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Trends and Issues in Elementary Education


Course Description

Current and past trends and issues in the education of children in prekindergarten through grade five.


Athena Title

Trends and Issues in EDEL


Equivalent Courses

Not open to students with credit in EDEL 7010E


Semester Course Offered

Offered spring and summer


Grading System

A - F (Traditional)


Course Objectives

Analyze selected current and past trends and other social conditions which relate to the professional situation of teaching and the education of children. These trends will be analyzed by the students, along with a critical reaction to how they may affect elementary education.


Topical Outline

Characteristics of an effective teacher, gender and schooling, teacher expectations, educational reports, legal issues, school choice, disappearance of childhood, violence and child abuse, television and children.


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