COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
Introduction Master of Arts in    Education Certification and    Endorsement Departments: Educational    Leadership and    Foundations Educational    Psychology and    Special Services Teacher Education Dr. Arturo Pacheco, Dean Dr. Josefina Tinajero, Associate Dean Education Bldg, Room 414 Phone: (915) 747-5572 Fax: (915) 747-5755 E-mail: educ@utep.edu		Teacher Education Web site at: http://utminers.utep.edu/education/ 601 Education Building (915) 747-5426 teachered@utep.edu 1.- Master of Arts in Education 2.- Master of Education 3.- Program Advising 4.- Teacher Certification 5.- Bilingual Education (BED) Courses 6.- Early Childhood Education (ECED) Courses 7.- Educational Technology (EDT) Courses 8.- Elementary Education (ELED) Courses 9.- Reading Education (RED) Courses 10.- Secondary Education (SCED) Courses 11.- Teacher Education (TED) Courses 6.- Early Childhood Education (ECED) Courses 5350 Current Topics in Early Childhood Education (3-0) Development of competencies necessary to deal effectively with early childhood instruction; includes curriculum, concepts, teaching strategies, and skills necessary to integrate content and teaching strategies. May be repeated for credit when topic varies. 5351 Trends in Early Childhood Education (3-0) Research related to philosophies, objectives, and practices in early childhood education, including analysis through comparison and contrast of preschool programs, plus implications for designing such programs based on research and evaluation. 5352 Seminar in Early Childhood Curriculum (3-0) Curriculum development for the early childhood teacher which includes program design, activity planning, examination and construction of materials, and teaching and evaluation techniques. 5353 Development of Literacy Skills, Preschool to Grade 3 (3-0) Emergent reading and writing behaviors in preschoolers; growth of reading and writing, kindergarten to grade three; attention to linguistically different and second-language learners, review of relevant research. 5354 Development of Mathematics and Science Foundations, Preschool to Grade 3 (3-0) Preschool awareness of quantitative and scientific principles in the environment as a foundation for concept growth.

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