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CCUT Approved Courses in Pedagogy & Student Learning

Disclaimer: CCUT approved courses vary in content and availability, and are subject to change at the professor's discretion. For more information about a specific course, please use the department links provided below.

Course	Description
Education 202C: The Development of Writing Abilities	Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Examination of the research literature on the development of writing competence in and outside of school from early childhood through advanced adult competence.
Education 202D: Writing Across the Curriculum and in the Disciplines	Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Examination of research literature in writing in disciplines and professions to consider the different dynamics, functions, and forms of writing in the separate areas and different paths of skill development and socialization. Consideration of findings at university and professional levels and their application to K-12 settings.
Education 210A: Human Memory and Cognitive Processes	Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Survey of theoretical approaches and empirical findings in the areas of learning, memory, psycholinguistics, cognitive processing, and situated cognition. Topics include models of memory, information-processing and related experimental methodology and findings. Contemporary paradigm shifts in cognitive psychology also reviewed.
Education 219C: Motivating Students	An exploration of contemporary school motivation theory. Emphasis is placed on modern cognitive and effective theories of intrinsic motivation: attribution, ability, achievement, self-worth, flow, and self-determination.
Education 202I: Assessment of Writing	This seminar will focus on issues of writing assessment and writing program assessment. We will explore two different paradigms: empirical (via researchers in testing and measurement), and hermeneutic (via researchers in the humanities).
Education 255B: Being a Teacher	Classrooms are considered as social systems. Special attention is paid to the roles of student and teacher using literature from sociology, social psychology, and anthropology.
Education 270A: Classrooms as Cultures	Prerequisite: consent of instructor. This course examines classrooms as cultures and overviews anthropological studies of classroom processes to identify factors that support and/or constrain learning in classrooms. Topics to be explored include: classroom discourse, school culture, peer culture, situated learning.
Education 286C: Learning Theories and Instructional Practices in Science Education	Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Exploration of contemporary theories of learning and instruction in science education. Students examine and critique research on constructivism, groupwork, inquiry, project-based science, multicultural science education and science-technology-society approaches.
Education 292C: Mathematics Development in Adolescents	Prerequisite: consent of instructor. This course examines mathematical problem solving at the secondary and college level. Different approaches to problem solving will be discussed in terms of the relevant theories, mathematics curricula and instructional delivery.
German 262: Second Language Acquisition and Applied Linguistics	This course provides an overview of the basic theoretical principles of second language acquisition (SLA) as they apply to language teaching and learning. In addition, we will discuss different methodologies of foreign language teaching. In order to prepare graduate students for future employment, which in most cases involves teaching the language, and in some cases, may involve supervising language instruction, the practical applications of these theories and methodologies to the teaching of foreign languages will be addressed.
Interdisciplinary Course 223A: Educational Hypermedia and Multimedia	Prerequisite: graduate standing. Examination of educational rationales for the design of hypermedia applications. Students evaluate existing programs and apply principles of learning with media to the development of their own projects using tools to acquire and manipulate text, images, sound, and video. EVEN NUMBERED YEARS ONLY.
Linguistics 239: Introduction to Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language	Survey theoretical and methodological issues related to teaching English as second or foreign language. Students examine current research and pedagogy in TESFL and development in second language acquisition theory and, evaluate teaching materials and develop classroom lessons.
Psychology 227: Human Memory and Cognitive Processes	Survey of theoretical approaches and empirical findings in the areas of learning, memory, psycholinguistics, and cognitive processing. Topics include structure and process models of memory, nature of the information-processing approach, and related experimental methodology and findings.
Psychology 237: Cognition	An in-depth analysis of advanced topics in human cognition. The course will include discussion of the cognitive processes involved in areas such as human thinking, problem solving, memory, and learning.
Women's Studies 270: Feminist Epistemologies and Pedagogy	Acquaints students with the scope and range of feminist epistemological critiques across disciplines and pursues issues relevant to problematizing of knowledge seeking, such as theories of agency rooted in gender, race, class, and sexuality.