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Dr. Michael G. England
Associate Professor of
Education
office: 817-202-6430
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Login to D2L for
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Go to Dr. England's Christian Resource Page
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On-Campus Courses
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FALL 2005
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Prerequisite: Admission to
teacher education program Examination of both soft and hard technology.
Emphasis is on multiple
intelligences, learning styles, informational processing
habits, and motivational factors that are integrated into multi-media
planning using software to develop units of instruction. A working knowledge
of Microsoft Office is needed before enrolling in this class.
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Prerequisite:
Admission to teacher education program and senior class status. The purpose
of this course is to help teachers develop systematic strategies and
techniques for organizing and managing classroom activities and students.
Research and practitioner-based models for classroom management will be
reviewed and explored. Emphasis will be based upon real-world solutions that
prepare teachers to be effective managers of their classrooms so that
student learning is maximized.
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The course provides the
student with an extensive repertoire of teaching techniques in the
elementary physical education program. Emphasis is placed on health-related
fitness, skill development, special events, and game development. Students
will have the opportunity to develop lesson plans. Includes field
experience.
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SPRING 2006
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An analysis of
implications for teachers and teaching as education moves into the 21st
century. Focus is on preparing beginning teachers to understand different
aspects of diversity and how they can address these differences in their
teaching. This course should be the first one taken in the teacher education
program.
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Prerequisite: Admission to
teacher education program. A study of the legal aspects of education, with
emphasis on the responsibilities, duties, and existing constitutional
statutory rights of agencies and individuals, including the handicapped, and
those from minority groups. This course also surveys the philosophic
enterprise, from the Christian viewpoint, as it relates to the understanding
and evaluation of contemporary movements in educational thinking.
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Prerequisite: Admission to
teacher education program A course designed to prepare students with
practical classroom-tested activities and ideas that are presented on
planning, organizing, managing, and assessing an effective guided discovery
science program. Students will have opportunities to develop teaching
lessons and instruct local areas elementary students in a laboratory
setting.
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Examines
the fundamental principles and concepts of organizational theory, structure
and climate. There is an emphasis on the administrative processes and
professional ethics of leadership, motivation, decision making,
communication, organizational change and strategic planning. The course
offers opportunities to apply theory to professional practice through the
use of case studies. Emphasis on administrative competences and planning for
effective change within a complex educational environment.
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