Initial Adolescence and Special Education - 课程

This course introduces how teachers develop curriculum, 计划和交付教学, and assess student learning in inclusive classroom settings. Students will create lesson and unit plans, identify and use various teaching strategies, monitor and adjust methods during instruction, and conduct informal and formal assessments. 学生将学会调整教学以满足学生的学习差异，并使教学与纽约州的学习标准保持一致.

This course serves as an introduction to the historical, 文化, and social foundations of education for all students in the United States. Students will examine the roots of current educational theories, 政策, 实践, and questions regarding the diverse and rich nature of secondary 学校s today. 此外，学生还将了解全纳教育的作用以及所有教育工作者的责任和权利. Students will begin exploring current re搜索 in education. Introduces students to sources of re搜索 on inclusion and on various disabilities; students read and report on current re搜索 on a particular disability.

本课程介绍了联邦和州法律法规中定义的特殊教育的历史基础和例外情况. Students will learn the historical perspective, 定义, 病因, 特征, 需要, and service delivery systems within each area of exceptionality. Students will develop an understanding of the 需要 of students with disabilities, 以及如何在通识教育课程中提供促进残疾学生参与和进步的教学, consistent with New York State requirements for general and special education teachers. 将介绍个人教育计划(IEPs)的性质和要求，以及纽约州为残疾学生制定标准的方式.

本课程从理论和实践的角度探讨阅读和写作的过程. 学习到阅读和从阅读到学习的策略将被检查，这样学生就能清楚地了解阅读的目的和流利读者使用的从文本中创造意义的问题解决策略. The course will address issues of second language acquisition, 双语, 识字浓缩, intervention with at-risk and struggling readers, and the importance of contributing to district initiatives in literacy.

本课程以通用设计模型为基础，为学生制定学习目标和课程计划，以实现包容性课堂. 重点是考虑到纽约标准和每个学生的优势和需求的课程规划. This course introduces students to assessment, 包括标准参照测试, 投资组合, standardized tests and other forms of summative and formative classroom assessments. Students read and reflect on current re搜索 in one of the main topics of the course.

学生将更深入地探索用于有效指导所有学生理解内容区域文本的关键教学策略. Best 实践 in the application of various literacy strategies will be examined. 写作和阅读将被视为相互作用的过程，这是学习内容领域的关键. Students further explore the uses of multimedia technology in their content areas, developing ways to engage learners and scaffold learning. 另外, 视觉素养技能将应用于内容领域的教科书，以使内容主题更有意义，对所有学习者都可用.

本课程探讨美高梅mgm平台及如何调整不同的课堂结构以更有效地为青少年学习者服务. 学生将研究和评估各种理解和管理青少年行为的方法. 讨论主题包括欺凌和全系统防止暴力和破坏的努力, 这些动作的真正含义是什么.

本课程提供了学生在包容性课堂中学习评估的目的和形式的知识和理解. 学生将学习个人和团体评估的诊断-规定性教学策略. 学生制定和提出不同的课程计划，以满足个别学生的需求. 将强调从评估中获得的知识应用于学生个人学习计划.

Students are guided through the completion of their M.Ed. Thesis or Curriculum Project through weekly seminars, supplemented by regular meetings with the chosen Reader.

本课程旨在让学生对人类发展进行有意义的探索，并从产前经历到青春期学习. Students will examine the nature of development across major domains (physical, 认知, 的社会性, 和道德), 环境(家庭)的影响, 学校, 社区, 和文化)发展, 以及身份的建构. Attention will also be given to theories and processes of learning, 以及它们对教学的影响. 在整个课程中, the focus will be on using knowledge of learners and learning to develop evidence-based, developmentally appropriate teaching 实践 for increasingly diverse classrooms.

本课程探讨教学技术作为促进所有学生学习的工具. Students will explore the use of technology as "mind tools" to stimulate and engage student interest and participation in learning; students also consider the use of technology and adaptive technology to scaffold learning for all students. The class features hands-on with hardware, 软件, and networks that are typical in today's 学校s, 包括智能板, 相机, 数据投影仪, 办公室的包, 内容特定的软件, web-based inquiry and collaborative multimedia projects. Students will consider issues and opportunities with emerging technologies, with an emphasis on media literacy and opportunities to further literacy with technology. Using re搜索 methods they have learned, students gather data and analyze results to further their understanding of technology impact.

This course focuses on instructional methods specific to the content area. 纽约州学习标准被强调并用于发展对教师如何解释其领域的必修课程标准的概念性理解，并使用这些标准来计划和实施初中/高中课堂上有意义的教学. Unit planning is emphasized; students are expected to develop a unit plan with accompanying lessons in their content area. 学生发展并与其他学科的学生分享他们对学科特定素养的理解.

This is a weekly seminar that accompanies student teaching, in which students address issues that arise in student teaching. 此外，该课程使用学生的作品集来设定学生在教学过程中的成长目标. Topics to be considered include: adapting instruction for students with disabilities, managing a positive classroom environment, 技术集成, 学校的法律, 学校文化, professional ethics; reflective practice, 投资组合, 还有找工作.

学生将完成有监督的学生教学经验，允许他们在指定内容区域的青少年环境中工作，在持有适当内容区域认证的教师的监督下，并由美高梅mgm平台的教职员工监督. Student teachers participate in planning and teaching with increasing responsibility. 在随之而来的每周研讨会上, student teachers engage in reflective, self-evaluative discussions of teaching experiences.