THE
FACULTY
SENATE
Senate Document Number 3807S
Date of Senate Approval 03/15/07
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Statement
of Faculty Senate Action:
Reduce
credit hours for EDUC 322 from 4 to 3
Editorial
changes to listing of required courses for K-6 licensure
Effective Date: Fall 2007
1. Add: On pg 115, title and description for EDUC 340
340 Methods of Teaching Mathematics, K-6 (3)
Examination
of theoretical and practical issues related to teaching mathematics to
elementary school children. Includes the development and review of techniques
for measuring, grading, analyzing, and reporting student achievement. Field
experience required. Prerequisites: EDUC 310, 311; MATH 211. Pre- or
corequisite: MATH 215. Fall and Spring.
Impact:
Even
though the current math methods courses are housed in the Math Department, they
have been taught by faculty from the Education Department. Therefore, this
change is not expected to have significant impact on any department's staffing
needs or course offerings.
Rationale:
Several
years ago, EDUC 340 was a requirement for candidates in the K-6 licensure
program. When the MATH 211/212 and 215/216 sequence was devised, EDUC 340 was
eliminated. The rationale behind the original change was the hope that getting
students in the classrooms earlier in their college careers would be of benefit
to them. This change simply did not work as well as we thought it might, and we
see the need to go back to the previous delivery system. Therefore, students
will now take the math methods course one or two semesters prior to student
teaching rather than three, four or five semesters prior.
2. Delete: On pg 114, the title and credit hours for EDUC 322
Teaching
Science, K-6 (4)
Add: On pg 114, in place of deleted entry:
Teaching Science, K-6 (3)
Impact:
This
change is not expected to have a significant impact on any department's
staffing needs or course offerings.
Neither is the change expected to impact student course load since the
hour “gained” by reducing EDUC 322 to a 3-credit course will be absorbed by
providing students with an additional hour of credit for the math methods
course (EDUC 340).
Rationale:
EDUC
322 was originally taught as EDUC 382, a four-hour capstone science methods
course taught for both K-6 and 6-12 licensure candidates. The course was
revised because it was not possible to meet all licensure candidates’ needs
(K-12) in one course. EDUC 322 split off from EDUC 382, which now serves only
those individuals seeking 6-12 licensure in science. In the split, EDUC 322
retained the four-hour credit load, which was appropriate only when EDUC 322
was a capstone course. EDUC 388 has replaced EDUC 322 as the capstone course
for students seeking K-6 licensure; the proposed change brings the credit given
for EDUC 322 in line with that awarded for other non-capstone methods courses
in the K-6 program, all of which are worth three credit hours. Because no other
departments are involved in this change, concurrences are not required.
3. Delete:
On pg 112, under Elementary
School Licensure (K-6):
I. Required
courses in Education – 38 hours, including: EDUC 310, 311, 315, 317, 318, 319,
322, 325, 344, 345, 388, 396, 455, 496
II. Required courses
outside Education – 21-27 hours, including: HIST 101 or 102, 151, 152, 315;
MATH 211, 212, 215, 216; PSYC 101, 318. The requirements of HIST 151 and 152
can be met through the Humanities sequence.
Add:
On pg 112, in place of
deleted entry:
I. Required
courses in Education – 40 hours, including: EDUC 310, 311, 315, 317, 318, 319,
322, 325, 340, 344, 345, 388, 396, 455, 496
II. Required
courses outside Education – 19-25 hours, including: HIST 101 or 102, and 151,
152, 315; MATH 211, 215; PSYC 101 or 102, and 318. The requirements of HIST 151
and 152 can be met through the Humanities sequence.
Impact:
None.
Although courses have been added and removed, the net impact to required hours
is zero.
Rationale:
These
are editorial changes necessitated by adding EDUC 340, changing the credit
hours for EDUC 322, and changes submitted for MATH 211, 212, 215 and 216 by the
Math department.