ESE-EDUCATION, SECONDARY

ESE 3321C General Methods for Teaching Secondary School Subjects . . . . . 3(2,1,0)
General methods of planning, presenting and evaluating instruction, incorporating legal requirements and principles and skills of effective teaching embodied within the Florida accomplished practices. Students are prepared for and participate in 20 hours of school based observation and practicum experiences. Intended for majors in the various secondary teacher education programs. Admitted to Teacher Education is required. Prerequisite: EDF 3214.

ESE 4XXX Practicum I: Secondary Education . . . . . 1(0,0,1)
Course and practicum provide a comprehensive knowledge base concerning instructional and behavioral management. Areas of emphasis include structuring the classroom for success, planning for instruction, managing materials and equipment, and managing student and group behavior in the classroom. Students will be provided with opportunities to observe and participate in secondary school settings. Minimum of 35 contact hours includes seminar, observing, collaborating with secondary education professionals in the school contact, and individual project. Corequisite: ESE 4322.

ESE 4322 Instruction, Management, and Assessment: Secondary Education . . . . . 3(3,0,0)
Strategies for managing the classroom, instruction and evaluation as it relates to teaching the essential school competencies.

ESE 4341 Senior Seminar: Teaching in the Secondary School . . . . . 2(2,0,0)
Managing instruction, the classroom, and students' behavior. Promoting reading and study skills in the secondary content areas. Assessing readiness for initial certification and improving skills in evaluating and reporting student academic progress. Intended for majors in the various secondary teacher education programs. Students must be concurrently enrolled in student teaching. Admitted to Teacher Education and permission of instructor is required. Prerequisite: EDF 3214, EDF 3605, ESE 3321C. Corequisite: EDG 4940.

ESE 4940 Professional Practicum: Secondary Education . . . . . 3(2,0,6)
Observational techniques and working with individuals and small groups of pupils in the secondary school setting. Students will also observe teachers as they function as interdisciplinary team members. Minimum of two hours per week in the secondary school classroom setting, includes observation, planning, teaching, and an individual project. Admitted to Teacher Education and permission of instructor is required. Prerequisite: EME 4430, EDG 4707. Corequisite: ESE 4322.

ESE 6035 School Involvement and Community Relations . . . . . 3(3,0,0)
Investigate techniques and strategies for developing and implementing effective home, school, community involvement programs at the secondary level. Emphasis will be placed on materials and techniques for communicating effectively with families from a variety of cultural backgrounds and the implications for industrial, labor and community relations as they impact the secondary school level. Corequisite: ESE 6426.

ESE 6215 Curriculum, Instruction, Methods: Secondary Education . . . . . 3(3,0,0)
Designed to prepare the secondary teacher with the teaching/learning skills for instructional planning, facilitation, and evaluation required in the 21st century classroom. Designed to develop empowered professionals for the classroom who are masters in the areas of direct instruction, cooperative learning, applied strategies, academic and technical skill integration, and contextual learning projects and activities. A required component of the professional sequence required by the State of Florida for initial certification. Admitted to Teacher Education is required.

ESE 6217 Integrated Curriculum . . . . . 3(3,0,0)
Advanced curriculum course for graduate secondary education students. Course format combines classroom instruction and student engagement focusing on integration of the content areas with a field based component in which the student applies learnings and conducts research. The emphases of instruction are integration of content, best practices in the content areas, accomplished practices in teaching, contextual learning, constructivism, cooperative learning, interdisciplinary instruction, mental habits, multiple intelligences, SCANS competencies, and authentic assessment. Prerequisite: ESE 6215. Corequisite: ESE 6426.

ESE 6344 Classroom Management . . . . . 3(3,0,0)
Based on the premise that schools have a responsibility to serve society in a reconstructive role, i.e., public schools must take the lead in promoting and applying the principles of self direction and democratic citizenship. To this end, both classroom instructional practices and discipline related acts are informed and guided by democratic principles philosophical, sociological, legal, and ethical and by cognitive and social psychology findings that reflect the best of what is known regarding how people learn and what leads them to behave in responsible, self directing ways. The teacher is viewed as an informed decision maker who translates the knowledge base into effective self directing and democratically formative practices. Admitted to Teacher Education is required. Corequisite: ESE 6426.

ESE 6421 Research Practicum . . . . . 3(3,0,0)
Identification of a problem in the area of Secondary Education, review of pertinent literature and preparation of a proposal with all the necessary information, conduction of research in a professional manner, evaluation and written report of the results. Permission of instructor is required.

ESE 6426 Action Research . . . . . 1-6(VARIABLE)
Student engages in disciplined inquiry to solve classroom problems. The inquiry process involves problem identification, a literature review, implementation of an action plan, interpretation of results, and preparation of a written report. Graded on satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis only. Requires permission of advisor and faculty of the action research.

ESE 6944 Graduate Practicum . . . . . 3(1,0,2)
Uses the community, workplace partners, and schools for integrated teaching and learning applications. Includes seminar, field based, and classroom practicum applications for teaching the discipline through contextual content projects and activities.

ESE 6971 Thesis . . . . . 1-3(VARIABLE)
Graded on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis only. Special permission is required.