Courses Offered by the Education Courses Department

ED 101. CHILD DEVELOPMENT (4)
Major theories of child development. Physical, perceptual, cognitive, language, emotional, and social development of the child. Impact of diverse family structures, schools, and culture on development of the child. Influence of race, sex, and social class differences on development and child-rearing practices. Thirty hours of internship in elementary school classroom, Tuesday or Thursday from 8:30 a.m. to noon.

ED 101F. CHILD DEVELOPMENT (1)
Field work only. Requires permission of the chair of the department.

ED 103. ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT (3-4) (GEN. ED. #10)
Adolescent development in historical and theoretical perspective. Physical maturation and its psychosocial implications. Gender, racial, ethnic, cross-cultural, social class, and sexual orientation differences and commonalties in the transition from childhood to adulthood. Diverse familyliving patterns and increasing stress in today’s society and their influences on the developmental process. The adolescent as risk-taker and problems encountered growing up in today’s world. Thirty hours internship in an alternative school or community-service-type setting required of all students preparing for certification at the secondary level. Students thus electing the course for four credit hours must reserve Tuesday or Thursday from 8:30 a.m. to noon.

ED 207. PSYCHOLOGICAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL FOUNDATIONS OF EDUCATION (3-4)
The nature and theories of learning and development. Topics include cognitive development; the development of concepts of time, space, and numbers; classification and causality; reinforcement; transfer of training; memory and forgetting; common patterns of learning difficulties; and principles of teaching and learning. Students electing course for four credit hours must reserve Tuesday or Thursday from 8:30 a.m. to noon to complete a 30-hour internship. All students preparing for secondary education certification must elect the internship option for four credits Prerequisites: ED 101 or 103 and SPE 100, or permission of the instructor.

ED 210. DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES (3)
Educational theories and practices in America from the 17th century to the present, in relation to social, economic, political, and intellectual forces. Consideration of inequality in educational opportunities for women and racial and ethnic groups. Prerequisite: junior standing or permission of the instructor.

ED 215. ISSUES IN EDUCATION (3) (GEN. ED. #10)
Analysis of current issues in education, including educational policies, accountability, mainstreaming, role of education in society, multicultural education, postmodernism, critical pedagogy, testing, teacher training, urban education, women and education, and education as a profession. Prerequisite: one course in education or the social sciences.

ED 221. ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION IN EDUCATION (3)
Theories and basic principles of test construction. Standardization procedures and interpretation and survey of norm-referenced achievement and aptitude tests. Use of criterion-referenced tests. Individual diagnosis of reading and arithmetic competencies. Use and interpretation of individual intelligence tests. Construction of informal assessment devices. Systems of evaluating and reporting learning outcomes. Prerequisite: ED 207 or permission of the instructor.

ED 222. FOUNDATION OF READING AND LANGUAGE ARTS: PROCESSES, ACQUISITION, AND INSTRUCTION OF READING (6)
Concepts, theories, and instructional approaches to reading and language development, including strategies for beginning readers. Special attention to scientifically based reading research on the components of the reading process, including phonemic awareness, word analysis, word recognition, fluency, meaning vocabulary, and comprehension. Students must reserve Tuesday and Thursday mornings for internship. Prerequisites: ED 207 and permission of instructor. This course has been approved by the Maryland State Department of Education as fulfilling Processes and Acquisition of Reading and Instruction of Reading for initial certification and recertification.

ED 241. MATERIALS FOR TEACHING READING (3)
Analysis of materials needed to motivate, plan for, and instruct readers. Experience with texts for a variety of reading purposes. Application of scientifically based reading research criteria for selecting, retrieving, and evaluating materials. Consideration given to multicultural materials, text quality, electronic media, and the role of parents in promoting reading. Prerequisite: ED 222. This course has been approved by the Maryland State Department of Education as fulfilling Materials for Teaching Reading for initial certification and recertification.

ED 243. ASSESSMENT FOR READING INSTRUCTION (3)
Examination of reading assessment techniques and their application for planning and modifying reading instruction using scientifically based reading research criteria. Prerequisite: ED 222. May be taken concurrently. This course has been approved by the Maryland State Department of Education as fulfilling Assessment for Reading Instruction for initial certification and recertification.

ED 244. TEACHING SCIENCE IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (2)
Methods of teaching science in a laboratory setting. Practice in using methods of teaching science with attention to objectives, skills, materials, and learning activities. Adaptations for special and mainstreamed children. Presentation of basic scientific information. Elementary education majors elect concurrently with ED 342.

ED 245 TEACHING MATHEMATICS IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (2)
Methods of teaching mathematics. Attention to objectives, concepts, skills, materials, and learning activities. Adaptations for special and mainstreamed children. Elementary education majors elect concurrently with ED 342.

ED 246. TEACHING SOCIAL STUDIES IN SPECIAL EDUCATION AND THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (2)
Methods of teaching social studies. Attention to objectives, concepts, skills, materials, and learning activities. Adaptations for special and mainstreamed children. Elementary education majors elect concurrently with ED 342; special education majors elect concurrently with SPE 350.

ED 253. METHODS OF SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHING (4)
Analysis of general methods and planning of different types of learning activities in secondary school instruction. Part of the course is devoted to special methods in teaching subjects that members of the class intend to teach. Considers the relationship of subjects to objectives of secondary education, structure, and classroom organization; evaluation of textbooks on the subject. Observation in the schools. Forty-eight hours of fieldwork. Prerequisite: ED 207.

ED 254. READING, WRITING, AND ASSESSMENT IN THE SECONDARY SCHOOL (6)
An overview of the principles of reading and assessment, with an emphasis on their application to adolescents and to the diverse content areas of the secondary school. An examination of literature for adolescents. Thirty hours internship on Tuesday or Thursday mornings. Prerequisite: ED 207. This course has been approved by the Maryland State Department of Education as fulfilling Teaching Reading in the Secondary Content Area, Part I and Part II, for initial certification and recertification.

ED 272Y. INTENSIVE COURSE ABROAD (GEN. ED. #3)
Courses include a pre-departure or a post-departure discussion (or both) in the fall and spring and a three week intensive course abroad in the winter intersession or summer.

MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION IN COSTA RICA (2-4-2 ) (SP 272Y)
This is an interdisciplinary course (see cross-listing with SP 272Y). Awareness of multiculturalism in the context of the educational system in the United States and Costa Rica. Develop skills to facilitate a classroom climate that meets the needs of a diverse population. Emphasis on critical writing, analytical reading, and advanced conversation required for upper-level Spanish courses. The first seven weeks are conducted in English (2 credits), and the final seven weeks are conducted in Spanish (2 credits). Practice of complex linguistic structures, writing summaries, developing arguments, and interpretation of quotes. Intensive study abroad in Costa Rica for the January term (4 credits). Prerequisites: completion or concurrent enrollment in SP 230 and ED 207, or permission of the education instructor.

INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION/TOWNSHIP AND RURAL EDUCATION IN SOUTH AFRICA (3-3) (COM 272Y)
This intensive service course abroad consists of two components, a semester course of study in the spring semester and a four-week intensive field placement in a township and rural school in South Africa at the end of the spring semester. Students examine the social, political, and historical landscape of South Africa to understand the country’s continued transformation, examine culture and customs unique to the Eastern Cape region of South Africa, and examine their own cross-cultural competence to effectively teach learners who are distinctly different from themselves. At the conclusion of this experience, students can apply knowledge of the nature of adolescents to create units and lessons that reflect national and local standards, adapt personal teaching style to multiple learning styles, and use knowledge of learners to provide effective instruction in math and science to South African learners in the middle grades. In addition to teaching 20 hours per week in rural schools, participants will attend a weekly lecture on the culture and languages specific to the Eastern Cape region at Rhodes University, located in Grahamstown.While designed for education majors, this internship is open to students majoring in other disciplines as well. Non-majors selecting this internship will be paired with education majors for all classroom experiences. Prerequisites: ED 101 or ED 103, SPE 100 or ED 207, COM 105, COM 257, or permission of instructor.

EDUCATION IN A MULTICULTURAL ISRAELI SOCIETY (1.5-3) (JS 272Y)
This course will provide field work experience and lectures from the faculty of Ben Gurion University of Negev in Israel concerning education for Bedouin Arabs and Jewish immigrants from Ethiopia and the former Soviet Union. The pre-departure course is 1.5 credits and the three-week course is three credits. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing.

ED 290. INTERNSHIP IN EDUCATION (3-4)
This course is graded pass/no pass only.

ED 299. INDEPENDENT STUDY (3)

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ED 342. ELEMENTARY SCHOOL INTERNSHIP (10)
Internship under the supervision of a cooperating teacher and a member of the Education Department of Goucher College. Completion of a minimum of 250 hours of teaching, participation, observation, and conferences. Discussion of teaching problems in seminar meetings. A minimum grade of B- is required for certification. Prerequisites: Completion of 86 credits, including ED 222, successful completion of Praxis I tests from ETS, and permission of the Education Department. Corequisites: ED 244 and 245. Fingerprinting.

ED 353. SECONDARY SCHOOL INTERNSHIP (10)
Internship under the supervision of a cooperating teacher and a member of the Education Department of Goucher College. Completion of a minimum of 250 hours of teaching, participation, observation, and conferences. Discussion of teaching problems in seminar meetings. A minimum grade of B- is required for certification. Prerequisites: ED 207, recommendation from major department, successful completion of Praxis I tests from ETS, and permission of the Education Department. Elected concurrently with ED 253. Application and references required. Students should apply to the instructor or the chair of the Education Department by December 1 of the year preceding desired internship.

ED 400. INDEPENDENT PROJECT (1-4)
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