As practicing teachers, we recognize your busy lifestyles during the school year.  Wittenberg, has designed courses that will fit nicely into your schedule and your professional development needs this Fall term. 

To register complete the Graduate Course Registration Form (link below) and email to kvoytko@wittenberg.edu or rpost@wittenberg.edu. If you have questions, please call 937-327-6417 or 937-327-6404. Wittenberg accepts checks, Visa, or Mastercard as payment for tuition.

Graduate Course Registration Form

Registration closed August 17, 2011

Early Childhood and Middle Childhood Generalist Endorsement

Educ 520      English/Language Arts in the Upper Elementary Grade

Instructor:      Roberta Linder, Ed.D.
Credit:            2 semester credit
Date/Time:     Wednesdays Oct 19 – Dec 14; 4:30 – 7:30pm
Location:        108 Blair Hall

Description:  This course provides an overview of the English/Language Arts content and curriculum found in Ohio’s 4th-6th grade classrooms. Specific topics will include, the foundations of reading, language in writing, and communication skills. Special attention is focused on developmentally appropriate pedagogy. Prerequisites: P-3 License or submit undergraduate transcripts to Director of Graduate Studies

Educ 520      Principles, Practices, and Learning in Grades 4-6  

Instructor:      Deb Mallonee
Credits:          2 semester hours
Date/Time:     ONLINE Course

Description:  The developmental, socio-cultural, and pedagogical foundations related to schooling in grades 4-6 are explored in relationship to the specific needs and characteristics of students ages 8-12. The course expands early childhood and middle childhood candidates’ understanding of the teaching and learning processes specific to the upper elementary grades.  Prerequisites: P-3 or Middle Childhood (4-9) license or submit a transcript to the Director of Graduate Studies

Professional Studies

Educ 520      Using Problem-Based Learning in the Classroom  

Instructor:      Staci Anderson-Cook
Credits:          1-2 semester hours
Date/Time:     Begins mid-October; dates TBA;  4:30 – 7:30pm
Location:        TBA

Description:   Problem-based learning is focused and experiential learning organized around the investigation and resolution of messy, real-world problems.  This course is designed to develop an understanding of problem-based learning (PBL) as both a curriculum and a process.  PBL, a constructivist teaching and learning strategy, engages students in a problem situation and creates a learning environment in which teachers “coach” student thinking and guide student inquiry, facilitating deeper levels of understanding.  During the course, learners will experience PBL, design PBL lessons and a unit for their own classroom, and discuss, practice teaching, and reflect on PBL.

Focused Inquiry

Educ 530      The Nature of Science and Mathematics

Instructor:      Barb Austin, Ph.D.
Credits:          3 semester hours
Date/Time:     Thursdays  Sept 15 – Dec 8; 4:30 – 7:30pm
Location:        108 Blair Hall

Description:   The goal of this course is for students to gain a better understanding of how knowledge advances in the fields of science and mathematics through readings on the philosophy of science and mathematics and examination of case studies such as Andrew Wiles proof of Fermat's last theorem and Mendeleev's development of the periodic table. Students will develop or advance their conceptual framework of the connection between the nature of science or math and effective teaching of science or math.

Core

Educ 570      Approaches to Working with Diverse Communities

Instructor:      Lowell Monke, Ph.D.
Credits:          3 semester credits
Date/Time:     Tuesdays Sept 20 – Dec 6; 4:30 – 7:30pm
Location:        108 Blair Hall

Description: This course will focus on examining diversity in personal and local contexts and on analyzing how diversity is reflected in curriculum and instruction. Diversity applies to teachers, students, administrators and staff within the school as well as the various populations in the larger school community. Teachers will develop plans and strategies about parental partnering, tolerance, conflict resolution, curriculum sequencing and presentation, assessment, and community building. Prerequisite: Education 550.

Research

Educ 595      Planning and Implementing Teacher Research

Instructor:      Roberta Linder, Ed.D.
Credits:          2 semester credits
Date/Time:     Wednesdays  Aug 24 – Oct 12; 4:30 – 7:30pm|
Location:        108 Blair Hall

Description: The major purpose of this course is to help participants continue in the research process.  The course will review components of the action research process and further inform students regarding data collection and analysis.    Participants will learn how to select and create data collection instruments and to analyze qualitative and quantitative data.  By the end of the course, students will have completed rough drafts of the first three chapters of the thesis and be prepared to implement their studies.  Prerequisite: EDUC 590.

Educ 600      Directed Research

Instructor:      Thesis Advisor
Credits:          4 semester credits
Date/Time:     Arranged by advisor

Description:   Directed Research serves as the capstone experience in the Master of Arts in Education degree. Candidates will work with their Thesis Committee to craft and complete a substantial, high-quality research project. Although the completed projects will differ, all must include a written review of the literature pertaining to the candidate(s)’s research topic. The candidate(s) must document the research process and address the project's relevance, value, and significance. See the Thesis Project Preparation Guide for details on the completion of the project. This course entails completion of the project proposal, successful completion of the research, and an oral defense before the Thesis Committee. Initial registration for EDUC 600 requires enrollment for 4 semester credits. Prerequisites: 550, 560, 570, 590, and 595.