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ED 0806 |
Caring for Children with
Handicaps |
1 Credit Hour |
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None |
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Child care providers
learn the needs and behavioral consequences of children with handicaps. Introduces strategies to handle daily
needs. |
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ED 0819 |
Introduction to Teaching |
3 Credit Hours |
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None |
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This course is designed
to provide the student with a general knowledge of the teaching profession as
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ED 0820 |
Children’s Literature |
3 Credit Hours |
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Prerequisite: |
None |
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This course is designed
to familiarize students with the heritage, concentration genres, and criteria
for evaluating children’s literature; suggested selections of books for the elementary
and middle school program, and methods of teaching literature among children
in any setting. |
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ED 0821 |
Early Childhood Education |
3 Credit Hours |
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None |
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An overview of early childhood
education including the role of the preschool teacher, cultural environment,
family relationships, parent education, and socioeconomic status. |
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ED 0822 |
Children’s Music |
3 Credit Hours |
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Prerequisite: |
None |
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This course is directed
toward students in the elementary education program. It is designed to show how music can be
taught and integrated into other areas of the elementary classroom
curriculum. Traditional areas of music
instruction will be covered including fundamentals of music, singing, playing
instruments, listening, moving to music, and creative experiences with
music. In addition, we will study
multicultural approaches to teaching and practice writing lesson plans
focusing on the needs and interests of young children. |
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ED 0823 |
Administration &
Organization of Child Care Programs |
3 Credit Hours |
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Prerequisite: |
None |
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A study of theory applied
to early learning child care and child development service programs and systems,
strategies in organizational development, and issues in management. |
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ED 0831 |
Art Education |
3 Credit Hours |
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Prerequisite: |
None |
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This course is designed
to help art education and elementary education concentrations build an understanding
of children’s art and develop an art curriculum for their classroom that
provides quality art experiences for every child. Emphasis will be placed on lab work and
experimentation of various art materials suitable for the classroom. Instruction is based on lecture, class
discussion, and lab work. |
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ED 0839 |
Family Day Care |
3 Credit Hours |
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Prerequisite: |
None |
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Family day care providers
learn how to create a psychologically and physically safe learning environment
for children. |
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ED 0840 |
Student Leadership
Training |
1 Credit Hour |
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Prerequisite: |
None |
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A study of integrating
leadership theory with practical experience in student government
administration. Emphasizes techniques of
planning, implementing, and developing student activities. May be repeated each semester. |
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ED 0842 |
Preprofessional Lab |
1 Credit Hour |
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None |
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An introductory lab
experience in teach education. To help
in understanding the role of the teacher and the school, students will be
assigned to public schools in the area to assist the classroom teacher in
almost all phases of classroom activity except teaching. Duties may include tutorial experience,
taking class attendance and playground duty, etc. |
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ED 0911 |
World Regional Geography |
3 Credit Hours |
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Prerequisite: |
None |
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This course uses a world
regional approach to geography. After
learning the conceptual framework of geography, we will apply these concepts
to specific regions of the world.
Focusing on selected countries as case studies, the class will examine
the ways in which the geographic environment molds peoples and nations. The themes of development and conflict will
be stressed as they relate to the various regions of the world. |
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ED 0931 |
Infant and Toddler |
3 Credit Hours |
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Concurrent Enrollment in ED
0932 Infant and Toddler Lab |
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This course is designed
for teachers, child care professionals, and other adults working with infants
and toddlers in care giving settings including child care centers, family
child care homes, and home-based child services such as Early Head Start. It will be taken concurrently with the
Infant and Toddler Lab course. The
course will focus on respectful care giving of infants and toddlers - a
concept introduced and promoted by Magda Gerber and widely taught throughout
the |
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ED 0932 |
Infant and Toddler Lab |
1 Credit Hour |
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Concurrent Enrollment in ED
0931 Infant and Toddler |
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This course is designed
for teachers, child care professionals, and other adults working with younger
children. Students will participate in
observations of Infants and Toddlers in the child’s natural
environments. The focus will be on
identifying developmental milestones and developmentally appropriate
behaviors and skills. These will be
recorded in portfolios as tools for assessment and documentation of the
child’s development. |
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ED 1308 |
Preschool Child |
3 Credit Hours |
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Concurrent Enrollment in ED
1309 Preschool Child Lab |
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Designed for teachers,
parents, and other adults to gain more understanding for and become more
aware of the opportunities that exist to promote learning as they guide
preschool age children. |
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ED 1309 |
Preschool Child Lab |
1 Credit Hour |
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Prerequisite: |
Concurrent Enrollment in ED
1308 Preschool Child |
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Designed for teachers,
parents, and other adults to observe and thus become more aware of the
opportunities that exist to promote learning as they guide preschool age
children. |
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ED 1314 |
Child Abuse / Neglect:
Recognition and Reporting |
1 Credit Hour |
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Prerequisite: |
None |
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This is an online course
offered. The Kansas Children’s Service League in cooperation with SRS and
KDHE has developed this course, and it is only available online. Students
enrolled in this course will be able to define the various types of abuse and
neglect, and identify signs and symptoms of the different types of abuse and
neglect. Students will also learn who is a mandated reporter and what the
penalties are for those who do not report child abuse and neglect. |
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ED 1315 |
Understanding Multiple
Intelligences and Children’s Learning Styles |
1 Credit Hour |
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Prerequisite: |
None |
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This is only available
online. Students enrolled in this course will understand Howard Gardner’s
theory of nine multiple intelligences, as well as understand how these
learning styles are affected by the environment, physiology, processing,
emotions, and social choices. Students will also learn practical information
on how to create educational environments by applying activities that utilize
the different learning styles. Finally, students will learn about their own
personal teaching styles as well as gain strategies for using activity
pre-planning sheets and multiple intelligences in everyday life. The Kansas
Children’s Service League in cooperation with SRS and KDHE has developed this
course. |
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ED 1316 |
Creating Positive
Settings for Children and Families |
1 Credit Hour |
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Prerequisite: |
None |
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This is an online course
offered by the Kansas Children’s Service League in cooperation with SRS and
KDHE has developed this course, and it is only available online. Participants
in this training will understand how children’s “mental health” is affected
by life events, culture, environment, biology, and relationships and that
these aspects serve as roads to understanding the impact that room
arrangements, labeling, and comfortable settings have on children and
caregivers. Finally, participants will learn strategies for working with
families to create a healthy atmosphere for children by using a method of
knowing, informing, discussing with, and supporting families, tying
everything together to create positive settings for children and families in
child care. This course is instructor-led and interactive through discussions
and assignments in course discussion boards. |
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ED 1319 |
Cultural Competency |
1 Credit Hour |
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Prerequisite: |
Internet Access and
E-mail Account |
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This course is only
available online. Participants in this training will understand a variety of
subcultures by learning about specific cultural norms, values, codes of
conduct, traditions and child rearing practices of ethnic, cultural and other
groups served by programs. Participants will define cultural child-rearing
practices as well as explore their own culture, attitudes and beliefs. This
course is instructor-led and interactive through discussions and assignments
in course discussion boards. The Kansas Children’s Service League in
cooperation with SRS and KDHE has developed this course. |
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ED
1351 ED
1352 ED
1353 |
Child Development: Day
Care and Preschool Child Development: Social
& Emotional Develop. Child Development:
Curriculum for Learning |
1 Credit Hour 1 Credit Hour 1 Credit Hour |
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Prerequisite: |
None |
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Examines and analyzes day
care and preschool strategies, social and emotional development of the
preschool child, and curriculum for learning in the preschool. |
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ED 1355 |
Positive Behavior Support
for Young Children |
1 Credit Hour |
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Prerequisite: |
None |
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This course is designed
for early childhood teachers, parents, and other adults working with children
who display challenging behavior. The
course will identify methods for preventing problem behavior, as well as develop
effective interventions for the most severe forms of problem behavior. New course effective Fall 2005 |
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ED 1601 |
Information Literacy |
1 Credit Hour |
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Prerequisite: |
None |
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An introduction to
library print and electronic resources such as card catalog, indexes,
reference materials, electronic magazine databases, and the Internet. The students will learn to deal with
information and how to effectively access and use it. |
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ED 5275 |
Child Development |
3 Credit Hours |
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Prerequisite: |
None |
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Child Development is a
study of the physical, emotional, social, and intellectual development of
children from conception through age 8. |
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ED 5920 |
Introduction to Online
Teaching |
1 Credit Hour |
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Prerequisite: |
None |
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This five-week course
will introduce students to the principles and practice of online
teaching. Through online forums,
members of the class will discuss various approaches to creating a high level,
interactive Internet learning experience for students. By the end of the semester each student
will have created a course syllabus and assignments which can be used in the
student’s own online course. |
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