Education Studies Courses
150 Special Topics. 4. May also be offered at 250, 350 and 450 levels.
201 Education Inquiry: First Tutorial. 4. Discovery of questions and issues which concern educators, inquiry into how these questions and issues have been and are being approached by others and search for one’s own reflective understanding. Focuses on the self, the educational community and the library as spheres of inquiry.
202 Learning and Teaching: Second Tutorial. 4. An interdisciplinary introduction to learning and teaching. Theories of knowledge, development and learning provide a context for experiences with individual students in the schools, interviews with Guilford faculty and observation and analysis of learning processes. Prerequisite: EDUC 201.
203 Contemporary/Historical Issues in Education. 4. Analysis of contemporary social, cultural and political issues in education within an historical context. Action research based on 20 hours of fieldwork is required. Fulfills social science requirement.
217 Literacy Seminar (ENGL 217, JPS 217, PSY 217, SOAN 217, WMST 217). 2. Students are trained as literacy tutors and spend four hours per week tutoring in community literacy programs. Wider issues of literacy and related problems are considered. CR/NC.
260 Independent Study. 1-4. May also be offered at 360 and 460 levels.
290 Internship, 1-4. May also be offered at the 390 level.
301 Field Study in Cross-Cultural Education. 4. Usually taken during the study abroad experience. Examination of educational issues pertinent to the location in which the student is studying through readings, interviews and a 72-hour internship. Students will be required to complete work and attend preparatory meetings the semester before they actually enroll in the course. Prerequisites: EDUC 201, 202, and 203.
302 Field Study in Cross-Cultural Education in United States. 4. EDUC 302 is available as an alternative to EDUC 301 Cross Cultural Experience. Only students who have received departmental approval to complete their cross cultural experience in the United States may take this course. There are a great many similarities between this course and EDUC 301. The major difference is that EDUC 201 is completed over three semesters, including a semester in another country while EDUC 302 is completed in the United States in one semester. The broad purpose of this course is to provide education studies majors with the opportunity to immerse themselves, as much as possible, in an unfamiliar culture; to experience what it means to be “other” than the dominant culture; and to develop the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to successfully teach children from many cultures. Prerequisite: EDUC 201, 202, and 203.
NOTE: The following four courses – 306/7/8/9 – are taken concurrently to provide systematic study of integrating methods of teaching reading, language arts, science, social studies, mathematics and the arts. Lesson design and social curriculum are included in an interdisciplinary elementary classroom environment prepared for adult teacher preparation. Students are required to attend preparatory meetings the semester before they enroll in this sequence of courses.
306 Seminar in the Processes of Elementary Teaching I. 4.
307 Seminar in the Processes of Elementary Teaching II. 4.
308 Seminar in the Processes of Elementary Teaching III. 4.
309 Seminar in the Processes of Elementary Teaching IV. 4.
312 Seminar in the Processes of Secondary and K-12 Teaching. 4. Study of school structures and curricula; study and practice of methodologies appropriate to specialty areas and to integrated curricula. A focus on lesson planning, development and presentation is emphasized.
313 Seminar in the Processes of Secondary and K-12 Teaching: Theory into Practice. 4. A co-requisite of EDUC 312, students enrolled in EDUC 313 begin to combine their understanding of lesson planning on the secondary level with lesson planning and teaching while focusing on the integration of pedagogical content knowledge. Students also become immersed in the public schools during a 40-hour internship where they have opportunities to learn about the secondary school culture and begin to interact with and teach students in the secondary schools as they also re-examine themselves as educators.
NOTE: EDUC 312 and 313 are co-requisites of each other and only offered in the spring semester.
410 Elementary Student Teaching Seminar. 4. Integrated with student teaching (EDUC 440). Reflection on student teaching experience and help with individual needs. Emphasis on appropriate materials and methods for elementary level.
420 Secondary Student Teaching Seminar. 4. Integrated with student teaching (EDUC 440). Reflection on student teaching experience and help with individual needs. Emphasis on appropriate materials and methods for secondary and K-12 school levels.
440 Student Teaching. 12. Observation and directed teaching in area of licensure, supervised by the school’s cooperating teacher and college personnel. There is a final two-week capstone experience at the conclusion of student teaching. During the capstone, students reflect on their student teaching experience in relationship to their theoretical and philosophical grounding. They also explore leadership roles that they may take in the future. Prerequisites: senior standing and completion of major courses.
Application for student teaching must be made by March 1 preceding the year in which the student expects to do student teaching. Acceptance into student teaching is based on a continuous 2.50 overall grade-point average and support from both major departments. Student teachers may not take additional credits, participate in a varsity sport in season or work part-time without written permission from the department. Initial licensure is contingent upon successfully completing both majors, the student teaching program and relevant components of the national Praxis examination. CR/NC.
Licensure Only: Individuals who hold a bachelor’s degree may complete teaching licenses in each of the three licensure tracks. Coursework in addition to the education studies program may be required.