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ED
102
(2
Credits)
Fall,
Spring
Orientation
to
Alaska
Native
Education
(2+0)
(Cross-listed
with
ANS
102)
A
seminar
in
issues
related
to
Alaska
Native
and
rural
education.
Through
weekly
meeting
held
both
on
campus
and
in
Fairbanks
schools,
students
examine
and
discuss
issues
with
Alaska
Native
educators
on
topics
related
specifically
to
rural
and
urban
Alaska
Native
education.
Issues
include:
Native
ways
of
knowing,
local
control,
curriculum
development
for
small/multi-graded/rural
schools,
cultural
differences
in
teaching
and
learning
and
bilingual
programs.
(Prerequisite:
Permission
of
instructor.)
ED
110
(1
Credit)
Fall,
Spring
Becoming
a
Teacher
in
the
21st
Century
(1+0)
Series
of
seminars
focusing
on
current
national
educational
policies
and
practices.
Includes
exploration
of
teaching
as
a
profession.
Presented
in
the
Alaska
context,
seminars
include
opportunity
for
interaction
with
Alaska
teachers,
student
teachers,
and
interns.
(Graded
pass/fail.)
ED
201
(3
Credits)
Fall,
Spring
Introduction
to
Education
(3+0)
Introduction
to
the
profession
of
education
and
specifically,
the
field
of
elementary
and
secondary
teacher
education.
Review
of
social,
political,
cultural
and
historical
factors
that
influence
major
educational
reform
movements
at
the
national
and
Alaska
state
level.
Field
experience
required.
(Prerequisites:
ED
110
and
ENGL
111X
with
a
C
or
better;
sophomore
standing
or
permission
of
instructor.)
ED
204
(3
Credits)
Fall,
Spring
Literature
for
Children
(3+0)
Examination
of
effective
uses
of
literature
to
promote
learning.
Critical
analysis
of
authors,
illustrators,
and
content
of
children's
literature
representative
of
multiple
genres
and
diverse
peoples
and
perspectives
--
including
Alaska
literature.
Review
of
criteria
for
book
selection
and
application
of
review
process
to
books
selected
by
student
based
on
professional
recommendations
and
reviews.
Field
experience
required.
(Prerequisite:
ED
201.)
ED
245
(3
Credits)
Fall,
Spring
Child
Development
(3+0)
(Cross-listed
with
PSY
245)
A
study
of
the
physical,
cultural,
emotional,
cognitive,
and
social
aspects
of
a
child's
development
from
the
prenatal
period
through
early
adolescence.
Focus
on
developmental
theories
including
Erickson,
Gardner,
Gilligan,
Kagen,
Sternberg,
Vygotsky
and
other
contemporary
theories
of
child
and
adolescent
development.
(Prerequisite:
PSY
101
or
permission
of
instructor.)
ED
099,
199,
299
(1
-
3
Credits)
As
Demand
Warrants
Practicum
in
Education
Individualized
work
experience.
Credit
is
variable
from
1
to
3
credits,
depending
upon
the
quality
and
quantity
of
the
work
experience.
Credit
may
be
earned
in
most
disciplines
and
programs.
ED
303W,O
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Spring
Language
Acquisition
(3+0)
(Cross-listed
with
LING
303W,O)
Theories
of
the
acquisition
and
development
of
first
and
second
languages,
including
consideration
of
biological
and
sociocultural
factors.
Survey
of
traditional
and
contemporary
theories,
and
implications
for
pedagogy
and
public
policy.
(Prerequisites:
COMM
131X
or
141X;
ENGL
111X.
Recommended:
LING
101.
Next
offered:
2004-05.)
ED
309
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Fall
Elementary
School
Music
Methods
(3+0)
(Cross-listed
with
MUS
309)
Principles,
procedures,
and
materials
for
teaching
music
to
children
at
the
elementary
level.
ED
310
(3
Credits)
Spring
Art,
Music
and
Drama
in
Elementary
Classrooms
(3+0)
Exploration
and
application,
in
the
classroom,
of
theory,
practice,
methods
and
materials
used
in
teaching
in
and
through
visual
art,
music
and
drams.
Field
experience
required.
(Prerequisites:
Admission
to
the
professional
internship
year;
concurrent
enrollment
in
ED
327,
468O
and
469;
Alaska
passing
scores
for
the
three
Praxis
I
exams;
or
permission
of
instructor.)
ED
327
(3
Credits)
Spring
Physical
Education
and
Health
Education
for
Elementary
Teachers
(3+0)
Introduction
and
application
of
the
relationship
between
physical
fitness
and
good
health
in
a
school
setting.
Includes
introducing
students
to
fundamental
movement
activities
and
games.
Includes
incorporating
health
curriculum
and
first
aid
procedures
into
practices
and
policies,
and
issues
specific
to
the
Alaska
context.
Field
experience
required.
(Prerequisites:
Admission
to
the
professional
internship
year;
concurrent
enrollment
in
ED
310,
468O
and
469;
Alaska
passing
scores
for
the
three
Praxis
I
exams;
or
permission
of
instructor.)
ED
330
(3
Credits)
Fall,
Spring
Assessment
of
Learning
(3+0)
Review
and
examination
of
the
range
of
traditional
and
alternative
assessment
and
evaluation
approaches
used
in
educational
contexts.
Focus
is
on
developing
assessment
practices
and
policies
that
are
appropriate
for
the
diverse
student
population
in
Alaska's
rural
and
urban
schools.
Field
experience
required.
(Prerequisites:
ED
201
and
MATH
205;
or
permission
of
instructor.)
ED
345
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Fall
Sociology
of
Education
(3+0)
s
(Cross-listed
with
SOC
345)
Theoretical
perspectives
on
various
dimensions
of
the
relationship
between
education
and
society,
including
the
institutional
context
for
schooling,
the
impact
of
schooling
on
social
stratification,
and
social
organization
within
the
school
and
classroom.
Special
attention
given
to
issues
of
equity
and
contemporary
educational
reform
efforts.
(Prerequisite:
SOC
101
or
permission
of
instructor.
Next
offered:
2003-04.)
ED
350
(3
Credits)
Fall,
Spring
Communication
in
Cross-Cultural
Classrooms
(3+0)
Interdisciplinary
examination
of
communication
and
language
in
cross-cultural
educational
contexts,
including
language,
literacy,
and
interethnic
communication
related
to
classrooms
in
Alaska.
(Prerequisite:
ED
201.)
ED
370
(1
Credit)
As
Demand
Warrants
Issues
in
Alaska
Bilingual
and
Multicultural
Education
(1+0)
(Cross-listed
with
ANS
370)
Current
issues
related
to
Alaska
bilingual
and
multicultural
education.
Students
must
attend
all
three
days
of
the
annual
Alaska
Bilingual/Multicultural
Education
and
Equity
Conference
and
write
a
paper
reflecting
on
how
they
will
use
information
gained
from
the
conference
in
their
own
multicultural
education
context.
Course
may
be
repeated
for
credit
since
the
content
of
the
conference
changes
each
year.
(Prerequisites:
Prior
coursework
at
the
lower-division
level.)
ED
380
(3
Credits)
As
Demand
Warrants
Cultural
Influences
in
Education
(3+0)
Interdisciplinary
study
of
the
educational
problems,
concerns
and
successes
in
a
variety
of
cultural
contexts.
Social,
cultural
and
psychological
factors
inherent
in
the
educational
process
and
how
they
are
affected
by
a
multicultural
setting.
Attention
given
to
curriculum
improvement
and
teaching
strategies
appropriate
for
the
multicultural
classroom
and
school.
(Prerequisite:
Junior
standing.)
ED
385
(3
Credits)
As
Demand
Warrants
International
Perspectives
on
Education
(3+0)
A
comparative
analysis
of
the
influences
of
changing
political,
social
and
economic
conditions
and
relationships
with
other
countries
in
the
world
on
U.S.
and
Alaska
education
policies.
Examination
of
school
systems
in
several
industrialized
and
developing
countries
with
focus
on
understanding
Alaska's
educational
system
within
the
context
of
this
wider
global
community.
(Prerequisite:
Junior
standing.)
ED
410W
(3
Credits)
Fall,
Spring
Foundations
of
Literacy
Development
(3+0)
Language,
reading,
and
writing
development
examined
in
children
of
varying
ages
and
within
a
range
of
social
and
cultural
contexts,
with
emphasis
on
a
developmental
approach
to
literacy
development
in
school
and
home
settings.
Introduction
to
best
practices
in
research-based
methods
for
teaching
and
learning
of
reading
and
writing.
Field
experience
required.
(Prerequisite:
ED
201,
204
and
ENGL
111X.)
ED
411
(3
Credits)
Fall
Reading,
Writing,
Language
Arts:
Methods
and
Curriculum
Development
(3+0)
Study
and
application
in
the
classroom
of
best
practices
from
research-based
strategies
for
the
teaching
and
learning
of
reading,
writing
and
language
arts
concepts.
Includes
content
and
methods
for
students
in
elementary
classrooms
with
diverse
populations.
Requires
development
and
classroom
implementation
of
integrated
reading
and
writing
unit.
Field
experience
required.
(Prerequisites:
Admission
to
the
professional
internship
year;
concurrent
enrollment
in
ED
412W,
413,
466
and
467;
Alaska
passing
scores
for
three
Praxis
I
exams.)
ED
412W
(3
Credits)
Fall
Integrated
Social
Studies
and
Language
Arts:
Methods
and
Curriculum
Development
(3+0)
Study
and
application
in
the
classroom
of
best
practices
from
research-based
strategies
for
the
teaching
and
learning
of
social
studies
concepts,
content
and
methods
integrated
with
language
arts
for
students
in
elementary
classrooms
with
diverse
populations.
Requires
development
and
classroom
implementation
of
integrated
social
studies
and
language
arts
unit.
Field
experience
required.
(Prerequisites:
Admission
to
the
professional
internship
year;
concurrent
enrollment
in
ED
413,
466
and
467;
ENGL
111X;
Alaska
passing
scores
for
three
Praxis
I
exams.)
ED
413
(3
Credits)
Fall
Integrated
Mathematics
and
Science:
Methods
and
Curriculum
Development
(3+0)
Study
and
application
in
the
classroom
of
best
practices
from
research-based
strategies
for
the
teaching
and
learning
of
mathematics
and
science
concepts,
content
and
methods
for
students
in
elementary
classrooms
with
diverse
populations.
Requires
development
and
classroom
implementation
of
integrated
mathematics
and
science
unit.
Field
experience
required.
(Prerequisites:
Admission
to
the
professional
internship
year;
concurrent
enrollment
in
ED
411,
412W,
466
and
467;
Alaska
passing
scores
for
three
Praxis
I
exams.)
ED
420
(3
Credits)
Fall
Alaska
Native
Education
(3+0)
s
(Cross-listed
with
ANS
420)
School
systems
historically
serving
Native
people,
current
efforts
toward
local
control,
and
the
cross
cultural
nature
of
this
education.
Field
experience
required.
(Prerequisite:
ANTH
242
or
permission
of
instructor.)
ED
429
(3
Credits)
Fall,
Spring
Computer
Application
in
the
Classroom
(3+0)
Strategies
for
effective
use
of
computers
in
the
classroom;
understanding
potentials
and
limitations
of
the
computer
in
the
schools;
developing
classroom
plans
to
take
advantage
of
computer
potentials;
and
evaluation
of
educational
software.
ED
430
(3
Credits)
Fall,
Spring
Multicultural
Teaching
Techniques
(2+3)
Effective
teaching
strategies
for
cross-cultural
and
multicultural
classrooms
with
attention
to
practices
for
secondary
schools
(small
school
design,
computer-based
instruction,
telecommunications,
community-based
education,
interdisciplinary
linkages
of
coursework,
experiential
education,
productive
thinking
skills,
and
individual
programmed
instruction).
Weekly
participation
in
multicultural
classrooms.
ED
440
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Spring
Gender
and
Education
(3+0)
s
(Stacked
with
ED
640
and
cross-listed
with
WMS
440)
Educational
practices
and
processes
and
their
relation
to
the
changing
situation
of
women
in
society.
Examination
of
schools
as
sites
of
pervasive
gender
socialization
and
discrimination
as
well
as
offering
new
possibilities
for
liberation.
Topics
include
social
construction
of
gender;
patterns
of
access
and
achievements;
gender
as
an
organizing
principle
in
schools
and
classrooms;
and
feminist
agendas
and
strategies
for
change.
(Prerequisite:
Junior
standing.
Next
offered:
2003
-
04.)
ED
450
(3
Credits)
As
Demand
Warrants
Education
and
Cultural
Transmission
(3+0)
Education
as
a
process
for
transmitting
culture
with
examination
of
issues
related
to
cultural
transmission
in
a
multicultural
environment.
Emphasis
on
dynamics
of
cultural
change.
(Prerequisite:
Junior
standing.)
ED
451
(1
-
9
Credits)
Fall,
Spring
Practicum
in
Education
Practical
application
of
general
ideas
and
techniques
addressed
in
methods
courses
in
which
the
student
is
currently
enrolled
or
previously
completed.
(Prerequisites:
Permission
of
Office
of
Practica
Experiences.)
ED
452O
(12
Credits)
Fall,
Spring
Elementary
Student
Teaching
(1+33)
Supervised
teaching
in
elementary
schools
approved
by
the
department
of
education.
Students
should
expect
to
be
involved
in
the
school
setting
for
the
entire
school
day
for
the
entire
university
semester.
The
department
may
limit
enrollment,
determine
assignments,
and
cancel
the
registration
of
students
doing
unsatisfactory
work.
(Prerequisites:
COMM
131X
or
141X;
and
successful
completion
of
methods
practicum
and
methods
coursework
with
a
C
or
better.
Passing
Praxis
scores.)
ED
453O
(12
Credits)
Fall,
Spring
Secondary
Student
Teaching
(1+33)
Supervised
teaching
in
secondary
schools
approved
by
the
department
of
education.
Students
should
expect
to
be
involved
in
the
school
setting
for
the
entire
school
day
for
the
entire
university
semester.
The
department
may
limit
enrollment,
determine
assignments,
and
cancel
the
registration
of
students
doing
unsatisfactory
work.
(Prerequisites:
COMM
131X
or
141X;
and
see
requirements
for
admission
to
student
teaching.)
ED
454O
(15
Credits)
Fall,
Spring
Student
Teaching
K
-
12
(1+42)
Supervised
teaching
in
both
elementary
and
secondary
schools
approved
by
the
department
of
education.
Open
only
to
Music
and
P.E.
majors
seeking
K
-
12
certification
or
to
graduate
students
seeking
K
-
12
small
school
certification.
Students
should
expect
to
be
involved
in
the
school
setting
for
the
entire
school
day
for
the
entire
university
semester.
The
department
may
limit
enrollment,
determine
assignments,
and
cancel
the
registration
of
students
doing
unsatisfactory
work.
(Prerequisites:
COMM
131X
or
141X;
and
successful
completion
of
methods
practicum
and
methods
coursework
with
a
C
or
better.
Passing
Praxis
scores.
For
bachelor
of
music
students,
see
B.M.
degree
requirements.)
ED
456
(3
Credits)
Summer,
As
Demand
Warrants
Orientation
to
Teaching
in
Rural
Alaska
(2+3)
Needs
of
rural
schools,
their
environments
and
the
recipients
of
school
services
with
special
attention
given
to
cross-cultural
educational
issues.
(Prerequisite:
Permission
of
instructor.)
ED
457
(3
Credits)
Fall
Classroom
Teaching
as
a
Partnership
with
Parents,
Families
and
the
Community
(2+0+8)
Explore
and
understand
an
on-going
partnership
with
parents,
families
and
communities.
Requires
seminars
with
community,
district
and
state
resource
personnel,
field
trips,
implementation
of
partnerships
in
the
classroom
and
school.
The
Alaska
Standards
for
Culturally
Responsive
Schools
serve
as
the
course
framework.
Technology
focus:
utilizing
technology
to
locate
personnel,
services
and
resources
available
for
developing
and
supporting
partnerships.
Addresses
Alaska
Teacher
Standards.
(Prerequisites:
Admission
to
the
post-baccalaureate
elementary
licensure
program;
or
permission
of
instructor.)
ED
458
(3
Credits)
Spring
Elementary
Internship:
Student
Teaching
(1+0+30)
Involvement
with
on-going
planning
and
teaching
with
mentor
teachers
through
continued
"Collaborative
Student
Teaching"
and
through
four
weeks
of
full-time
student
teaching
when
interns
assume
responsibility
for
all
aspects
of
planning
and
teaching.
Mentor
teachers
approve
teaching
plans
with
interns
observed
and
assessed
by
mentors
and
university
faculty.
Technology
focus:
required
meaningful
use
of
technology
during
period
of
full-time
student
teaching.
Addresses
Alaska
Teacher
Standards.
(Prerequisites:
Admission
to
the
post-baccalaureate
elementary
licensure
program;
or
permission
of
instructor.)
ED
461
(3
Credits)
Spring
Native
Ways
of
Knowing
(3+0)
h
(Cross-listed
with
ANS
461)
Focus
on
how
culture
and
world
view
shape
who
we
are
and
influence
the
way
we
come
to
know
the
world
around
us.
Emphasis
on
Alaska
Native
knowledge
systems
and
ways
of
knowing.
(Prerequisite:
Junior
standing.)
ED
462
(3
Credits)
Fall
Alaskan
Environmental
Education
(3+0)
(Cross-listed
with
NRM
462)
Utilization
of
the
environment
inside
and
outside
the
formal
classroom
in
all
subject
areas.
Curriculum
materials
(K
-
12),
interpretive
and
audiovisual
aids,
problem
solving,
and
applications
to
situations
from
the
public
schools
to
summer
campus,
short
courses,
and
workshops
for
individuals
of
any
age.
(Prerequisite:
Junior
standing.)
ED
465
(3
Credits)
Fall
Working
with
FAS/FAE
Children
(2+4)
For
families
of
children
with
FAS/FAE
and
professional
--
teachers,
social
workers,
and
health
workers
who
deal
with
these
children.
Guest
speakers,
interviews,
and
reading
materials.
Project
is
the
development
of
activities
to
use
with
these
children
with
FAS/FAE.
Access
to
work
in
a
school
setting
required.
(Not
available
on
Fairbanks
campus.)
ED
466
(3
Credits)
Fall
Internship
and
Collaborative
Student
Teaching
(1+0+25)
Supervised
internship
for
students
in
the
first
half
of
a
year-long
professional
internship
in
elementary
teacher
education.
Includes
immersion
in
planning
and
teaching.
Coursework
is
integrated
into
the
internship
experience.
Interns
are
assessed
in
relationship
to
state
and
national
standards.
(Graded
pass/fail.)
ED
467
(1
Credit)
Fall
Portfolio
Development
I
(1+0)
For
student
interns
participating
in
the
first
half
of
the
professional
internship
year.
Includes
collection
and
analysis
of
selected
artifacts
to
document
and
provide
evidence
of
professional
development
and
achievement
relative
to
educational
standards.
Interns
present
portfolio
for
midyear
assessment.
(Prerequisites:
Admission
to
the
professional
internship
year;
concurrent
enrollment
in
ED
411,
412W,
413
and
466.)
ED
468O
(6
Credits)
Spring
Internship
and
Student
Teaching
(1+0+40)
For
student
interns
participating
in
the
second
half
of
the
year-long
professional
elementary
teacher
education
internship.
Interns
must
spend
at
least
four
days
per
week
in
the
classroom,
one
month
full-time
in
the
classroom
including
at
least
two
weeks
of
full
responsibility
for
the
classroom.
Builds
on
ED
466
requirements
with
continued
assessment
based
on
state
and
national
standards.
(Prerequisites:
COMM
131X
or
141X;
admission
to
the
professional
internship
year;
grade
of
C
or
better
in
ED
411,
412W,
413
and
466.
Alaska
passing
scores
for
the
three
Praxis
I
exams;
continued
enrollment
in
ED
310,
327
and
469.
Graded
pass/fail.)
ED
469
(1
Credit)
Spring
Portfolio
Development
II
(1+0)
For
student
interns
participating
in
the
second
half
of
the
professional
internship
year.
Includes
collection
and
analysis
of
selected
artifacts
to
document
and
provide
evidence
of
professional
development
and
achievement
relative
to
educational
standards.
Interns
formally
present
completed
portfolios
for
reviews
and
evaluations.
(Prerequisite:
Concurrent
enrollment
in
ED
468O.)
ED
477W,O
(12
Credits)
Fall,
Spring
Knowledge
and
Skills
for
Alaska
Rural
Educators
Supervised
rural
internship
for
post-baccalaureate
students.
Close
work
with
a
mentor
teacher
and
university
partner
to
develop
and
implement
and
individual
licensure
plan.
Student
must
be
accepted
to
the
Center
for
Rural
Educator
Preparation
Partnerships
program.
Interns
should
expect
to
enroll
in
this
course
for
two
consecutive
semesters
and
be
involved
in
the
local
school
setting
for
the
entire
school
day
during
the
entire
UAF
semester.
(Prerequisites:
COMM
131X
or
141X;
ENGL
111X;
and
permission
to
enroll
from
the
Center
for
Rural
Educator
Preparation
Partnerships.)
ED
486
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Spring
Media
Literacy
(3+0)
(Cross-listed
with
JRN
486)
h
Media
literacy
promotes
the
critical
thinking
skills
that
empower
people
to
make
independent
judgments
and
informed
decisions
in
response
to
information
conveyed
through
the
channels
of
mass
communications.
Emphasis
on
the
role
of
teachers
in
developing
young
students
into
critical
viewers,
listeners,
and
readers
of
media.
(Prerequisite:
Junior
standing.
Next
offered:
2004-05.)
ED
489
(3
Credits)
Spring
Education
and
Schooling
in
Japan
(3+0)
s
Understanding
Japan's
educational
system,
culture,
and
its
people.
For
students
selected
to
participate
in
an
exchange
program
with
Hokkaido
University
of
Education.
(Prerequisites:
Permission
of
instructor.)
ED
490
(3
Credits)
Fall,
Spring,
As
Demand
Warrants
Curriculum
Development
in
Cultural
Perspective
(3+0)
Issues
in
development
of
curriculum
programs
and
materials
in
a
cross-cultural
environment.
Emphasis
on
process,
context,
and
content
as
well
as
curriculum
change
and
evaluation
strategies.
Students
work
on
a
variety
of
curriculum
related
projects
and
ideas
applicable
to
their
classrooms.
(Prerequisite:
Admission
to
the
Secondary
Post-Baccalaureate
Program
or
the
Secondary
M.A.T.
degree
program.)
ED
601
(3
Credits)
Fall,
Spring,
Summer,
As
Demand
Warrants
Introduction
to
Applied
Social
Science
Research
(3+0)
Review
of
the
most
common
educational
research
paradigms,
data
gathering
techniques
and
analytical
tools
used
in
the
study
of
human
behavior
and
educational
institutions.
Attention
will
be
given
to
collaborative
research
models,
with
a
focus
on
the
translation
of
research
results
into
practical
application.
ED
603
(3
Credits)
Spring,
Summer,
As
Demand
Warrants
Field
Study
Research
Methods
(3+0)
(Cross-listed
with
CCS
603)
Intensive
focus
on
considerations
and
techniques
for
conducting
field
research
in
a
cross-cultural
setting,
with
particular
attention
to
participatory
approaches
and
naturalistic
research
designs.
Research
proposals
for
students'
projects
will
be
developed
and
completed
in
this
course.
(Prerequisites:
ED
601.)
ED
609
(3
Credits)
As
Demand
Warrants
School-Community
Relations
(3+0)
Development
of
attitudes
and
behaviors
to
help
those
involved
in
education
deal
directly,
ethically
and
effectively
with
others
in
the
educational
community
in
Alaska
including
peers,
administrators,
students,
parents,
community
members
and
others.
Includes
description
and
discussion
of
current
educational
issues
in
urban
and
rural
Alaska.
ED
610
(3
Credits)
Fall,
Spring,
Summer,
As
Demand
Warrants
Education
and
Cultural
Processes
(3+0)
(Cross-listed
with
CCS
610)
Advanced
study
of
the
function
of
education
as
a
cultural
process
and
its
relation
to
other
aspects
of
a
cultural
system.
Students
will
be
required
to
prepare
a
study
in
which
they
examine
some
aspect
of
education
in
a
particular
cultural
context.
ED
611
(3
Credits)
Fall
Culture,
Cognition
and
Knowledge
Acquisition
(3+0)
(Cross-listed
with
CCS
611)
An
examination
of
the
relationship
between
learning,
thinking
and
perception
in
multicultural
contexts.
Particular
emphasis
will
be
on
the
implications
of
these
relationships
for
schooling.
Content
will
focus
on
cultural
influences
on
perception,
conceptual
processes,
learning,
memory
and
problem
solving.
Content
will
also
reflect
concern
for
practical
teaching
problems.
(Recommended:
ED
610.)
ED
612
(3
Credits)
As
Demand
Warrants
Cultural
and
Philosophical
Foundations
of
Education
(3+0)
Students
will
be
introduced
to
the
nature
of
philosophical
inquiry
and
apply
a
philosophical
perspective
to
examining
assumptions
inherent
in
cultural
systems
and
culturally
organized
behavior.
Education
as
a
function
of
culturally
organized
behavior
is
based
upon
assumptions
which
are
not
always
explicit.
The
philosophical
perspective
provides
a
framework
and
approach
for
explicitly
subjecting
these
assumptions
to
a
analysis.
ED
613
(3
Credits)
As
Demand
Warrants
Alaska
Standards
for
Culturally
Responsive
Schools
(3+0)
(Cross-listed
with
CCS
613)
Guidelines,
rationale
and
resources
for
adapting
educational
policies,
programs
and
practices
to
better
address
the
cultural
well-being
of
the
students
and
communities
they
serve.
Content
will
be
grounded
in
the
"Alaska
Standards
for
Culturally
Responsive
Schools"
including
standards
for
students,
teachers,
curriculum,
schools
and
communities.
ED
616
(3
Credits)
As
Demand
Warrants
Education
and
Socioeconomic
Change
(3+0)
An
examination
of
social
change
processes,
particularly
in
relation
to
the
deliberate
development
of
new
institutions
and
resulting
forms
of
new
consciousness.
Emphasis
is
placed
on
the
role
of
education
and
schooling
in
this
development
dynamic.
ED
618
(3
Credits)
As
Demand
Warrants
Higher
Education:
Basic
Understanding
(3+0)
Historical
and
philosophical
foundations
of
higher
education,
both
in
America
and
abroad.
Examination
of
curriculum
development,
instruction,
administration,
and
inter-institutional
cooperation,
with
emphasis
on
trends
and
innovations
in
higher
education.
ED
620
(3
Credits)
Fall
Language,
Literacy
and
Learning
(3+0)
The
course
examines
the
relationships
among
language,
culture,
and
thinking
as
issues
of
literacy
and
learning.
Specific
areas
of
emphasis
include
linguistic
relativity,
discourse,
role
of
context
in
communications,
variant
language
learning
strategies
and
styles,
speech
community,
open
and
closed
linguistic
systems,
cognitive
styles,
and
literacy
as
a
cultural
and
cognitive
phenomenon.
ED
621
(3
Credits)
Spring,
Alternate
Summer,
As
Demand
Warrants
Cultural
Aspects
of
Language
Acquisition
(3+0)
(Cross-listed
with
LING
621)
An
expanded
view
of
the
ways
in
which
individuals
become
socialized
into
particular
patterns
of
first
and
second
language
and
literacy.
The
ongoing
acquisition
of
both
oral
and
written
language(s)
from
early
childhood
through
adult
life.
Topics
will
include:
the
cultural
dimensions
of
language
development;
the
relationship
between
communication
and
culture;
bilingualism;
the
role
of
language
in
the
transmission
of
sociocultural
knowledge.
ED
622
(3
Credits)
As
Demand
Warrants
Issues
in
Literacy
Assessment
(3+0)
Provides
a
framework
for
assessment
which
is
an
outgrowth
of
current
theories
of
literacy
and
language
processes.
Emphasis
will
be
placed
on
assessment
techniques,
their
strengths
and
weaknesses,
and
appropriate
applications.
ED
623
(3
Credits)
As
Demand
Warrants
Survey
of
Research
in
Reading
(3+0)
An
analysis
of
theories
and
research
in
reading
and
their
translation
to
instructional
strategies.
Survey
of
historical
perspectives,
studies
in
socio-psycholinguistics,
imagery,
engagement,
reader
response,
comprehension,
and
assessment
are
included.
ED
624
(3
Credits)
Summer,
As
Demand
Warrants
Foundations
of
Education
in
Alaska:
From
Segregation
to
Standards
(3+0+2)
Review
of
major
Alaska
educational
reform
efforts
as
a
means
of
understanding
historical
and
current
state,
national
and
international
policies
and
practices
related
to
development
of
curriculum,
pedagogy,
and
assessment
that
respond
to
the
needs
and
interests
of
culturally
and
linguistically
diverse
populations.
Examination
of
Alaska
Quality
Schools
Initiative
reform
effort
with
focus
on
use
of
Alaska
Standards
for
Culturally
Responsive
Schools.
Alaska
teacher
standards
emphasized.
Technology
focus:
understanding
organizational
structure
of
local,
state
and
federal
education
agencies
through
Internet
research.
(Prerequisites:
Admission
to
the
post-baccalaureate
elementary
licensure
program;
or
permission
of
instructor.)
ED
625
(3
Credits)
Summer,
As
Demand
Warrants
Exceptional
Learners
and
Child
Development:
Individual
and
Cultural
Characteristics
(3+0+2)
Foundation
for
understanding,
identifying
and
teaching
to
developmental
abilities
of
children
and
early
adolescents.
Human
development
examined
in
context
of
cognition,
personality,
social
behavior,
language
and
physical
development
with
focus
on
understanding
and
utilizing
cross-cultural
influences
specific
to
Alaska.
Emphasis
on
development
of
children
with
exceptional
abilities.
Design,
develop
and
modify
curriculum
and
instruction
to
developmentally
and
culturally
appropriate
approaches.
Theory
is
applied
to
practice
in
practicum.
Technology
focus:
students
access
state
and
federal
regulations
regarding
Individuals
with
Disabilities
Education
Act,
and
locate
and
utilize
related
state
and
national
resource
agencies.
Addresses
Alaska
Teacher
Standards.
(Prerequisites:
Admission
to
the
post-baccalaureate
elementary
licensure
program;
or
permission
of
instructor.)
ED
626
(3
Credits)
Summer,
As
Demand
Warrants
Teaching
Reading,
Writing
and
Language
Arts
(3+0+2)
Examination
of
the
nature
and
process
of
reading
and
writing
for
elementary
students
and
focus
on
process
of
developing
a
language
arts
program.
Includes
acquisition
and
role
of
language
in
this
process.
Examination
and
evaluation
of
materials
and
methods
of
teaching
language
arts,
including
those
used
in
some
Alaska
districts.
Examination
and
evaluation
of
children's
literature.
Practicum
with
application
of
language
arts
concepts.
Technology
focus:
Using
computers
to
support
reading
and
writing
development.
Addresses
Alaska
Teacher
Standards.
(Prerequisites:
Admission
to
the
post-baccalaureate
elementary
licensure
program;
or
permission
of
instructor.)
ED
627
(3
Credits)
Fall
Teaching
to
the
Standards:
Integrating
Content,
Pedagogy
and
Context
I
(2+0+8)
Internship
to
acquire
teaching
strategies,
methods,
resources
and
classroom
management
skills
necessary
to
prepare
elementary
students,
in
a
variety
of
contexts,
to
meet
standards
and
performance
indicators
of
Alaska
Student
Content
Standards.
Focus
on
language
arts,
math,
science
and
social
studies.,
and
on
integration
across
content
areas.
Requires
classroom
internship,
collaborative
student
teaching,
seminars
with
mentors
and
university
faculty.
Technology
focus:
meaningful
integration
of
technology
into
all
aspects
of
teaching/learning
environment.
Addresses
Alaska
Teacher
Standards.
(Prerequisites:
Admission
to
the
post-baccalaureate
elementary
licensure
program;
or
permission
of
instructor.)
ED
628
(3
Credits)
Fall
Integrating
Math,
Science
and
Technology
into
Elementary
Classrooms
(2+0+8)
Internship
to
construct
and
implement
teaching
units
focusing
on
the
integration
of
technology,
math
and
science
in
elementary
classrooms.
Interns
examine
and
incorporate,
into
classroom
internship
requirements,
the
appropriate
Alaska
performance
standards
in
math,
science
and
technology.
Focus
on
understanding
and
applying
teaching
and
learning
strategies
that
use
technology
to
integrate
math
and
science
concepts
across
the
entire
curriculum.
Interns
demonstrate
ability
to
develop
integrated
lessons/units
that
meet
state
and
district
math,
science
and
technology
standards.
Addresses
Alaska
Teacher
Standards.
(Prerequisites:
Admission
to
the
post-baccalaureate
elementary
licensure
program;
or
permission
of
instructor.)
ED
629
(3
Credits)
Fall
Teaching
to
the
Standards:
Integrating
Content,
Pedagogy
and
Context
II
(2+0+8)
Internship
to
build
on
existing
teaching
strategies,
methods,
resources
and
classroom
management
skills
necessary
to
prepare
elementary
students,
in
a
variety
of
contexts,
to
meet
standards
and
performance
indicators
of
Alaska
Student
Content
Standards.
Focus
on
the
arts,
skills
for
a
healthy
life,
technology
and
world
languages
and
continued
integration
with
language
arts,
math,
science
and
social
studies.
Requires
classroom
internship,
collaborative
student
teaching,
seminars
with
mentors
and
university
faculty.
Technology
focus:
meaningful
integration
of
technology
into
all
aspects
of
teaching/learning
environment.
Addresses
Alaska
Teacher
Standards.
(Prerequisites:
Admission
to
the
post-baccalaureate
elementary
licensure
program;
or
permission
of
instructor.)
ED
630
(3
Credits)
Fall,
Summer,
As
Demand
Warrants
Curriculum
Development
(3+0)
Basic
definition
of
curriculum.
Includes
the
present
need
for
curriculum
improvement,
criteria
for
selection
of
broad
goals,
types
of
curriculum
frameworks,
and
consideration
of
the
organization
of
specific
learning
experiences
as
part
of
the
curriculum
structure.
ED
631
(3
Credits)
Fall
Small
Schools
Curriculum
Design
(3+0)
A
focus
on
the
salient
issues
involved
with
the
development
of
effective
programs
of
instruction
in
small
schools
including
foundational
design,
conceptual
models,
organizational
strategies,
technical
skills,
current
issues
and
trends,
and
their
implications
and
application
to
the
environment
of
rural
Alaska.
ED
633
(3
Credits)
As
Demand
Warrants
Foundations
of
Educational
Technology
(1+6)
Online
communication,
Internet,
electronic
mail,
computer
conferencing
and
emerging
technologies.
Includes
strategies
for
the
effective
use
of
microcomputers
and
related
technology
in
the
classroom,
understanding
the
potential
and
the
limitations
of
computers
in
schools,
developing
classroom
plans
to
take
advantage
of
technology
potentials,
and
evaluation
of
education
software.
ED
635
(3
Credits)
As
Demand
Warrants
Strategies
for
Cooperating/Mentor
Teachers
(3+0)
Study
of
effective
teaching
using
alternative
strategies
appropriate
to
differing
goals.
Consideration
will
also
be
given
to
teaming
with
and/or
supervising
interns
as
a
technique
for
improving
instruction.
Course
may
be
repeated
for
credit
as
readings
and
topics
change.
(Prerequisite:
Licensed
teacher
employed
in
a
school
district.)
ED
636
(3
Credits)
As
Demand
Warrants
Improvement
of
Elementary
Teaching
(3+0)
Emphasis
on
improvement
of
elementary
teaching
through
professional
development
in
which
mentor
teachers
read,
reflect
and
collaborate
with
one
another
and
with
university
faculty
to
develop
new
approaches
for
their
own
professional
development
as
well
as
developing
and
refining
strategies
that
contribute
to
the
preparation
of
student
interns
who
can
successfully
demonstrate
competence
in
the
Alaska
Teacher
Standards
and
the
Alaska
Standards
for
Culturally
Responsive
Schools.
Course
may
be
repeated
for
credit
as
readings
and
topics
change.
ED
640
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Spring
Gender
and
Education
(3+0)
(Stacked
with
ED
440
and
WMS
440)
This
course
focuses
on
educational
practices
and
processes
and
their
relation
to
the
changing
situation
of
women
in
society.
Schools
will
be
examined
as
sites
of
pervasive
gender
socialization
and
discrimination
as
well
as
offering
new
possibilities
for
liberation.
Topics
include:
the
social
construction
of
gender;
patterns
of
access
and
achievement;
gender
as
an
organizing
principle
in
schools
and
classrooms;
and
feminist
agendas
and
strategies
for
change.
ED
642
(3
Credits)
Spring
Portfolio
Preparation:
Integrating
Theory
and
Practice
(2+0+3)
Continued
systematic
collection
of
selected
work,
and
final
preparation
and
presentation
of
required
portfolios
that
document
and
provide
evidence
of
professional
development
and
achievement
as
beginning
teachers
relative
to
Alaska
Teacher
Standards
and
Alaska
Student
Content
Standards,
integrated
with
the
Alaska
Standards
for
Culturally
Responsive
Schools.
Processes
and
products
involved
in
portfolio
preparation
serve
as
basis
for
goal
setting
and
assessment
by
interns,
peers,
mentors
and
university
faculty.
Portfolios
must
provide
tangible
evidence
of
the
range
of
knowledge,
dispositions
and
skills
that
intern
possesses.
Technology
focus:
utilization
of
technology
to
prepare
portfolios.
Addresses
Alaska
Teacher
Standards.
(Prerequisites:
Admission
to
the
post-baccalaureate
elementary
or
secondary
licensure
program;
or
permission
of
instructor.)
ED
643
(3
Credits)
As
Demand
Warrants
Classroom
Research
(1+6)
Emphasis
on
providing
teachers
with
classroom
research
skill
and
techniques
for
improving
instruction.
Includes
basic
educational
research
concepts,
methods
and
application,
and
their
impact
on
policy
and
practice.
ED
645
(3
Credits)
As
Demand
Warrants
Small
Schools
Institute
(2+3)
A
forum
for
experienced
elementary
and
secondary
rural
school
teachers.
Discussions
and
seminars
held
with
University
and
guest
faculty,
whose
fields
of
expertise
have
direct
applicability
to
small
school
concerns,
will
provide
an
environment
for
participants
to
share
and
refine
different
interethnic
communicative
styles,
culturally
congruent
teaching
methodologies
and
curricula,
and
contextual
understandings
of
the
Native
pupil's
world.
(Prerequisite:
Recent
rural
Alaskan
small
schools
teaching
experience.)
ED
656
(3
Credits)
As
Demand
Warrants
Education
Seminar
(3+0)
Current
topics
in
education.
Orientation
and
preparation
to
fall
practica
in
area
schools.
Cohort
assignment.
Importance
of
philosophy
of
education
discussed
and
developed.
ED
659
(3
Credits)
Summer,
As
Demand
Warrants
Multimedia
Tools
for
Teachers
(1+6)
Emerging
technologies
and
software
applications
in
education.
The
use
of
multimedia
in
designing
teaching/learning
experiences
will
be
emphasized.
Students
will
develop
a
multimedia
classroom
presentation
and
will
demonstrate
knowledge
if
Internet
resources.
ED
660
(3
Credits)
As
Demand
Warrants
Educational
Administration
in
Cultural
Perspective
(3+0)
The
course
will
examine
issues
related
to
the
social
organization
and
socio-political
context
of
schools,
administrative
and
institutional
change
processes
and
the
changing
role
of
administrators
in
education,
using
a
cross-cultural
framework
for
analysis.
ED
663
(3
Credits)
As
Demand
Warrants
School
Law
and
Ethics
(3+0)
Rights
and
responsibilities
of
teachers
and
pupils,
rulings
of
the
Attorney
General,
decisions
of
the
courts,
and
regulations
of
the
State
Board
of
Education.
ED
669
(3
Credits)
Fall,
Summer,
As
Demand
Warrants
Reading,
Language
and
Culture
(3+0)
Introduction
to
the
foundations
of
psycholinguistic
and
sociolinguistic
theories
as
they
relate
to
oral
and
written
language
acquisition
and
development.
Focus
on
issues
of
language
and
literacy
education
practices
in
the
Alaska
context.
Topics
include
bi-lingual
and
bi-literacy
education,
school
and
community
languages
and
literacies,
and
culturally
responsive
pedagogy.
Emphasis
on
teachers/students
developing
the
skills
and
dispositions
to
become
researchers
of
culture,
language
and
literacy
in
their
communities.
(Enrollment
restriction:
Student
must
hold
a
Type
A
teaching
certificate
and
be
admitted
to
the
Alaska
State
Reading
Endorsement
Program.)
ED
670
(3
Credits)
Fall
Developing
Literacy:
ECE-12
(3+0)
Literacy
from
early
childhood
through
grade
12.
Emphasis
on
developmental
aspects
of
literacy,
underlying
social
and
cognitive
processes,
and
the
pedagogical
implications
to
teachers.
(Prerequisites:
ED
669.
Enrollment
restriction:
Student
must
hold
a
Type
A
teaching
certificate
and
be
admitted
to
the
Alaska
State
Reading
Endorsement
Program,
or
permission
of
instructor.)
ED
671
(3
Credits)
Spring
Reading
and
Cognition
(3+0)
Theory
and
process
of
reading
cognition,
particularly
the
relationship
between
reading
and
thinking.
Exploration
of
issues
related
to
the
meaning
of
text
and
the
development
of
comprehension.
Review
of
literature
concerning
research
and
theory
about
reading
processes.
(Prerequisites:
ED
669.
Enrollment
restriction:
Student
must
hold
a
Type
A
teaching
certificate
and
be
admitted
to
the
Alaska
State
Reading
Endorsement
Program,
or
permission
of
instructor.)
ED
672
(3
Credits)
Summer,
As
Demand
Warrants
Literature
and
Reading:
Supporting
Readers
at
All
Levels
(3+0)
Read,
analyze
and
design
ways
to
use
literature
to
support
readers
at
all
levels.
Includes
critical
and
personal
response
to
literature,
knowledge
of
a
wide
range
of
appropriate
reading
material,
classroom
applications,
and
interdisciplinary
study
using
children's
literature.
(Prerequisites:
ED
669.
Enrollment
restriction:
Student
must
hold
a
Type
A
teaching
certificate
and
be
admitted
to
the
Alaska
State
Reading
Endorsement
Program,
or
permission
of
instructor.)
ED
673
(3
Credits)
Summer,
As
Demand
Warrants
Content
Reading
(3+0)
Development
of
knowledge
of
reading
strategies
that
support
literacy
in
the
content
areas/disciplines.
Emphasis
on
interrelated
processes
of
writing,
reading,
listening
and
speaking
in
the
literacy
development
of
students
across
he
content
areas.
Special
attention
to
use
of
technology
as
a
tool
to
enhance
content
area
literacy.
Exploration
of
the
role
of
teacher
as
researcher.
(Prerequisite:
ED
669.
Enrollment
restriction:
Student
must
hold
a
Type
A
teaching
certificate
and
be
admitted
to
the
Alaska
State
Reading
Endorsement
Program,
or
permission
of
instructor.)
ED
680
(3
Credits)
As
Demand
Warrants
Comparative
Education
(3+0)
(Cross-listed
with
NORS
680)
Analysis
of
international
systems
of
public
education;
issues
addressed
include
social
context,
ethnicity,
gender,
ideology,
international
power,
level
of
development,
current
issues
and
problems
and
efforts
toward
reform.
ED
681
(3
Credits)
Spring
Place
Based
Education
(3+0)
Examination
of
the
relationship
between
local
landscape
and
community,
and
the
development
of
human
perception.
Emphasis
on
the
importance
of
the
development
of
ecologically
appropriate
community-based
educational
programs
in
rural
and
urban
schools.
Priority
placed
on
project-centered
programs
lending
themselves
to
experimental
learning
opportunities.
Includes
literature
review,
discussion,
curriculum
exploration
and
design,
and
on-site
community
exploration
of
active
place-based
educational
programs.
ED
683
(3
Credits)
Fall
Instruction
and
Assessment
I
(3+0)
Teaching
and
assessment
of
reading
using
a
variety
of
strategies,
reading
research,
and
proven
effective
research-based
practices
for
a
broad
range
of
students,
including
those
with
special
needs.
Immersion
in
a
language
approach
to
the
teaching
of
reading
that
focuses
on
the
interrelated
nature
of
reading,
writing,
speaking
and
listening.
Includes
strategies
for
instruction,
school-wide
literacy
programs,
multiple
assessments
and
ways
to
communicate
results
of
assessments.
Addresses
alignment
of
instruction
with
the
Alaska
standards
for
English/Language
and
Arts/Reading.
Introduction
to
a
psycho-sociolinguistic
approach
to
developing
reading
that
focuses
on
the
cognitive
processes,
and
the
cultural
and
social
factors
which
contribute
to
variation
in
regard
to
assessment.
(Prerequisites:
ED
669.
Enrollment
restriction:
Student
must
hold
a
Type
A
teaching
certificate
and
be
admitted
to
the
Alaska
State
Reading
Endorsement
Program,
or
permission
of
instructor.)
ED
684
(3
Credits)
Spring
Instruction
and
Assessment
II
(3+0)
Teaching
and
assessment
of
reading
with
a
focus
on
the
reading
behaviors
of
individual
students,
and
effective
practices
associated
with
developing
students'
skills.
Emphasis
on
understanding
reading
difficulties,
the
analysis
and
use
of
information
from
reading
assessments,
the
development
of
individual
instructional
plans,
and
communication
of
meaningful
data
to
multiple
audiences.
Immersion
in
a
psycho-sociolinguistic
approach
to
developing
reading
that
focuses
on
cognitive
processes
and
social
factors
which
contribute
to
variations
in
reading
ability.
(Prerequisites:
ED
669.
Enrollment
restriction:
Student
must
hold
a
Type
A
teaching
certificate
and
be
admitted
to
the
Alaska
State
Reading
Endorsement
Program,
or
permission
of
instructor.)
ED
687
(3
Credits)
Spring
Alaska:
Resources,
People
and
Perspectives
(3+0)
Introduces
a
broad
range
of
essential
Alaska
information
for
educators
including
information
on
history,
geography,
literature,
economics
and
politics.
ED
689
(3
Credits)
Fall,
Spring,
Summer,
As
Demand
Warrants
Proseminar
in
Applied
Educational
Research
(3+0)
Application
of
social
science
and
educational
research
methods
to
the
description
and
analysis
of
the
student's
research
topic.
The
research
topic
chosen
will
be
the
substance
of
each
student's
literature
review
and
synthesizing
paper.
Conceptually
integrated
with
ED
698
(to
be
taken
a
subsequent
semester),
where
the
final
master's
project
is
completed.
Completion
and
approval
of
the
synthesizing
paper,
by
the
committee,
is
required
for
successful
completion
of
this
course.
(Prerequisites:
Acceptance
into
an
M.Ed.
degree
program;
completion
of
all
required
core
courses;
and
at
least
nine
credits
in
the
area
of
concentration.)
ED
690
(3
Credits)
Spring,
Summer,
As
Demand
Warrants
Seminar
in
Cross-Cultural
Studies
(3+0)
(Cross-listed
with
CCS
690)
Investigation
of
current
issues
in
cross-cultural
contexts.
Opportunity
for
students
to
synthesize
their
prior
graduate
studies
and
research.
Seminar
is
taken
near
the
terminus
of
a
graduate
program.
ED
691
(3
Credits)
As
Demand
Warrants
Contemporary
Issues
in
Education
(3+0)
A
critical
overview
of
the
current
status
of
the
field
of
education.
Students
will
participate
in
a
thorough
investigation
of
select
problems,
trends,
and
issues
that
presently
characterize
the
institution
of
public
education.
Seminar
sessions
will
focus
on
student
research
regarding
the
development,
present
impact
and
potential
implications
of
each
topic
discussed.
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