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EDUC 101 CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN EDUCATION Credits 3.00 Fall 99
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
An exploration of diversity, strengths and deficiencies in the current
education system in action, conducted through readings, case studies,
and observation in the local schools. Students will develop and present
their own original case studies
001 Heckelman, Lissa *CURRENT ENR: 0
EDUC 201 INTRODUCTION TO EDUCATION Credits 3.00 Fall 99
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
Using an interdisciplinary approach, Educ 201 looks at American schools
as products of political, economic and social conditions in different
historical periods, including our own. Students will be expected to
develop an awareness of contemporary curriculum theory and practice
through first hand experience with materials and the schools.
001 MWF 01:00PM-01:50PM HB*21 Heckelman, Lissa *CURRENT ENR: 0
EDUC 311 HISTORICAL & PHILOSOPHICAL FOUND Credits 3.00 Fall 99
Analysis of historical and contemporary theories and practice in
American education.
Prereq- permission of instructor.
001 MWF 11:00AM-11:50AM HB*21 TBA *CURRENT ENR: 11
002 T 02:30PM-05:00PM HB*21 Austin, Joe *CURRENT ENR: 4
EDUC 370 SOCIOLOGY OF EDUCATION Credits 3.00 Fall 99
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
Analyses of schools as social institutions. Contemporary sociological
perspectives on the role of schools in society. Status-attainment and
allocation models will provide frameworks for understanding relations
between social-class origin, school achievement, and socioeconomic
attainment. Enrollment limited to 25.
Also offered as Soci 370.
001 TBA *CURRENT ENR: 0
EDUC 409 FUNDAMENTALS OF SECONDARY EDUCATION Credits 3.00 Fall 99
Background, purposes, and organization of modern secondary education
curriculum and current trends in the restructuring of secondary schools.
Introductory educational research.
Prerequisite: Permission of the Instructor
001 MWF 10:00AM-10:50AM HB*427 McNeil, Linda *CURRENT ENR: 7
EDUC 419 SUPERVISED TEACHING Credits 3.00 Fall 99
Field-based practicum for secondary teachers, with accompanying seminar.
Prereq- Educ 440 and consent of instructor.
001 TH 04:30PM-07:30PM HB*21 Heckelman, Lissa *CURRENT ENR: 0
EDUC 501 COLLOQUIUM ON URBAN & MULTICUL EDUC Credits 3.00 Fall 99
Current issues and research in urban and multicultural education will be
discussed with presentations from faculty, students, and invited guests.
001 TBA TBA Heckelman, Lissa *CURRENT ENR: 0
EDUC 509 FUNDAMENTALS OF SECONDARY EDUCATION Credits 3.00 Fall 99
Graduate level study of the background, purposes and organization of
modern secondary education curriculum and current trends in the
reconstructuring of secondary schools. Introductory educational
research.
Prereq- consent of instructor or admission to Master of Arts in
Teaching program.
001 MWF 10:00AM-10:50AM HB*427 McNeil, Linda *CURRENT ENR: 0
EDUC 511 HISTORICAL & PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS O Credits 3.00 Fall 99
Graduate level analysis of historical and contemporary theories and
practice in American education.
Prereq- consent of instructor or admission to Master of Arts in Teaching
program.
001 MWF 11:00AM-11:50AM HB*21 TBA *CURRENT ENR: 0
002 T 02:30PM-05:00PM HB*21 Austin, Joe *CURRENT ENR: 1
EDUC 519 SUPERVISED TEACHING Credits 3.00 Fall 99
Field-based practicum for secondary teachers, with accompanying seminar.
Prereq- Educ 440 and consent of instructor.
001 TH 04:30PM-07:30PM HB*21 Heckelman, Lissa *CURRENT ENR: 3
EDUC 580 CONTEMPORARY TOPICS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOO Credits 3.00 Fall 99
Mathematics topics related to elementary grades that include geometry,
probability and statistics, patterns, relations, and functions, and
number theory. Hands-on experiences in innovative methods using
manipulatives and technology, problem-solving techniques, and
motivational strategies. Curriculum development. Offered in summers.
Enrollment by consent of instructor.
001 TBA TBA Papakonstantinou, Anne *CURRENT ENR: 0
EDUC 585 CONTEMPORARY TOPICS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL MAT Credits 3.00 Fall 99
Mathematics topics related to middle school mathematics that include
geometry, probability and statistics, patterns, relations, and
functions, and number theory. A problem-solving approach to teaching
mathematics with an emphasis on the use of manipulatives and technology.
Curriculum development. Offered during the academic year and summers.
Enrollment by consent of instructor.
001 TBA TBA Papakonstantinou, Anne *CURRENT ENR: 0
EDUC 587 CONTEMP TOPICS IN ELEMENTARY & MIDDLE SC Credits 1.00 Fall 99
Follow-up course to Education 586. Topics related to science
instruction in grades three through eight. Includes field studies,
classroom observations and implementation of instructional strategies in
the classroom. Some curriculum development.
Prereq- Educ 586. Offered in Fall and Spring. May be repeated for
credit. Enrollment by consent of instructor.
001 Dominey, Wallace *CURRENT ENR: 0
EDUC 590 CONTEMPORARY TOPICS IN SENIOR HIGH SCHOO Credits 3.00 Fall 99
Mathematics topics related to senior high school mathematics that
include geometry, probability and statistics, functions, number theory,
and sequences and series. A problem-solving approach to teaching
mathematics with an emphasis on the use of technology. Curriculum
development. Offered in summers. Enrollment by consent of instructor.
001 TBA TBA Papakonstantinou, Anne *CURRENT ENR: 0
EDUC 591 INDEPENDENT STUDY AND RESEARCH Credits 1.00 Fall 99
Prereq- consent of instructor.
Requires field hours.
001 TBA TBA Austin, Joe *CURRENT ENR: 0
001 McNeil, Linda *CURRENT ENR: 0
001 Sass, Ronald *CURRENT ENR: 0
EDUC 592 SEMINAR IN SCIENCE FOUNDATIONS Credits 2.00 Fall 99
Seminar with a team of university faculty and community-based
scientists (in fields such as medicine, space, energy, and the
environment) to increase understanding of scientific principles as
they are applied in the scientific community of Houston and as they
relate to secondary school science.
Prereq- consent of instructor.
001 TBA TBA Harcombe, Elnora *CURRENT ENR: 0
EDUC 593 PRACTICUM IN TEACHING SCIENCE Credits 2.00 Fall 99
Students will develop and practice interactive teaching strategies to
engage students in a process of observation and discovery fundamental
to the sciences.
Prereq- consent of instructor.
001 TBA TBA Harcombe, Elnora *CURRENT ENR: 0
EDUC 595 TOPICS IN CONTEMPORARY ALGEBRA FOR INSER Credits 3.00 Fall 99
Teaching beginning Algebra with an emphasis on mathematical models and
representations, variables and functions, and symbolic reasoning rather
than symbolic manipulation. Foundation concepts for secondary
mathematics, albegraic thinking and symbolic reasoning, function
concepts, relationship between equations and functions, tools for
albebraic thinking, relationship between algebra and geometry, and
underlying mathematical processes. Use of manipulatives and technology.
Curriculum development.
Prereq- consent of instructor.
Offered during the academic year and summers.
001 TBA TBA Papakonstantinou, Anne *CURRENT ENR: 0
EDUC 596 FIELD-BASED STUDIES IN TEACHING AND LEA Credits 2.00 Fall 99
Field-based ethnographic research on teaching and learning. In seminar
and independent research projects, students will learn ethnographic
research methods and conduct directed case studies. Open to
upperclassmen and graduate students, particularly those in education,
sociology, anthropology, and psychology.
Prereq- consent of instructor.
Enrollment is limited to 15.
001 W 03:00PM-05:00PM McNeil, Linda *CURRENT ENR: 0
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