This course is all about making your existing curriculum in Social Studies, Language Arts, Math, Science or Art much more interesting, fun, memorable, and enriching for both you and your students. You will learn how to integrate the Arts: visual arts, drama, literature, dance, and music into your existing lessons, even if you do not have a background in the Arts. Integrating the arts has proven successful for teaching and learning in both multicultural and multilingual settings.
This course presents basic information on how to use art materials that are easily accessible to create sounds, music, drawings, math problems, poems, short stories, journals, and other artistic adventures that reinforce existing curriculum. It recommends specific materials you can use: poster size images or slides of American Art, American and English Poetry, plus hundreds of lesson plans and lesson plan ideas. It provides hundreds of references for future growth as you follow the path of integrating the arts into your classroom.
Food and Nutrition in the 21st Century
EDUC 715R
Because nutrition is an evolving science, this course includes a plethora of topics and controversies raised in the field. Obesity and diabetes are at epidemic proportions, and the detrimental effects on the health of adults, children and teens are global. Food safety is a paramount issue today. This course gives recent information on all those topics and includes information about nutrition trends, nutrients, health claims of supplements, and world hunger, nutrition and sustainability.
Modern China: Clash of Culture & Controversy
EDUC 715L
This course transports you to China where you relive its past hundred years that have been through a continuous transformation and upheaval affecting every aspect of the lives of its people. Whether it is a Confucian monarchy, warlordism, fanatically indoctrinated socialist tyranny, or doctrine less social-capitalism, China has experienced a complete political, cultural, and economic revolution on an unprecedented scale.
Abraham Lincoln: The Principled President
EDUC 715N
This course traces the personal, political, and moral evolution of one of our most respected and admired Presidents. Learn about the American martyr who valued his principles above all, even if it meant taking an unpopular stance. His moral compass guided his incredible character and integrity; and is the primary reason why after signing the Emancipation Proclamation, he stated his certainty about doing the right thing. In addition, gain a unique understanding and appreciation for his lifelong thirst for knowledge and his artistry as a speechwriter and orator.
Effective Feedback to Improve Student Achievement
EDUC 715I
It's not about grades; it's about learning! When teachers provide effective feedback, they become learning coaches for their students. Learning coaches share strategies and techniques to help students succeed. An individual teacher can have a powerful effect on student achievement when they maximize the possibility of improving student achievement through effective feedback. Lots of ideas will be provided in how to phrase feedback to improve achievement for successful, struggling, and reluctant students.
