ED - Education


ED 100Intro to EducationUNITS: 2 - Offered in Fall and Spring
This course serves as an introduction to teaching and learning in 21st century K-12 classrooms and as an orientation to the College and University experience. through technology-assisted plenary and small group seminars, students will examine the knowledge, skills and dispositions necessary to become globally aware, ethical, reflective teachers of diverse populations in the 21st century. Topics include academic skills, student success strategies, standards for teachers, and programs in the College of Education. This course is restricted to Teacher Education majors only.


ED 101Freshman Teaching Fellows Forum IUNITS: 1 - Offered in Fall Only
Topics related to educational issues and requirements of the Teaching Fellows program. Topics will include current practices, policies and research in education.Restricted to Students Admitted to the Teaching Fellows Program


ED 102Freshman Teaching Fellows Forum IIUNITS: 1 - Offered in Spring Only
Topics related to educational issues and requirements of the Teaching Fellows program. Topics will include current practices, policies and research in education.Restricted to Students Admitted to the Teaching Fellows Program


ED 103Teaching Fellows SeminarUNITS: 1 - Offered in Fall Only
An orientation to academic requirements of higher education, a review of teacher education components and elements of teacher education curricula, identification of characteristics of an effective student, and an introduction to instructional methods and issues in the field of education.


ED 111Education and Psychology Scholars ForumUNITS: 0 - Offered in Fall and Spring
Prerequisite: Education and Psychology Scholars Program
Interdisciplinary seminar with presentations by distinguished faculty members and experts drawn from technical, academic, business and government communities. Discussions of major public issues and topics of contemporary concern.


ED 150Students Advocating for Youth IUNITS: 1 - Offered in Fall Only
Building upon a passion for advocacy. Investigating issues related to youth in today's North Carolina. Exploring youth advocacy and ethics. Exploring youth advocacy and diversity. Exploring youth advocacy as a vocation. Practical youth advocacy field work. Participation in field experiences required. Restricted to students admitted to the SAY program.


ED 151Students Advocating for Youth IIUNITS: 1 - Offered in Spring Only
Prerequisite: ED 150
Continuing to build upon a passion for advocacy. Understanding how legistlation and policy affects youth advocacy and youth organizations. Exploring changes within the career field. Exploring peer influence processes among youth. Practical youthadvocacy field work. Participation in field experiences required. Field experience may extend beyond normal class time. Restricted to students admitted to the SAY program.


ED 200Teach ED CandidacyUNITS: 0


ED 201Sophomore Teaching Fellows Forum IUNITS: 1 - Offered in Fall Only
Prerequisite: Students in Teaching Fellows Program
Topics related to educational issues and requirements of the Teaching Fellows program. Topics will include current practices, policies and research in education.


ED 202Sophomore Teaching Fellows Forum IIUNITS: 1 - Offered in Spring Only
Topics related to educational issues and requirements of the Teaching Fellows program. Topics will include current practices, policies and research in education.Restricted to Students Admitted to the Teaching Fellows Program


ED 204Introduction to 21st Century TeachingUNITS: 2 - Offered in Fall and Spring
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing; Corequisite: ECI 204 or EMS 204, or TDE 202
Overview of teaching as work and a profession in the 21st century. Course focuses on establishing a respectful environment for a diverse student population, dispositions and practices required for effective teaching, and processes and outcomes of collaborative lesson study. The course has a required fieldwork component in local K-12 schools, and students are responsible for their own transportation to and from the schools. Students are required to purchase internship liability insurance to participate in this course. Contact University Insurance & Risk Management for details on acquiring the insurance and the current charge. This course is retricted to Teacher Education majors.


ED 211Education and Psychology Scholars ForumUNITS: 0 - Offered in Fall and Spring
Prerequisite: Participants in the Education and Psychology Scholars Program
Second level of interdisciplinary seminar series with presentations by distinguished faculty members and experts drawn from technical, academic, business and government communities. Discussions of major public issues and topics of contemporary concern.


ED (ECI) 296Special Topics in EducationUNITS: 1-3 - Offered in Fall and Spring
Individual or group study of particular areas of education at the freshman and sophomore levels. Specific topics will vary from semester to semester.


ED 301Junior Teaching Fellows Forum IUNITS: 1 - Offered in Fall Only
Topics related to educational issues and requirements of the Teaching Fellows program. Topics will include current practices, policies and research in education.Restricted to Students Admitted to the Teaching Fellows Program


ED 302Junior Teaching Fellows Forum IIUNITS: 1 - Offered in Spring Only
Topics related to educational issues and requirements of the Teaching Fellows program. Topics will include current practices, policies and research in education.Restricted to Students Admitted to the Teaching Fellows Program


ED 310Tutoring AdolescentsUNITS: 1 - Offered in Fall and Spring
Prerequisite: ECI 205 or EOE 207, Corequisite: EMS 203
Developing skills in tutoring adolescent students. Emphases include identifying adolescent learning difficulties, using a variety of tutoring methods and a tutorial self-evaluation process. Requires off-campus field work.


ED 311Classroom Assessment Principles and PracticesUNITS: 2 - Offered in Fall Spring Summer
Prerequisite: Admission to Teacher Education Candidacy; Co-requisite: ED 312
This course will enable students to understand and use appropriate classroom assessment practices to promote positive student achievement. Students will apply knowledge of pedagogy and development to high-quality strategies for formative and summative assessment. Students will explore best practices using developmentally-appropriate assessment strategies, including authentic assessment, portfolios and electronic portfolios,real-time feedback, open-and closed-ended formal assessments, and standardized testing. Particular attention to examining the rationale for assessment and the implications of assessment. The course has a required fieldwork component in local K-12 schools, and students are responsible for their own transportation to and from the schools. Students are required to purchase internship liability insurance to participate in this course. Contact University Insurance & Risk Management for details on acquiring the insurance and the current charge. This course is restricted to Teacher Education majors.


ED 312Classroom Assessment Principles and Practices Professional Learning LabUNITS: 1 - Offered in Fall Spring Summer
Prerequisite: Admission to Teacher Education Candidacy; Co-requisite: ED 311
This class is a co-requisite professional learning lab to ED 311, Classroom Assessment Principles and Practices. It will enable students to engage in the application of assessments using both case study and classroom data sets. The course will help students understand and use appropriate formative and summative classroom assessment in a learning community/learning team to improve student learning. Students will explore best practices in assessment through the guidance of professional educators and the use of commercially available products for formative and summative assessment. The course has a required fieldwork component in local K-12 schools, and students are responsible for their own transportation to and from the schools. Students are required to purchase internship liability insurance to participate in this course. Contact University Insurance & Risk Management for details on acquiring the insurance and the current charge. This course is restricted to Teacher Education majors.


ED 362Curr Met Indus ArtUNITS: 4


ED 403Teaching Fellows Senior SeminarUNITS: 1 - Offered in Fall and Spring
Prerequisite: Senior standing
A casebook study of first-year teacher experiences and an examination of professional, ethical, and legal issues in education as found in cases dealing with new teachers.


ED (ECI) 496Special Topics in EducationUNITS: 1-3 - Offered in Fall and Spring
Prerequisite: Junior standing or Senior standing
Individual or group study of special topics in professional education. The topic and mode of study are determined by the faculty member after discussion with the student.


ED 507Principles of Developing and Interpreting AssessmentUNITS: 2
Designed to enable students to understand and use appropriate classroom assessment practices by applying knowledge of pedagogy and development to high-quality strategies for formative and summative assessment. Students will explore best practices using developmentally-appropriate assessment strategies including authentic assessment, portfolios, and electronic portfolios, real-time feedback, open-and closed-ended formal assessments, and standardized testing. Particular attention will be paid to examining the rationale for assessment, and the implications of assessment.


ED 508Exploring Diversity in Classroom and CommunityUNITS: 3
Students will explore and apply the major philosophical and historical influences to current educational context as they relate to issues of diversity. Focus will be placed on theoretical and practical issues of diversity in classroom settings, especially related to culture, race, gender, ethnicity, language, and socio-economic levels. (Field-based experiences will be required).


ED 537Ext & Pub Ser FuncUNITS: 3
Examination of background, history, philosophy and contemporary nature of extension and public service function of institutions of higher education in U.S. Emphasis on adult education role of public and private universities and colleges. Specific focus on: general extension, industrial extension, engineering extension, cooperative extension and continuing education.


ED 569Teaching Internship: MATUNITS: 4
A supervised teaching experience requiring a minimum of 10 consecutive full-time weeks in an appropriate school classroom. Designed to develop the knowledge, skills, and dispositions necessary for teaching at the elementary, middle and/or secondary level. Includes regularly scheduled clinical observations and conferences. Requires successful completion of at least 21 hrs. in the MAT program and approval by specialty area faculty. Student responsible for transportation to placement site.


ED 570Classroom Action ResearchUNITS: 1 - Offered in Fall and Summer
Provides a brief introduction to educational research focusing specifically on classroom action research. Requires admission to MAT; completion of 6 hours in the program.


ED 571Inquiry and Professional DevelopmentUNITS: 1
Builds on earlier course work (ED 570) preparing students to refine an action research proposal, collect data in a school setting, write a report, and to identify resources and activities that will support their ongoing professional development; requires 9 hours of graduate credit in the MAT curriculum.


ED 572Teacher LeadershipUNITS: 1
This course explores the multiple contexts, roles, and approaches to teacher leadership in classrooms, schools, communities, and professional organizations. Requires at least 30 credit hours in the MAT program.


ED 590Special Problems in Teaching and LearningUNITS: 1-6 - Offered in Fall Spring Summer
In-depth study of topical problems in teaching and learning of current and special interest to K-12 Classroom teachers.


ED 605Special Problems in TeachingUNITS: 1-3
Prerequisite: Graduate standing
In-depth study of topical problems in teaching selected from areas of current concern to K-12 teachers.


ED 700Introduction to Research Design in EducationUNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall and Spring
Survey of the field of educational research specifically with regard to the modes of inquiry, variety of methodologies, and ethical standards for conducting research with human participants. Limited to doctoral students in Education or by permission of instructor.


ED 710Applied Quantitative Methods in Education IUNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall Spring Summer
Prerequisite: ED 700, or ECI 510, or ELP 532, or ST 507
This course is designed for educational researchers and leaders to gain experience with designing and evaluating research using a quantitative approach to answer research questions in educational research and policy analysis. Students will examine design issues in research, create data sets, develop research questions from data provided, use a variety of descriptive and inferential procedures to answer formulated research questions, interpret the results and write the results in the language of educational research. Restricted to doctoral students in Education or by permission of instructor.


ED 711Applied Quantitative Methods in Education IIUNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall and Spring
Prerequisite: ED 710
Students will apply and enhance their quantitative skills through analysis of existing datasets. Course goals include practicing and extending Multiple Regression knowledge and skills, generating and testing hypotheses in a multiple regression framework, and appropriately disseminating results. Restricted to doctoral students in Education Research only.


ED 730Introduction to Qualitative Research in EducationUNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall and Spring
Design of qualitative studies, conduct of field work including open-ended interviews and participant observation, analysis of data and understanding of theoretical and philosophical background of this research approach.


ED 731Advanced Qualitative Research and Data Analysis in EducationUNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall and Spring
Prerequisite: ELP 736, EAC 785 or ED 730
Intensive course in the use of field-based and general qualitative research data analysis methods in the social study of education. The course is to help participants acquire skills and gain experience in using various methodological and analytical research techniques. The course emphasis is on the collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of qualitative data.