Education Minor

Minor in Education

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Consists of six courses:

• EDUC 10000 - Introduction to Education

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• One of the following courses:

• EDUC 11500 - Child and Adolescent Development

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• PSYC 32700 - Developmental Psychology: Theory and Research

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• One of the following courses:

• EDUC 23100 - Introduction to Early Childhood and Elementary Education

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• EDUC 25100 - Introduction to Adolescent and Young Adult Education

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• One of the following courses:

• EDUC 30000 - Classroom Management as Social Justice

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• Two of the following courses:

• AFST 10000 - Introduction to Africana Studies
• COMD 14500 - Language Development in Children
• COMM 15200 - Public Speaking
• EDUC 19903 - Urban Education
• EDUC 19905 - Teaching Globally Engaged Learners
• EDUC 20500 - Reading, Teaching, and Learning: Literature and Media for Children and Young Adolescents
• HIST 11500 - African American History: From West African Origins to the Present
• PHIL 22300 - Philosophical Issues in Education
• SOCI 20900 - Inequality in America

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• SOCI 21400 - Racial and Ethnic Groups in American Society

• Other courses can be substituted with Chair’s permission.

Special Notes:

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• Only grades of C- or better are accepted for the minor or licensure program.
• Students pursuing a teaching license must have a 2.667 GPA to be accepted into the Licensure Program.
• Students pursuing a teaching license must complete a “Statement of Good Standing” to be accepted into the Licensure Program.
• Senior Independent Study: Students who choose to double major in Education and a required second discipline will complete the senior independent study project within the department of their second major.

Departmental Standards for the Teaching Profession

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The following seven standards for the teaching profession reflect a connection between the goals of Wooster’s teacher education program and the Ohio Standards for the Teaching Professions. Listed below is a brief explanation of what the Department expects teacher licensure candidates to achieve by the end of the teacher education program:

• Student Learning: Candidates understand student learning and development and respect the diversity of students they will teach.
• Content Knowledge: Candidates know and understand the content area for which they will have instructional responsibility.
• Assessment: Candidates understand and use varied assessments to inform instruction, evaluate, and ensure student learning.
• Instruction: Candidates plan and deliver effective instruction that advances the learning of each individual student.
• Learning Environment: Candidates create learning environments that promote high levels of learning and achievements for all students.
• Collaboration and Communication: Candidates collaborate and communicate with students, parents, families, and other educators, administrators, and the community to support student learning.
• Professional Responsibility, Growth, and Reflection: Through reflection, candidates assume responsibility for professional growth, performance, and involvement as individuals and as members of a learning community.

Cross-listed Courses Accepted for Education Credit

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Africana Studies

AFST 10000.  Intro to Africana Studies [AH, C,HSS]

Communications

COMD 14500.  Language Development in Children [HSS]

COMM 15200.  Public Speaking [AH]

History

HIST 11500.  History of Black America [C, HSS]

Philosophy

PHIL 22300.  Philosophy, Culture, and Education [AH]

Psychology

PSYC 11000.  Child & Adolescent Development [HSS]

PSYC 32700.  Developmental Psyc:Theory & Research [W]

PSYC 32700L.  Developmental Psychology Lab

Sociology and Anthropology

SOAN 20100.  Education in Sociocultural Context [C, HSS]

SOCI 20900.  Inequality in America [HSS]

SOCI 21400.  Racial & Ethnic Groups in Amer Society [C, HSS]