The ELED 421 standards-based course engaged students in hands-on learning of science and engineering concepts and trained students to create, critique, and implement developmentally appropriate and accessible science and engineering lessons and units for the wide range of elementary school learners
Students were introduced to science and engineering practices and learned to integrate technology and literacy strategies into their instruction.
This course prioritized equity-based, culturally responsive practices that were designed to reduce bias in teacher practice.
The ELED 430 course examined the purpose and content of the contemporary elementary school mathematics curriculum.
This course emphasized how children learn mathematics, a wide variety of teaching procedures and instructional materials, evaluation techniques for use in the classroom and pedagogical methodology for individualization.
Designed also to create awareness of effective experiences in the teaching/learning process of elementary school mathematics.
The ELED 414 course examined the development of lessons and curriculum for the teaching of literacy (reading, writing, speaking, and listening).
Emphasis was placed on the methodologies of delivering whole-class reading and writing instruction that is based on literacy assessment data in a supervised elementary pre-practicum setting.
The course continued to explore Critical Literacy as the overarching theoretical framework, where students understood how to incorporate topics such as equity, diversity, and social-emotional awareness as part of their literacy instruction.