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Elementary and Literacy EducationCredits
Elementary teachers must know and understand the fundamental concepts and practices in physical, life, earth and space sciences, as well as how technology, engineering, and math are integrated into this subject matter, in order to plan and implement meaningful and engaging inquiry learning experiences for students. This course will provide a foundation across all science domains through a hands-on, inquiry-based approach that will introduce teaching strategies that allows science to be accessible for all learners. This course provides the necessary content knowledge, pedagogical methods, and resource materials for teacher candidates to develop effective science instruction in the elementary classroom.
- Prerequisites:
- Admission into Professional Education and the Elementary Education program
- Areas of Interest:
- Education and Training
Presents strategies for teaching reading and writing knowledge, attitudes and skills in the various teaching content areas.
This course will explore the integration of the arts, physical, and health education into the elementary curriculum to enhance student learning; support children's creative expression, self-esteem, and emphasize fine and gross motor development. Practical strategies to promote healthy physical and emotional well-being will be explored. This is designated a writing intensive course.
This course will explore practical information, assessment tools, instructional ideas and activities for effective implementation of an inquiry-based approach in elementary curriculum. Teacher candidates will focus on developing inquiry-based methods and strategies on improving students learning outcomes while linking one or more elementary content areas in a progressive way.
- Prerequisites:
- Admission into Professional Education and the Elementary Education program
- Areas of Interest:
- Education and Training
This course is intended to provide a co-teaching mentorship between the teacher candidate and mentor teacher. Teacher candidates will use this semester to focus on co-teaching, and establishing a relationship with the district, school, and classroom environment. Candidates are expected to develop and demonstrate, through performance assessment, integrated knowledge, skills, and dispositions needed to become committed professionals in education.
- Prerequisites:
- Admission into Professional Education and the Elementary Education program
- Areas of Interest:
- Education and Training
This course focuses on teacher candidates' integration and reflection of inclusive and effective elementary teaching practices that they have learned throughout the program. Using the context in which their student teaching will occur, including district, school, and classroom demographics, curriculum and assessment, they will plan literacy instruction and assessment across content areas throughout the program. Teacher candidates will apply differentiation strategies and anti-racist pedagogy to address all learners' needs and promote their development and engagement in the classroom.
This course provides hands-on experiences through which students learn the basics of engineering. Topics include the engineering design process, reverse engineering, and engineering fields/professions. The course focuses on the engineering strand of the K-6 Minnesota State Science Standards.
- Areas of Interest:
- Education and Training
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Student teaching is the capstone field experience for the teacher education programs at Minnesota State University, Mankato. The purpose of the experience is to provide an opportunity for Teacher Candidates to experience fully the role of the professional educator and demonstrate their ability to successfully enter the induction phase of teaching. The Teacher Candidate uses this opportunity to produce evidence of their teaching competency in four domains: planning and preparation, the classroom environment, instruction, and professional responsibilities.
- Prerequisites:
- Admission into Professional Education and the Elementary Education program
- Areas of Interest:
- Education and Training
Elementary education teacher candidates will study the technology skills needed in order to become effective STEM teachers.
- Areas of Interest:
- Education and Training
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The practicum consists of a minimum of four weeks during which candidates teach in the specific academic subject for the new licensure field. Those holding a license at the elementary level complete the experience with students in grades 7 or 8. Those who hold a license at the secondary level complete the experience with students in grades 5 or 6. The focus is on applying the standards of effective practice in teaching students, demonstrating both knowledge of the academic subject and students as well as the pedagogical skills required at the middle level.
This course provides students with familiarity in regard to emerging topics of importance in elementary STEM education.
- Areas of Interest:
- Education and Training
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This course is designed to build the mathematical knowledge and skill that is needed for teaching elementary mathematics (grades K-6). This course meets the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board (PELSB) elementary education mathematics standards. Topics addressed in this course are: (1) mathematical patterns, relations, and functions, (2) discrete mathematics, (3) numerical literacy, (4) space and shape, (5) data investigations, (6) randomness and uncertainty.
In this pedagogy course, elementary teachers will learn to integrate the four disciplines of STEM; science, technology, engineering, and math.
- Areas of Interest:
- Education and Training
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Field experience focusing on the struggling reader and instruction in an integrated approach to teaching science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM).
- Areas of Interest:
- Education and Training
- Programs:
Student teaching in a second content area for a full-day, half-semester, in a middle school setting. For elementary students student teaching in middle school.
Provides clinical experiences for pre-service teachers; extends laboratory experiences for those who have completed pre-student teaching experiences.
By contract between student and faculty member.
To prepare pre-service and in-service teachers to use technology in the elementary classroom. Applications to each content area will be considered.
Foundation level knowledge concerning the reading process and how it pertains to the ESL student including strategy instruction.
Presents strategies for teaching and reading knowledge, attitudes and skills in the various teaching content areas.
Through hands-on experiences students learn the basics of engineering needed to teach this content at the elementary school level. Topics include the engineering design process, reverse engineering, engineering fields/professions, and experience with instructional strategies. The course focuses on the engineering strand of the K-6 Minnesota State Science Standards.
Students will develop competency using the specific technology skills needed to become effective Elementary Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) teachers.
Students will become familiar with important, emerging topics in the field of elementary STEM education.
This is the second of two courses designed to equip teacher candidates with mathematical knowledge, pedagogical skills, and dispositions for fostering an inclusive classroom environment. This course explores research on how children learn mathematics, effective teaching practices, and equitable approaches. Mathematics topics addressed in this course are number theory, integers, algebraic patterns, relations, and functions, data investigations, probability, geometry, measurement, and discrete mathematics concepts.
- Areas of Interest:
- Education and Training
- Programs:
Students will learn to integrate the four disciplines of STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) into their instruction in the elementary classroom.