EDCE 305: The Catholic Educator: Philosophy/Vision and Strategies: Designed to promote and enrich a student’s own quest to integrate being a Catholic and being an educator. We will initiate a dialogue between the contemporary situation in education and the Catholic heritage, identifying central elements, values and attitudes in each. This dialogue will allow us to generate a personal vision and generate practical strategies for incarnating this vision in our lives as Catholic Educators. This course will also cover a comparative analysis of the historical, philosophical, sociological, and political study of American Catholic education in the context of the original common school and today's public school. (4 credit hours)
 

EDCE 315: Spirituality & Moral Development of the Educator: A study of spirituality of a teacher in Catholic schools will be drawn from the history of both spirituality and Catholic education. The main themes of the course will be drawn from the Four Constitutions of the Second Vatican Council. Study of the cognitive developmental theory of moral development, comparing and contrasting it with other major theories. Review of the materials, research, and methods related to moral education. Practicum relating research and educational practice required. (4 credit hours)

EDCE 325: Human Development in Education: Using contemporary developmental theories such as those of Piaget, Kohlberg, and Erikson, this course provides an examination of (a) methods of research and theories of child development, (b) aspects of child development such as physical, emotional and affective, cognitive and intellectual, religious, (c) influences on development (family, school, culture), (d) implications for teaching and learning strategies, abnormal development, and (e) pastoral perspectives. The content of the course also affords individuals the opportunity to understand the emotional, mental, and physical handicapping conditions (psychological, sociological, physiological) that causing students to deviate, temporarily or permanently, from established expectations of normal behavior. (4 credit hours)

EDCE 335: Curriculum and Best Practices: The course focuses on the impacting aspects of curriculum such as the history of curriculum development; importance of curriculum; the politics of curriculum; roles various parties play in curriculum; the importance to curriculum of the learner, knowledge and the needs of society. Current issues in curriculum are part of the course, as are such practical skills as curriculum mapping and curriculum alignment. Models, research, and practical applications of design and evaluation of curriculum and instruction for degree sought. Development of a curriculum model for a particular concentration is required. This course provides the prospective educator with an understanding of research-based strategies for maximizing the instructional environment teaching strategies, and differentiation of instruction, motivation, classroom management, assessment and evaluation. (4 credit hours)

EDCE 345: School Law: This seminar course addresses legal rights and responsibilities in schools that are pertinent to teachers, administrators, students, and parents. The legal process, structures of the law, current legislation, litigation, and practices to avoid legal infringements are addressed. Primary emphasis is on the role and function of teachers and administrators at all levels, preschool, elementary, middle and high school, of education. (0 credit hours)

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