learning Theories And Instructional Design
Credit Hours: 3.00. This course has been designed to help you learn how theories of human learning and motivation can be applied to the instructional process in order to make the process more effective, efficient, and/or appealing. The focus of the course is on two areas: 1) the theoretical principles that have contributed to the field of Instructional Design (ID), and 2) how those principles can be applied within practical settings. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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EDCI 53200 - STEM Goes Rural Seminar I
Credit Hours: 3.00. An examination of current problems, issues, research, and practice related to the teaching of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) subjects in rural school settings. Permission of Department required. Typyicall offered Fall Spring Summer.
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EDCI 53300 - Teaching And Learning Number And Operations.
Credit Hours: 3.00. This course is designed to provide opportunities for mathematics educators to develop understanding of teaching and learning in the domain of number and operation. Central to this work is the construction of models of learners’ understanding of number and operation and the use of those models to build and select curriculum. While curricular efforts have historically taken as central a formal view of mathematics and its construction, more recently curriculum has been written to engage learners and to build from knowledge of learners’ understanding. In this course we will develop models of learner’s understandings of different facets of number and operation and then use those models and our emerging understanding of curriculum to explore challenges in teaching and learning. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer
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EDCI 53400 - Teaching And Learning Geometry And Measurement
Credit Hours: 3.00. This course is designed to provide opportunities for mathematics educators to develop understanding of teaching and learning in the related domains of geometry and measurement. Central to this work is the construction of models of learners’ understandings of geometry and measurement and the use of models to design instruction. Geometry, as a discipline in school mathematics, has historically and more currently been debated. In this course we will explore research in the teaching and learning of geometry and measurement. A synthesis of select literature will inform our efforts to develop models of learners’ geometric reasoning and understanding of measurement. We will move past the development of models to the design of instruction meant to support understandings of concepts that utilizes technology. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer
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EDCI 53500 - Teaching And Learning Algebra And Functions
Credit Hours: 3.00. This is a course for current or prospective mathematics teachers wishing to explore ways of teaching algebra with a focus on addressing concerns related to student performance in algebra and increasing algebraic reasoning skills in the classroom. The course includes experiences with inquiry-based learning by engaging participants in algebra activities from two secondary National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) standards-based curricula. The course will provide opportunities for participants to collaborate on the development of algebraic thinking in mathematics classrooms and will address pedagogical approaches to students’ learning of algebra. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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EDCI 53600 - Teaching And Learning Data Analysis And Probabilty
Credit Hours: 3.00. This course will provide opportunities for the growth of middle school mathematics teachers understanding of data analysis and probability as a means to help analyze and interpret experienced events. The course will address the following: selecting and using appropriate statistical methods to analyze data, developing and evaluating inferences and predictions that are based on data, and understanding and applying the basic concepts of probability. This course will also address pedagogical approaches to students’ learning of data analysis and probability. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer
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EDCI 54100 - Contemporary Issues In Career And Technical Education
Credit Hours: 3.00. Identification, analysis, synthesis, and implications of current issues and problems in career and technical education at the elementary, secondary, postsecondary, and adult levels; policy and literature review; formulation of alternatives and solutions. Typically offered Fall Spring.
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EDCI 54300 - Instruction In Career And Technical Education
Credit Hours: 3.00. Contemporary trends and methods in teaching career and technical programs, learning styles and teaching styles, and a variety of creative instructional strategies for different educational contexts will be identified and analyzed. Typically offered Fall Spring.
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EDCI 54400 - Career And Technical Education For Special Needs Learners
Credit Hours: 3.00. Legislative initiatives; identification of special needs learners at the elementary, secondary, postsecondary, and adult levels; learning characteristics; assessment; individualized planning; instructional adaptations; school and community resources; exemplary program models; research, trends, and issues; and evaluation. Typically offered Summer.
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EDCI 54500 - Planning In Career And Technical Education
Credit Hours: 3.00. Principles and strategies in planning new and improving existing career and technical education programs, strategic planning, needs assessment, community and workforce market research, information and data analysis, program improvement. Permission of Department required. Typically offered Fall Spring.
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EDCI 54800 - Teaching Mathematics To Diverse Learners
Credit Hours: 3.00. This course is designed to provide opportunities for in-service teachers to engage around issues of equity in mathematics education. Equity here is used as a broad construct intended to help us think about how to provide meaningful opportunities to learn for all the students in our mathematics classrooms. The notion of “diverse” here is also taken broadly. All students have special needs, but it is sometimes helpful to think about the needs of particular groups of students while at the same time avoiding reducing differences among students to stereotypes. Issues of diversity here include, but are not limited to race, culture, gender, disabilities, language, SES, and sexual orientation. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer
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EDCI 54900 - Assessment In Mathematics Education
Credit Hours: 3.00. This course is designed to help teachers of mathematics recognize the link between productive assessment and productive instruction, using the mathematics education standards for teacher competence in educational assessment. This course is designed to help teachers meet those professional standards and understand the public pressure as well as instructional need for effective formative and summative assessment. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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EDCI 55000 - Career Education
Credit Hours: 3.00. An overview of contemporary legislation, educational reform, trends, and issues; career education program models; vocational and technical education, technology prep, and school-to-work systems; partnerships; foundations of career education; career development; curriculum; career guidance and counseling; career assessment; career planning practices; learning styles and instructional strategies; career information sources and resources; exemplary programs; and special needs populations and practices. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
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EDCI 55100 - Young Adult Literature
Credit Hours: 3.00. This course is a survey of classic and contemporary young adult texts. Students are introduced to the genre through reading notable young adult texts, applying relevant literary criticism, and investigating effective pedagogical strategies. Typically offered Fall Spring.
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EDCI 55200 - Generalizable Skills Instruction In Career And Technical Education
Credit Hours: 3.00. Curriculum, assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation relating to generalizable skills (also known as generic, transferable, or workplace skills) in career and technical education, other content areas, and special education programs; philosophical, historical, social, economic, political, and educational influencing factors; analysis and synthesis of current research and conceptual models; practical applications for programs; instructional strategies; resources and support services, interdisciplinary collaboration approaches; applications for special needs learners; learning styles and characteristics. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
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EDCI 55300 - Leadership Development In Career And Technical Education
Credit Hours: 3.00. Design, development, implementation, and evaluation of systems and strategies for enhancing the skills and knowledge of personnel seeking to become leaders in the field of Career and Technical Education (CTE); research related to critical and emerging leadership issues, strategies, policies, and resources are examined and applied to program improvement initiatives in schools, the workplace, agencies, and other organizations that serve a wide variety of youth, adolescents, young adults, and adults. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
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EDCI 55400 - Production Of Instructional Materials
Credit Hours: 3.00. Involves the design, development, and editing of digitally-based materials for use in computer-based learning environments. Includes planning and implementing text, graphics, audio, and video materials for use as communication and learning tools. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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EDCI 55600 - Educational Video Game Design
Credit Hours: 3.00. Designed to provide an introduction to the design of educational video games. The focus of the course is on two areas: 1) the learning, instructional design, and game design theories which can inform the design of effective and engage in educational video games, and 2) how to apply those theories within practical settings. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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EDCI 55900 - Academic Language And Content Area Learning
Credit Hours: 3.00. (ENGL 59900 ) Course focuses on theoretical and practical knowledge for teachers about how second languages are learned, and on the educational and philosophical basis for second language teaching and learning. The course links English language development to teaching and learning strategies and is designed for undergraduate and graduate students in education and practicing teachers. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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EDCI 56000 - Educational Technology For Teaching And Learning
Credit Hours: 3.00. Educational/training application of instructional technology, including computers, media, and instructional design. Stresses knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed to implement and manage technology in instructional environments. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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EDCI 56400 - Integration And Management Of Computers In Education
Credit Hours: 3.00. This course is intended for pre-service teachers, in-service teachers, administrators, trainers, and others who use or intend to use computers in educational settings. This course focuses on techniques for and issues related to integrating computers in educational environments. Topics covered include: popular computer applications, management issues, information and security issues, and designing educational applications for use in educational settings. Typically offered Spring Fall Summer.
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EDCI 56500 - Principles Of Adult Education
Credit Hours: 3.00. (YDAE 56500 ) Principles of adult education applied to helping adults learn, evaluating their performance, and determining their needs. Examines history, philosophy, and research of adult education. Explores techniques required in design and delivery of instruction for adults. Typically offered Spring.
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EDCI 56600 - Educational Applications Of Hypermedia
Credit Hours: 3.00. Examination of educational applications of hypermedia tools and related research. Creation of hypermedia instructional materials. Incorporation of digitized media (sound, photographs, and motion clips) in hypermedia is explored. Typically offered Spring.
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EDCI 56700 - Action Research In Science Education
Credit Hours: 3.00. An introduction to various models and conceptions of teacher action research in science education. Students review literature on action research, participate in small research cohorts, and plan and conduct action research within their respective educational situations. Typically offered Fall Spring.
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EDCI 56800 - Partnering With Web-Based Tools For Learner Centered Environments
Credit Hours: 3.00. Provides an in-depth look at Web-based digital tools for teaching and learning, with a focus on learner-centered activities and environments. Emphasis is given to applying the knowledge and skills necessary to create a Web-based, student-centered lesson/unit that provides diverse learners with opportunities for formal and informal learning. Course content is applicable to both independent and collaborative learning, as well as use of the Web as the sole educational delivery system or in combination with other approaches, including traditional classroom instruction. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
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EDCI 56900 - Introduction To E-Learning
Credit Hours: 3.00. This course examines how design and development of instruction are impacted by the use of the computer as delivery system. A primary focus is on effective learning design strategies for computer mediated instruction. Learners will identify and apply effective design with emphasis on project management, planning, and implementation issues. Education or training materials will be developed using appropriate authoring tools as determined by the instructional context. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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EDCI 57200 - Introduction To Learning Systems Design
Credit Hours: 3.00. An introduction to the principles of designing instructional materials and to instructional communication theory and techniques. Topics include objectives, student characteristics, media selection, communication variables, message design, and systematic evaluation. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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EDCI 57300 - Instructional Development Practicum
Credit Hours: 2.00 or 3.00. Provides supervised field experience in programs involving instructional design development activities. Students participate in ongoing projects in the design, development, and evaluation of instructional materials and training programs in business and industry, medical facilities, or other settings deemed appropriate. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring.
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EDCI 57500 - Foundations Of Distance Learning
Credit Hours: 3.00. An introduction to the field of distance learning/education. Examination of basic concepts and principles of distance learning, the theoretical underpinnings of the field, research and application literature, and distance education delivery technologies. Focus is on integration of distance education technologies for learning and teaching. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
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EDCI 57700 - Strategic Assessment And Evaluation
Credit Hours: 3.00. This course explores principles and techniques that can be used to carry out evaluations within an organization. In particular, the course examines several aspects of conducting evaluations: planning and designing an evaluation, developing appropriate instruments, using various methods to collect information, analyzing information obtained from those methods, and communicating results and recommendation. This course is designed to help learners understand the multiple ways that evaluation is used in instructional systems, and provide opportunities to design various types of evaluation instruments. Approximately one half of the course is dedicated to the study of learner assessment, and the remaining half of the course is dedicated to the study of program evaluation. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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EDCI 58000 - Foundations Of Curriculum
Credit Hours: 3.00. Introduction to the major historical and philosophical sources of curriculum ideas. Significant forces influencing curriculum decision making. Different theoretical approaches to the construction and analysis of curriculum. Typically offered Fall.
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EDCI 58500 - Multicultural Education
Credit Hours: 3.00. Concepts and theories of ethnicity and cultural pluralism: implications for educational change. Examination of value systems and cultural characteristics of various ethnic groups, different ethnic learning styles, ethnically pluralistic curriculum content and instructional materials, and conceptual curriculum design strategies for implementing multicultural education. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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EDCI 58600 - Topics In Educational Reform
Credit Hours: 3.00. (EDFA 58600) Explore important and timely issues related to educational reform and restructuring. Topics include: school choice, curriculum reform, assessment, technology, and influences on the reform process. Typically offered Fall Spring.
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EDCI 58700 - Leadership And Management In Educational Technology
Credit Hours: 3.00. This course addresses the fundamentals of leadership and management of educational technology in a K-12 setting. Students will explore and evaluate computer hardware, software, networks, and lab management, including how they fit into education. This course is designed to provide prospectives on organizational leadership of educational technology, as well as providing future teachers with the ability to troubleshoot basic problems often associated with computers and software in the classroom. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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EDCI 58800 - Motivation And Instructional Design
Credit Hours: 3.00. This course has been designed to provide an in-depth study of motivation as one of the fundamental variables underlying human learning, behavior, and instructional design. The focus of the course is on two areas: 1) theories of motivation and the general principles that have contributed to the field of instructional design, and 2) how those principles are applied within practical design settings. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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EDCI 58900 - Special Topics For Teachers
Credit Hours: 1.00 to 4.00. Consideration of appropriate professional problems of experienced educational personnel in workshops or in-service programs. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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EDCI 59000 - Individual Research Problems
Credit Hours: 1.00 to 6.00. Opportunities for students to study particular problems under the guidance of a member of the This plan of individualized instruction may be used in any field of education or vocational education. Does not include thesis work. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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EDCI 59100 - Special Topics In Education
Credit Hours: 1.00 to 4.00. Group study of a current problem or special topic of interest to professional educational personnel. Intensive study of research, theory, or practical aspects of a particular issue within the usual graduate class format. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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EDCI 59200 - Elementary Transition To Teaching Seminar And Practicum
Credit Hours: 0.00 to 3.00. This is a two-semester course with an additional two-four week summer component. The course is comprised of a seminar portion, taught by the TTT coordinator, with concurrent practicum experiences where students spend approximately 14 hours per week in elementary classrooms (20 during the summer component). During all three practicum experiences, students are supervised by the resident master teacher, the TTT coordinator, and additional University supervisors, if necessary. The focus of the seminar is on reinforcing and extending pedagogical concepts and methodology and teaching basic instructional practices essential for success in the classroom. (Prerequisite: acceptance into the Transition to Teaching program.). Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
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EDCI 59300 - Introductory Secondary Transition To Teaching Seminar
Credit Hours: 1.00. This seminar course offers an introduction to the TTT program, as well as an overview of general educational concerns and issues applicable to all content area instruction at the middle and high school levels. It is often the first course taken in the TTT program by program participants. The course centers on discussions of educational issues, theories, and approaches that the students who are seeking licensure in any of the secondary areas available at Purdue will find helpful. Additionally, the course provides general information about TTT program course sequences, the fee structure, application processes for student teaching placements, and the overriding philosophy of the TTT program at Purdue. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Summer.
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EDCI 59400 - Concluding Secondary Transition To Teaching Seminar
Credit Hours: 2.00. This seminar course offers a conclusion to the program, as well as a review of general educational concerns and issues applicable to all content area instruction at the middle and high school levels. It is often the last course taken in the TTT program by program participants. The course centers on discussions of educational issues, theories, and approaches that the students who are seeking licensure in any of the secondary areas available at Purdue will find helpful. Additionally, the course helps students prepare to obtain their teaching license and enter the teaching community as a secondary teacher. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Summer.
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