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Fall 2014

TE 822 Issues of Culture in Classroom and Curriculum

Instructor: Dr. Dorinda Carter Andrews

In this course we explored the sociocultural contexts and functions of schooling. We examined students’ cultural backgrounds in relation to classroom learning and school curriculum. I was forced to critically think about how race, class, and gender (as cultural identities) impact the teaching and learning process. I spent most of my attention focusing on texts dealing with Urban Development. This was the point in which I was introduced to the impacts of the racial achievement gap and how to hold curriculum developers accountable for the lack of information provided to students about certain historical content.

TE 850 Critical Reading for Children and Adolescents

Instructor: Jon M. Wargo

This course allowed me to study literature in a totally different way. For the first time in my adult life I was not just reading books for pleasure. I was reading the books for meaning and contextuality. The course emphasized the study of particular landmarks in critical, theoretical, and interpretive practice. In the course we spent a good deal paying close attention to how the author re/presented information and how it could affect the reader.

Spring 2015

EAD 830 Urban Education: Racial Achievement Gap

Instructor: Dr. Christopher Dunbar

In this course, we studied pieces of the racial achievement gap. I examined institutional, class and race systemic factors that contribute to the racial achievement gap. In the end I found a specific area to study and implemented a plan for improving urban schools and uncover areas of study for future research interests.

ED 800 Concepts of Educational Inquiry - MAED Students only

Instructor: Dr. Steven Weiland

This inquiry- based course is a required course by the department. We were able to share our ideas about education. This in turn forced me defend why I would choose to make some of my own personal educational choices. This course also exposed me to the influence education has on students today and forced me back into thinking how much time I spent using technology and how it effected and affected my personal teaching practices.

Summer 2015

TE 843 Secondary Reading Assessment and Instruction

Instructor: Justin A. Coles

This course was almost about the same as the other two literacy courses but it helped me use literacy across multiple content areas. We studied how literacy influences what happens in the classroom and how students learn. We noticed that literacy affects students heavily. We also looked into various pedagogies to help integrate literacy at home. Often times the only way for students to comprehend information is if they study information in a classroom setting and at home. This course offered strategies to

Fall 2015

EAD 860 Concept of Learning Society

Instructor: Dr. Steven Weiland

““The Learning Society” is a popular but problematic phrase meant to describe recent developments in education across the life span and to guide institutions and individuals worldwide in their educational goals, activities, and plans for the future.”

In this course we explored what a learning society actually means and its primary domains as it relates to our every day activities. We studied five different books and people and how they processed information. This was one of my most favorite courses to take because the content was rich in complexity.

TE 842 Elementary Reading Assessment and Instruction

Instructor: Amy Croel-Perrien

The purpose of this course was to perfect what assessing reading concepts. We were to create analysis charts and find instructional support manuals that would assist in assessing reading instruction for an elementary aged audience. This course placed emphasis on learning to read and reading to learn. At the end of the course we were to make a correctional reading based program for two students based off of a specific set of data.

EAD 824 Leading Teacher Learning

Dr. Melissa Usiak

This course provided a small look inside the administrative portion of the school system. While taking this course I researched different resources to help with fixing toxic school environments. We also had a chance to make our own professional development day. At the end of the course, I created a year long proposal full of ideas to support a local elementary school make improvements with their school climate.

Spring 2016

TE 836 Awards and Classics of Children's Literature

Dr. Django Paris

This course was designed to help navigate and read classic young adult novels. In doing so it forced me to raise questions about the novels. I was able to learn that this course was built based on the ideas of extending the text and studying why these books won specific awards. In this course we were to revisit novels in our past and build ideas against why the author chose a specific audience and writing style. At the end of the course we provided a list of books to share to an audience and created a electronic portfolio of how the text was received.

ED 870 Capstone Seminar - MAED students only

Instructor: Dr. Matthew Koehler

The Capstone Seminar is a web-design based on what each person studies throughout their matriculation through the Master of Arts in Education program. In the course we were to write a series of essays and create visuals to represent our work and who we are. After we publish our work in each module we are able to discuss what we like and what we could adjust to make it perfect for its intended audience.