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College of Education
Department of Curriculum and Instruction

Courses: Elementary Education (ELED)

6301: Teaching the Social Studies in the Elementary School
Cr. 3. (3-0). Recent literature, teaching methods, and trends in elementary school social studies.

6305: Teaching the Language Arts
Cr. 3. (3-0). Spelling, handwriting, oral and written expression, usage, and grammar.

6307: Methods of Teaching Art in the Elementary Schools
Cr.3.(3-3). Prerequisite: Admission to teacher education. For majors in art education. Curriculum, planning and theory, methodology, for teaching art at the elementary level.

6315: Literature for Children
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: ELED 3320 or equivalent or consent of instructor. Analysis of fiction and nonfiction, approaches to criticism, and emphasis upon criteria for selection of books for literary study.

6320: Foundations of Reading Instruction
Cr. 3. (3-0). Current theories and practices in reading instruction.

6324: Science Instruction in the Secondary School
Cr. 3. (3-9). Field-based course that introduces methods and materials for teaching in the middle and senior high school science classroom and laboratory.

6325: Trends in Elementary School Science
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: consent of instructor. New methods, programs, and materials in science education.

6335: Teaching Mathematics in the Elementary Grades
Cr. 3. (3-0). Teaching materials, evaluation techniques, and classroom management strategies for arithmetic, grades one through six.

6338: Science for Young Children
Cr.3.(3-0). Methods, materials, models, and skills for integrating the curriculum through early childhood and primary-level science themes.

6340: Mathematics for the Intermediate Grades
Cr. 3. (3-0). Content, instructional materials, teaching, and evaluation techniques for arithmetic, grades four through six.

6350: Teaching Art in the Elementary School
Cr. 3. (2-4). Prerequisite: admission to teacher education or consent of instructor. Curriculum planning and organization, instructional and managerial strategies for teaching art in the elementary school. Supervised field experience.

6391:6392: Elementary School Internship
Cr. 3. (3-9). Prerequisite: admission to teacher education or consent of instructor. Supervised internship experiences in elementary school teaching.

7315: Analysis of Methods of Teaching Reading
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: ELED 6320 or equivalent or consent of instructor. Study of basal, language experience, individualized, programmed, linguistic, phonic, spelling, audiovisual, and kinesthetic approaches to the teaching of reading.

7325: Historical Development of Children's Literature
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: ELED 6315, SEDE 6335, or consent of instructor. Influence of social, political, and cultural developments upon literature for children. Traditional literature; trends in illustration, content, and style; development of reviewing of children's books.