436. MIDDLE CHILDHOOD EDUCATION CURRICULUM AND SPECIAL METHODS:  MATH 3 cr.  Methods, instructional resources and assessment, strategies for middle-grades math.  Students take two special-methods courses concurrently during pre-student teaching semester.  Courses are team-taught to foster interdisciplinary learning.  For School-Based M.Ed. Program candidates only.

445. TEACHING INTERNSHIP  6 cr.  A full-day semester-long supervised teaching experience involving classroom responsibilities in using a full range of planning, teaching, management, and evaluation techniques.  For Post-Bac M.Ed and School-Based M.Ed. Program candidates only.

451. THEORIES OF PERSONALITY (PS 351)  3 cr.  Major personality theories with critical consideration of research support, clinical and counseling applications, and guides to self-management.

452. READING AND WRITING ACROSS THE CURRICULUM 3 cr.  Literacy development examined through psychological, socio-cultural and historical perspectives.  Examines reading as an interactive, problem-solving process.  Strategies that foster critical thinking, active engagement and social interaction in the teaching of reading and writing across the curriculum. 

453. MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION  3  cr.  Builds the personal and professional development of education and counseling practitioners through studying the sociological, historical, and philosophical scholarship on the many cultures, races, and ethnic groups that constitute the diverse student body of American schools.  Considerations of racism, sexism, exceptionality and other diversity issues are applied to a variety of educational, counseling and agency settings.  ED 453 will have one section for community counseling and school counseling.

454. STUDY IN LANGUAGE AND PHONICS 3 cr.  Examines the links between oral and written language with focus on the grapho-phonemic, syntactic, morphemic, and semantic systems as they relate to literacy instruction.  Explores literacy development, phonological awareness, and orthography.  Includes practica. 

456. READING ASSESSMENT AND INTERVENTION  3 cr.  Gaining familiarity with formal and informal tools for assessing literacy development with emphasis on planning, implementing and evaluating intervention strategies. Includes field experience.

457. METHODS IN READING EDUCATION  3 cr.  Advanced examination of various reading methods and techniques for instructional planning and classroom organization.

458. LITERATURE FOR CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS 3 cr.  Critical analysis of various genres of literature for children and adolescents with attention to multicultural literature and the relevance of literature across all disciplines.  Required for students in the Middle Childhood language arts content area.

459. ADOLESCENT LITERATURE 3 cr.  Critical analysis of the genres of adolescent literature with emphasis on major authors.  Themes related to intellectual, social, cultural, and political issues, and the role of adolescent literature in the traditional language arts curriculum.  Required for students in the AYA Integrated Language Arts License.

464A. SECONDARY METHODS  3 cr.  Methods of teaching in secondary schools.  Classroom management strategies, curriculum construction, instructional strategies.  Provides the intern with a repertoire of methods from which to choose, depending on classroom situation and student needs.  For School-Based M.Ed. Program candidates only.

464B. SECONDARY METHODS 3 cr.  Methods for planning and implementing curricula in the content areas and assessing student achievement consistent with the standards set forth by the learned societies and the State of Ohio Content Standards.  Teacher and peer-centered methods to promote problem solving and concept development using a range of pedagogic tools, including technologies, manipulatives, visuals, oral and writing strategies, cooperative learning, and various forms of authentic assessment.  Attention given to nurturing a risk-taking classroom community responsive to students with diverse backgrounds, abilities and learning styles.  Practical application of methods and issues to candidates’ intern placement in a secondary classroom.  For School-Based M.Ed. Program candidates only.