Education
ED F100 Language, Education, Linguistics (h)
3 Credits Offered Spring
Introduction to the field of linguistics as it pertains to the field of education. Includes discussions of language structure, acquisition and bilingualism, and variation and public policy. The course does not satisfy requirements for the B.A. in Linguistics. (Cross-listed with LING F100.) (3+0)
ED F102 Orientation to Alaska Native Education
2 Credits
A seminar in issues related to Alaska Native and rural education. Through weekly meetings 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. Graded Pass/Fail. Prerequisites: Permission of instructor. (Cross-listed with ANS F102.) (2+0)
ED F110 Becoming a Teacher in the 21st Century
1 Credit
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. (1+0)
ED F201 Introduction to Education
3 Credits
Introduction to the profession of education and specifically, the field of teaching. Review of social, political, cultural and historical factors that influence education and schools at the national and Alaska state level. Field experience required. Prerequisites: ED F110; ENGL F111X; sophomore standing; or permission of instructor. (3+0)
ED F204 Literature for Children
3 Credits
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 students based on professional recommendations and reviews. Field experience required. Prerequisites: ED F201. (3+0)
ED F237A Technology Tools for Teachers: Graphical Organizers
0.5 Credits Offered Fall, Spring, As Demand Warrants
Designed to equip pre-service teachers with the necessary technology skills to be successful in their pre-service programs. Successful challenge or completion of all modules is a prerequisite for ED F429. May be repeated once for credit. Each module will require approximately six hours of direct instruction and four to eight of lab work. It is divided into 4 separate modules. This module covers Mac OS/Windows: File systems, system configuration. Graded Pass/Fail. (0.5+2)
ED F237B Technology Tools for Teachers: Publishing
0.5 Credits Offered Fall, Spring, As Demand Warrants
Designed to equip pre-service teachers with the necessary technology skills to be successful in their pre-service programs. Successful challenge or completion of all modules is a prerequisite for ED F429. May be repeated once for credit. Each module will require approximately six hours of direct instruction and four to eight hours of lab work. It is divided into four separate modules. This module covers publishing: word processing, graphics and page layout. Graded Pass/Fail. (0.5+2)
ED F237C Technology Tools for Teachers: Presentations
0.5 Credits Offered Fall, Spring, As Demand Warrants
Designed to equip pre-service teachers with the necessary technology skills to be successful in their pre-service programs. Successful challenge or completion of all modules is a prerequisite for ED F429. May be repeated once for credit. Each module will require approximately six hours direct instruction and four to eight hours of lab work. It is divided into four separate modules. This module covers Presentation/Graphical Organizers: PowerPoint and Inspiration. Graded Pass/Fail. (0.5+2)
ED F237D Technology Tools for Teachers: Spreadsheets/Databases
0.5 Credits Offered Fall, Spring, As Demand Warrants
Designed to equip pre-service teachers with the necessary technology skills to be successful in their pre-service programs. Successful challenge or completion of all modules is a prerequisite for ED F429. May be repeated once for credit. Each module will require approximately six hours of direct instruction and four to eight hours of lab work. It is divided into four separate modules. This module covers Spreadsheets/Databases: databases (Appleworks, Access) and Spreadsheets (Excel). Graded Pass/Fail. (0.5+2)
ED F245 Child Development
3 Credits
A study of the physical, cultural, emotional, cognitive and social aspects of a child's development from 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. Prerequisites: PSY F101 or permission of instructor. (Cross-listed with PSY F245.) (3+0)
ED F303W,O Language Acquisition
3 Credits Offered as Demand Warrants
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 F131X or COMM F141X; ENGL F111X; ENGL F211X or ENGL F213X or permission of instructor. Recommended: LING F101. (Cross-listed with LING F303.) (3+0)
ED F309 Elementary School Music Methods
3 Credits Offered Fall Even-numbered Years
Principles, procedures and materials for teaching music to children at the elementary level. (Cross-listed with MUED F309.) (3+0)
ED F329 Teaching with Technology
3 Credits
Participants will examine multiple strategies for the effective use of computers and related technologies in the classroom. Emphasis will be on the use of mainstream cross-platform productivity applications to develop understanding of the schemes for using databases, spreadsheets, page layouts, digital video, presentations and graphical organizers in transformed instructional settings. Students must have access to Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Inspiration. Prerequisites: ED F237 or passing the equivalent competency test, or permission of instructor; laptop computer required. (3+0)
ED F330 Assessment of Learning
3 Credits
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 F201; a mathematics baccalaureate core course; or permission of instructor. (3+0)
ED F344W Foundations of Literacy Development
3 Credits
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. Prerequisites: ED F201; ED F204; ENGL F111X; ENGL F211X or ENGL F213X or permission of instructor; upper-division standing; laptop computer required. (3+0)
ED F345 Sociology of Education (s)
3 Credits Offered Fall Odd-numbered Years
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 is given to issues of equity and contemporary education reform efforts. Prerequisites: SOC F100X or permission of instructor. (Cross-listed with SOC F345.) (3+0)
ED F350 Communication in Cross-Cultural Classrooms
3 Credits
Interdisciplinary examination of communication and language in cross-cultural educational contexts, including language, literacy and interethnic communication related to classrooms in Alaska. Prerequisites: ED F201. (3+0)
ED F370 Issues in Alaska Bilingual and Multicultural Education
1 Credit Offered As Demand Warrants
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. Graded Pass/Fail. Prerequisites: Prior course work at the lower-division level. (Cross-listed with ANS F370.) (1+0)
ED F380 Cultural Influences in Education
3 Credits Offered As Demand Warrants
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. Prerequisites: Junior standing. (3+0)
ED F385 International Perspectives on Education
3 Credits Offered As Demand Warrants
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. Prerequisites: Junior standing. (3+0)
ED F411 Reading, Writing, Language Arts: Methods and Curriculum Development
3 Credits Offered Fall
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. Concurrent internship required. Prerequisites: Admission to Internship Year. (3+0)
ED F412W Integrated Social Studies and Language Arts: Methods and Curriculum Development
3 Credits Offered Fall
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. Concurrent internship required. Prerequisites: ENGL F111X; ENGL F211X or ENGL F213X or permission of instructor; admission to Internship Year. (3+0)
ED F414 Art, Music and Drama in Elementary Classrooms
2 Credits Offered Spring
Exploration and application, in the classroom, of theory, practice, methods and materials used in teaching in and through visual art, music and drama. Concurrent internship required. Prerequisites: Admission to the Internship Year. (1+2)
ED F417 Physical and Health Education for Elementary Teachers
2 Credits
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. Concurrent internship required. Prerequisites: Admission to the Internship Year. (1+2)
ED F420 Alaska Native Education (s)
3 Credits Offered Fall
School systems historically serving Native people, current efforts toward local control, and the cross-cultural nature of this education. Field experience required. Prerequisites: ANTH F242 or permission of instructor. (Cross-listed with ANS F420. Stacked with ED F606.) (3+0)
ED F440 Gender and Education (s)
3 Credits Offered Spring Even-numbered Years
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. Prerequisites: Junior standing or permission of instructor. (Cross-listed with WMS F440. Stacked with ED F640.) (3+0)
ED F449 Elementary Art Methods
3 Credits Offered Spring
Methodologies of instruction and assessment in art education at the elementary level. Focus is on the knowledge and tools necessary to become excellent elementary art educators. Students will be expected to construct lessons reflecting theory and practice that are developmentally appropriate for elementary level students of all ages. Particular attention will be given to using and understanding the National Standards for Art Education, Alaska Content/Performance Standards, and key curriculum documents in an elementary context. Prerequisites: Admission to K-12 Art post-baccalaureate licensure program or to M.Ed in Curriculum and Instruction option for post-baccalaureate students. (Stacked with ED F649.) (3+0)
ED F450 Education and Cultural Transmission
3 Credits Offered As Demand Warrants
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. Prerequisites: Junior standing. (3+0)
ED F451 Practicum in Education
1 - 9 Credits
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 Practical Experiences. (0+0)
ED F452O Elementary Internship
3 - 15 Credits
Supervised teaching in elementary schools approved by the School of Education. Students should expect to be involved in the school setting for some or all of the school day (depending on number of credits taken) for the entire university semester. The School of Education may limit enrollment, determine assignments and cancel the registration of students doing unsatisfactory work. Graded Pass/Fail. Special fees apply. Prerequisites: COMM F131X or COMM F141X; successful completion of methods practicum and methods course work with a C or better. Post-baccalaureate students must be admitted to the Art K-12 licensure program. Passing Praxis I scores. (Cross-listed with ART F458.) (1+0+42)
ED F453O Secondary Internship
3 - 15 Credits
Supervised teaching in secondary schools approved by the School of Education. Students should expect to be involved in the school setting for some or all of the school day (depending on number of credits taken) for the entire university semester. The School of Education may limit enrollment, determine assignments and cancel the registration of students doing unsatisfactory work. Graded Pass/Fail. Special fees apply. Prerequisites: COMM F131X or COMM F141X; and successful completion of methods practicum and methods course work with a C or better. Post-baccalaureate students must be admitted to K-12 Art licensure program. Passing Praxis I scores. (Cross-listed with ART F459.) (1+0+42)
ED F454O Student Teaching K - 12
15 Credits
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. Graded Pass/Fail. Special fees apply. Prerequisites: COMM F131X or COMM F141X, successful completion of methods practicum and methods course work with a C or better. Passing Praxis scores. For Bachelor of Music students, see B.M. degree requirements. (1+0+42)
ED F456 Orientation to Teaching in Rural Alaska
3 Credits Offered Summer, As Demand Warrants
Needs of rural schools, their environments and the recipients of school services with special attention given to cross-cultural educational issues. Prerequisites: Permission of instructor. (2+3)
ED F461 Native Ways of Knowing (h)
3 Credits Offered Spring
Focus on how culture and worldview 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. Prerequisites: Junior standing. (Cross-listed with ANS F461.) (3+0)
ED F462 Alaskan Environmental Education
3 Credits Offered As Demand Warrants
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. Prerequisites: Junior standing. (Cross-listed with NRM F462.) (3+0)
ED F465 Working with FAS/FAE Children
3 Credits Offered Fall
For families of children with FAS/FAE and professionals -- 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.) (2+4)
ED F466 Internship and Collaborative Student Teaching
3 Credits Offered Fall
Supervised internship for students in the first half of a year-long professional internship in elementary teacher education. Includes immersion in planning and teaching. Course work is integrated into the internship experience. Interns are assessed in relationship to UAF/Alaska state and national standards. Graded Pass/Fail. Special fees apply. Prerequisites: Admission to Internship Year. (1+0+25)
ED F467 Synthesizing the Standards I
1 Credit Offered Fall
For student interns participating in the first half of the professional internship year. Interns use the UAF/Alaska Teacher Standards as the basis for examining field- and course-based experiences and activities during the 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. Concurrent internship required. Prerequisites: Admission to Internship Year. (1+0)
ED F468O Internship and Student Teaching
6 Credits Offered Spring
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 three weeks of full responsibility for the classroom. Builds on ED F466 requirements with continued assessment based on UAF/ Alaska State and National Standards. Graded Pass/Fail. Special fees apply. Prerequisites: COMM F131X or COMM F141X; admission to the Internship Year. (1+0+40)
ED F469 Portfolio Development II
2 Credits Offered Spring
For student interns participating in the second half of the professional internship year. Interns use the UAF/Alaska Teacher Standards as a basis for examining field- and course-based experiences and activities during the 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. Concurrent internship required. Prerequisites: Admission to the Internship Year. (2+0)
ED F477W,O Knowledge and Skills for Alaska Rural Educators
12 Credits
Supervised rural internship for post-baccalaureate students. Close work with a mentor teacher and university partner to develop and implement an 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. Graded Pass/Fail. Prerequisites: COMM F131X or COMM F141X; ENGL F111X; ENGL F211X or ENGL F213X or permission of instructor; permission to enroll from the Center for Rural Educator Preparation Partnerships. (12+0)
ED F478 Math Methods and Curriculum Development
2 Credits Offered Fall
Study and application in the classroom of best practices from research-based strategies for the teaching and learning of mathematical concepts, content and methods for students in elementary classrooms with diverse populations. Requires development and classroom implementation of mathematics unit. Concurrent internship required. Prerequisites: Admission to Internship Year. (Stacked with ED F678.) (2+0)
ED F479 Science Methods and Curriculum Development
2 Credits Offered Spring
Study and application in the classroom of the best practices from research-based strategies for the teaching and learning of science concepts, content and methods for students in elementary classrooms with diverse populations. Requires development and classroom implementation of science unit. Classroom internship required. Prerequisites: Admission to internship year; concurrent enrollment in other internship year courses; Alaska passing scores for three Praxis I exams. (Stacked with ED F688.) (2+0)
ED F486O/2 Media Literacy (h)
3 Credits
Promotes 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 developing students and others into critical viewers, listeners and readers of media. Also available via Independent Learning. Prerequisites: COMM F131X or COMM F141X; junior standing; laptop computer. (3+0)
ED F601 Introduction to Applied Social Science Research
3 Credits
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. (3+0)
ED F603 Field Study Research Methods
3 Credits
Focus on techniques for conducting both quantitative and qualitative field research. Particular emphasis on considerations for conducting field research in cross-cultural settings. Prerequisites: ED F601. (Cross-listed with CCS F603.) (3+0)
ED F606 Alaska Native Education (s)
3 Credits Offered Fall
School systems historically serving Native people, current efforts toward local control and the cross-cultural nature of this education. Field experience required. Prerequisite: ANTH F242; or permission of instructor. (Stacked with ED F420.) (3+0)
ED F610 Education and Cultural Processes
3 Credits Offered As Demand Warrants
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. Also available via Independent Learning. (Cross-listed with CCS F610.) (3+0)
ED F611 Culture, Cognition and Knowledge Acquisition
3 Credits Offered Fall
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 F610. (Cross-listed with CCS F611.) (3+0)
ED F612 Foundations of Education
3 Credits Offered Fall
Introduces a range of philosophical thought with emphasis on schooling in the cross-cultural context and on issues of social justice and quality in education. Students will explore the interplay between cultural processes and various philosophical positions adopted by educators in the design and practice of pedagogy, learn the history of public school education in the U.S. and Alaska and analyze the policies affecting public school education today. (3+0)
ED F613 Alaska Standards for Culturally Responsive Schools
3 Credits Offered As Demand Warrants
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. (Cross-listed with CCS F613.) (3+0)
ED F616 Education and Socioeconomic Change
3 Credits Offered As Demand Warrants
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. Also available via Independent Learning. (3+0)
ED F618 Higher Education: Basic Understanding
3 Credits Offered As Demand Warrants
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. (3+0)
ED F620 Language, Literacy and Learning
3 Credits Offered Fall
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. (3+0)
ED F621 Cultural Aspects of Language Acquisition
3 Credits
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; and the role of language in the transmission of sociocultural knowledge. (Cross-listed with LING F621.) (3+0)
ED F624 Foundations of Education in Alaska: From Segregation to Standards
3 Credits Offered Summer, As Demand Warrants
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. Prerequisites: Admission to Internship Year or permission of instructor, and a laptop computer. (3+0)
ED F625 Exceptional Learners and Child Development: Individual and Cultural Characteristics
3 Credits Offered Summer, As Demand Warrants
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 using 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. Prerequisites: Admission to Internship Year or permission of instructor. (3+0)
ED F626 Teaching Reading, Writing and Language Arts
3 Credits Offered Summer, As Demand Warrants
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. Prerequisites: Admission to Internship Year or permission of instructor. (3+0)
ED F630 Curriculum Development
3 Credits Offered Fall
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. (3+0)
ED F631 Small Schools Curriculum Design
3 Credits Offered Fall
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. Also available via Independent Learning. (3+0)
ED F635 Strategies for Cooperating/Mentor Teachers
3 Credits Offered As Demand Warrants
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. Prerequisites: Licensed teacher employed in a school district. (3+0)
ED F636 Improvement of Elementary Teaching
3 Credits Offered As Demand Warrants
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. (3+0)
ED F640 Gender and Education
3 Credits Offered Spring Even-numbered Years
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. (Stacked with ED F440; WMS F440.) (3+0)
ED F642 Portfolio Preparation: Integrating Theory and Practice
3 Credits Offered Spring
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 the 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. (2+0+3)
ED F643 Classroom Research
3 Credits Offered As Demand Warrants
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. (1+6)
ED F645 Small Schools Institute
3 Credits Offered As Demand Warrants
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 communication styles, culturally congruent teaching methodologies and curricula, and contextual understandings of the Native pupil's world. Prerequisites: Recent rural Alaskan small schools teaching experience. (2+3)
ED F649 Elementary Art Methods
3 Credits Offered Spring
Methodologies of instruction and assessment in art education at the elementary level. Focus is on the knowledge and tools necessary to become excellent elementary art educators. Students will be expected to construct lessons reflecting theory and practice that are developmentally appropriate for elementary level students of all ages. Particular attention will be given to using and understanding the National Standards for Art Education, Alaska Content/Performance Standards and key curriculum documents in an elementary context. Prerequisites: Admission to K-12 Art post-baccalaureate licensure program or M.Ed in Curriculum and Instruction option for post-baccalaureate students. (Stacked with ED F449.) (3+0)
ED F659 Multimedia Tools for Teachers
3 Credits Offered Spring
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 of Internet resources. (1+6)
ED F660 Educational Administration in Cultural Perspective
3 Credits Offered As Demand Warrants
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. Also available via Independent Learning. (3+0)
ED F669 Reading, Language and Culture
3 Credits Offered Fall, As Demand Warrants
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. (3+0)
ED F670 Developing Reading: ECE-12
3 Credits Offered Fall
Literacy from early childhood through grade 12. Emphasis on developmental aspects of literacy, underlying social and cognitive processes, and the pedagogical implications for teachers. Additional emphasis on the current roles of reading/literacy coaches. (3+0)
ED F671 Reading and Cognition
3 Credits Offered Spring
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. Additional preparation for the role of the reading/literacy coach in schools, districts and communities. (3+0)
ED F672 Literature and Reading: Supporting Readers at All Levels
3 Credits Offered Summer
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; Includes interdisciplinary study using children's literature in varied genres. Classroom, family and community applications are emphasized. (3+0)
ED F673 Reading and Literacy in the Content Area
3 Credits Offered Fall
Development of knowledge of reading strategies that support literacy in the content areas/disciplines. Emphasis on interrelated processes of writing, reading, listening and speaking as they relate to content area literacy development. Exploration of the role of the reading/literacy coach in working with classroom teachers, families and communities. (3+0)
ED F678 Mathematics Methods and Curriculum Development
2 Credits Offered Fall
Study and application in the classroom of best practices from research-based strategies for the teaching and learning of mathematical concepts, content and methods for students in elementary classrooms with diverse populations. Requires development and classroom implementation of mathematics unit. Concurrent internship required. Prerequisites: Admission to the post-baccalaureate elementary licensure program; graduate standing; or permission of instructor. (Stacked with ED F478.) (2+0)
ED F680 Comparative Education
3 Credits Offered As Demand Warrants
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. (Cross-listed with NORS F680.) (3+0)
ED F681 Place-Based Education
3 Credits Offered Spring
An 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. (3+0)
ED F683 Instruction and Assessment in Reading I
3 Credits Offered Summer
Examination of standardized literacy assessments and current reading programs and how they are used in schools today. Includes norm-referenced and criterion-referenced tests as well as informal and classroom-based assessments for whole group, small group and individual students. Participants analyze and evaluate assessment and evaluation tools. The links between assessment and instruction are highlighted and their application for classroom teachers, families and the community is also addressed. Enrollment restriction: Student must hold a Type A teaching certificate and be admitted to the Master of Education in Reading Program, or permission of instructor. (3+0)
ED F684 Instruction and Assessment in Reading II
3 Credits Offered Fall
Teaching and assessment of reading with a focus on the reading behaviors of individual students, and effective practices associated with developing students' skills. Includes study of cognitive processes and social factors which contribute to variations in reading ability. The links between assessment and individual instructional plans are highlighted and their application for classroom teachers, families and the community are addressed. Enrollment restriction: Student must hold a Type A teaching certificate and be admitted to the Master of Education in Reading Program, or permission of instructor. (3+0)
ED F686 Assessment and Testing in K-12 Public Schools
3 Credits Offered Spring
Designed to provide students with a basic knowledge of assessment in K-12 public schools. Students will be required to gain a basic understanding of assessment in Alaska and to gain the confidence to interpret, analyze and discuss various, multiple and alternative assessments common in the U.S. public school system, as well as standardized tests. Issues surrounding the history of educational accountability, content standards, instructional objectives and the goals of the K-12 curriculum will be discussed. Prerequisites: Admittance to the M.Ed. program, or permission of instructor. Recommended: Successful completion of ED F630; ED F601; ED F612. (3+0)
ED F687 Alaska: Resources, People and Perspectives
3 Credits Offered Spring
Introduces a broad range of essential Alaska information for educators including information on history, geography, literature, economics and politics. (3+0)
ED F688 Science Methods and Curriculum Development
2 Credits Offered Spring
Study and application in the classroom of the best practices from research-based strategies for the teaching and learning of science concepts, content and methods for students in elementary classrooms with diverse populations. Requires development and classroom implementation of science unit. Classroom internship required. Prerequisites: Admission to Internship Year; concurrent enrollment in other internship year courses; Alaska passing scores for three Praxis I exams. (Stacked with ED F479.) (2+0)
ED F689 Proseminar in Applied Educational Research
3 Credits Offered As Demand Warrants
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 F698 (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. Graded Pass/Fail. Prerequisites: Acceptance into an M.Ed. degree program; completion of all required core courses; and at least nine credits in the area of concentration. (3+0)
ED F690 Seminar in Cross-Cultural Studies
3 Credits Offered Spring, Summer, As Demand Warrants
Investigation of current issues in cross-cultural contexts. Opportunity for students to synthesize prior graduate studies and research. Seminar is taken near the terminus of a graduate program. (Cross-listed with CCS F690.) (3+0)
ED F691 Contemporary Issues in Education
3 Credits Offered As Demand Warrants
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. (3+0)