Courses
Education
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School of Education
Courses in: | Dept. of Curriculum and Teaching | Dept. of Educational Leadership and Development (formerly Administration Training & Policy)| Dept. of Literacy and Language, Counseling and Development | Directed and Independent Study |
Foundations of Educational Practices
SED ED 500
Open only to graduate students enrolled in classroom licensure programs. Focuses on learning and teaching in schools in terms of historical, philosophical, social, and political issues. An introduction to the profession of teaching through placement in local schools, lectures, readings, written assignments, and small group discussions. Students must also register for SED ED 501. 6 cr.
Foundations of Educational Practices Lab
SED ED 501
Must be taken concurrently with SED ED 500. Orientation to school requirements, state licensure, and technology. Introduction to the uses of educational media and technology in classrooms. Includes introduction to networks accessible to teachers and students. 0 cr.
Department of Curriculum and Teaching
General Methods of Instruction (Grades 5–12)
SED CT 575
Development of teaching skills and classroom strategies common to a variety of teaching fields. Includes instructional planning, integrating subject matter with learner's age level and educational environment, evaluation, and specific teaching techniques. 4 cr.
Children's Literature for the Early Childhood Teacher (Pre-K-2)
SED EC 556
Introduces a wide array of children's literature, fiction and nonfiction, appropriate and necessary for the establishment of a literacy-based classroom. Students develop criteria for literature evaluation, investigate media's influence upon literature, and explore ways to incorporate children's literature throughout the curriculum. 2 cr.
Classroom Based Assessment of Young Children
SED EC 557
Prepares early childhood majors to conduct assessment of children within the classroom. History of assessment, current trends, and assessment principles are examined. Students evaluate assessment tools and gain skills necessary for classroom-based assessment. 2 cr.
Technology and Curriculum Integration Workshop
SED EM 560
Students build competencies in appropriate technology integration through case studies, discussions, readings, and through designing and evaluating tech-integrated lessons. Specific topics include how technology can support and enhance learning curriculum, how teachers progress through identified stages of expertise in teaching with technology, and how a technology infused learning environment should be developed. Students investigate the instructional and operational differences between a desktop program and one-to-one program. 4 cr.
Software for the Curriculum
SED EM 590
Online offering. Evaluation and selection of software and web-based resources to support K-12 curriculum goals. Students gain experience supporting teaching and learning with software and develop strategies for evaluating educational resources across disciplines and grade levels. For further information, call the Office of Distance Education at 617-358-1960. 4 cr.
Cyberethics
SED EM 630
Learners investigate how virtues such as courage, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring, citizenship, and trustworthiness relate to issues of privacy, plagiarism, identity, hate speech, cyberbullying, rumor spreading, and hacking in cyberspace. Learners develop activities and lesson plans for teaching cyberethics. 4 cr.
Distance Education
SED EM 680
Online offering. Students gain perspective on distance education through studying its potential and limitations; its similarities to, and differences from, conventional classroom education; the history and research on the effectiveness of distance education; the technological supports and administrative issues; and international examples. For further information, call the Office of Distance Education at 617-358-1960. 4 cr.
Foundations of Health Education
SED HE 221
Provides the foundation for improving health through modification of daily habits. Analysis of nutrition, exercise, stress, substance abuse, and environmental health. 2 cr.
Mathematical Reasoning in the Elementary Grades: Number Systems
SED ME 503
This course is a prerequisite for ME 504. Required for graduate students majoring in elementary education who are preparing to become teachers of children in kindergarten through grade five. Focuses on topics in number systems and operations with an emphasis on number, operations, mental mathematics, proportionality, number theory, and probability. Students explore mathematics from the perspective of student and teacher. The emphasis is on making sense of key ideas of number and operations and on exploring how students' understanding of these topics emerge and develop. 4 cr.
Mathematical Reasoning in the Elementary Grades: Algebra, Geometry, Statistics
SED ME 504
Prereq: SED ME 503. Required for graduate students majoring in elementary education who are preparing to become teachers of children in kindergarten through grade five. Focuses on topics in algebra, geometry, measurement, and statistics. Students explore mathematics from the perspective of student and teacher. The emphasis is on making sense of key ideas in algebra and geometry and on exploring how students' understanding of these topics emerge and develop. 4 cr.
Methods of Coaching
SED PE 501
Online offering. Provides information about various approaches to coaching, and the ways in which
coaches’ day-to-day practices reflect their beliefs about their role and about the athletes they
coach. Students gain an understanding of the importance of developing a personal philosophy of
coaching, and of the potential leadership role of the coach in society. Examines the role and
responsibilities of the coach, different coaching models, practice design and delivery, and the
importance of making coaching appropriate to a particular context. For further information,
call the Office of Distance Education at 617-358-1960. 4 cr.
This online course is one of four courses for an all-online 16-credit graduate certificate in Physical Education, Health Education, and Coaching. Contact Dr. Eileen Sullivan at pehealth@bu.edu with any questions you have about these classes.
Workshop: Coaching Strategies
SED PE 504
For students interested in current theories and advanced techniques in the coaching of team and individual sports. Meets at the Fitness and Recreation Center, Rm. 140. 4 cr.
Structure and Functions of the Human Body: A Course for Educators
SED PE 507
Students learn the fundamental principles of human anatomy and physiology with particular focus on application to physical education, sport settings, and health education. Although students learn the structures and functions of the human body, emphasis is placed on how theory meets practice for sport and movement. 2 cr.
Curriculum and Special Methods for Physical Education
SED PE 508
Online offering. Provides information about the foundation of curriculum design, components of curriculum planning, and curriculum criteria. Students develop an understanding of the meaning of curriculum, the dynamics of change, the role of society, and the role of physical education within the overall school program. Students examine curriculum models, school objectives, trends in decision-making, learner evaluation and program assessment. Current trends and topics in the field of physical education, health, coaching, and fitness are examined. For further information, call the Office of Distance Education at 617-358-1960. 4 cr.
This online course is one of four courses for an all-online 16-credit graduate certificate in Physical Education, Health Education, and Coaching. Contact Dr. Eileen Sullivan at pehealth@bu.edu to learn more about these courses.
Movement Education: Early Childhood to Adolescence
SED PE 511
Introduces students to the place of physical activity and movement education in schools. Fulfills the licensure requirement for students in the Elementary Education, Early Childhood, Special Education, and Physical Education Programs. Students in the Physical/Occupational Therapy Program and other disciplines may register as an elective. Fundamental motor patterns are analyzed through theory and practice. Critical examination of cooperative game-playing provides a knowledge base for teaching and modifying games. Meets at the Track and Tennis Center. 2 cr.
Management of Athletics and Physical Education
SED PE 703
Current trends and practices in the management of physical education and athletic programs in schools, colleges, and social agencies. Review of staffing procedures, legal requirements, program controls, facility planning, budget making, and other managerial functions. 4 cr.
Seminar in Kinesiology
SED PE 720
Application of muscular analysis to motor functions. Integration of structural, functional, biomechanical, and developmental elements within basic physical education activities. Focus on the mechanism of movement through laboratory analysis. 2 cr.
Special Education: Curriculum and Instruction
SED SE 510
Examines principles of curriculum and instruction for students with disabilities educated in regular classroom settings. Provides studies in typical and atypical human development. Introduces students to resources appropriate for instructing children with special needs. 2 cr.
Special Education: Introduction to Autism
SED SE 511
An overview of the theories and research on the etiology, characteristics, and interventions for individuals with autism spectrum disorders. Effective approaches to family involvement are also discussed. 2 cr.
Classroom and Behavior Management
SED SE 534
Theoretical bases and implementation strategies of effective classroom and behavior management for students with and without disabilities in elementary school settings. The focus is on individual, classroom, and school-wide approaches in schools. 2 cr.
Teaching and Understanding the Cold War through Film
SED SO 573
Analysis of history and pedagogy about the Cold War Era (1946-1963). Emphasis on relations among film, television, and schooling. Students develop a non-traditional teaching unit with media resources. 4 cr.
Department of Educational Leadership and Development
(formerly Administration, Training & Policy)
Communications in Education and Human Service Organizations
SED AP 520
Prepares education, human service, and government agency managers to plan and execute communications and community relations programs within their organization. Explores how to operate professionally and ethically as a communicator on behalf of an education institution, a human services agency, or other similar organization. 4 cr.
Diversity and Justice in Education
SED AP 600
Examines how schools, colleges, and other educational settings are affected by the growing pluralism of our society, the tension between respect for diversity and the maintenance of common purpose. Covers strategies for integration and separate development and for remediation and enrichment. 4 cr.
Governance and Decision-Making in Higher Education
SED AP 612
Focuses on decision-making in higher education and identifies, from a historical perspective, the changing roles of trustees, faculty, administrators, and students in the governance process, including an examination of how external forces influence decisions at a campus level. Accountability of the governing bodies and decision-makers are addressed. 4 cr.
Administrative Planning
SED AP 662
A comprehensive planning perspective integrates project design activities with project management and evaluation techniques. Topics include mission analysis, input-output specification and documentation, project budgeting, PERT diagramming, and decision and information flow diagramming. Each student prepares a planning document and should come to the first class with a project in mind. 4 cr.
Education Policy in International Perspective
SED AP 680
Online offering. A survey of current social, legal, and political issues in education, in the United States and in other countries, viewed in the context of emerging international standards. Intended for graduate students from a range of cultural backgrounds and experiences. Students develop a comparative perspective that enhances understanding of the issues that educators and policy-makers face and that the international educational community must consider to improve education (and access to education) for students around the world. In addition to written coursework, students engage in online dialogue with one another and with the instructor focused on issues presented and submit a final project that explores the course themes in relation to a specific country or locality. For further information, call the Office of Distance Education at 617-358-1960. 4 cr.
Community Analysis
SED AP 763
Social, political, and economic forces in international settings and their implications for the development of educational and other human service agencies. Emphasizes conceptual frameworks, methodological tools, and analysis. 4 cr.
Department of Literacy and Language, Counseling and Development
Reading and Writing in a Second Language: Development, Assessment, and Instruction (K-6)
SED BI 652
Examines patterns and processes of second language reading and writing development and factors that influence second language literacy and learning. Identifies exemplary approaches to reading and writing assessment and instruction of English language learners. 4 cr.
The Psychology of Performance Excellence: Talent Development
SED CE 620
Critically examines theories related to the development of extraordinary talent across a number of domains and the complex interaction of psychological, social, biological, genetic, and educational variables that contribute to exceptionality. Domains examined include: sport, performing arts, medicine, journalism, psychology, education, and business. 4 cr.
Applied Positive Psychology
SED CE 630
Focuses on the scientific study of psychological aspects of living a fulfilling and flourishing life. Topics include happiness, empathy, optimism, friendship, goal setting, achievement, emotion, creativity, humor, and mindfulness. Students become familiar with theory and research in this relatively new subfield and critically consider applications to their teaching, coaching, leadership and/or counseling. 4 cr.
Guiding the College Admission Process
SED CE 730
Links theoretical and empirical literature on universal educational access to the counseling practice of fostering college aspirations and guiding students through the choice and application process. Developmentally appropriate guidance across the lifespan applicable to diverse educational settings and the construction of useful tools are emphasized. 4 cr.
Cross-Cultural Perspectives
SED CE 741
A historical, philosophical, and clinical examination of subcultural considerations in counseling psychology professional practice and inquiry. Required for all counseling students. 4 cr.
Theories of Group Counseling
SED CE 847
A conceptual and experiential introduction to group dynamics. Participation in ongoing group while studying the dynamics of group development. Covers group counseling approaches and models, issues of small group leadership, and styles of leadership. Treatment of group counseling goals, composition, phases, and research. 4 cr.
Deaf Literature and ASL Folklore
SED DE 551
Representative fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama depicted in readings and videotapes related to everyday lives of Deaf people. Develops insight and appreciation of Deaf literature and ASL folklore and their implications for education. 4 cr.
American Sign Language I
SED DE 570
Introductory course that provides non-native signers an opportunity to study American Sign Language as a foreign second language. Emphasizes developing receptive skills. An introduction to Deaf culture is presented through instruction and activities. 4 cr.
American Sign Language II
SED DE 571
Prereq: SED DE 570. Continuation of SED DE 570. Extensive information on Deaf culture is presented through conversation. 4 cr.
Teaching Reading in the Middle and Secondary Schools
SED LR 732
For upper-level undergraduate and graduate students. Study of the development of reading abilities in the middle and secondary years, and discussion of the implications for teaching and learning in the content area. 2 cr.
Introduction to Language and Linguistics
SED LS 565
An introduction to contemporary linguistics, including phonological and syntactical theory, sociolinguistics, first- and second-language acquisition, and discourse theory. Also covers applications of various branches of linguistics to education, including issues of different cultures in the classroom, the role of language in education, and the development of literacy. 4 cr.
Second-Language Acquisition
SED LS 658
Research and theories of second-language acquisition. Includes the research on naturalistic and classroom second-language learning. 4 cr.
The Roles and Responsibilities of the Literacy Specialist: Leadership, Coaching, Teaching (Pre-Practicum)
SED LS 734
Observation of a literacy specialist with attention to how the literacy specialist acts as a school-wide leader, coaches teachers, and provides literacy instruction to children. Course readings and discussions examine the multiple roles of a literacy specialist. Permission required. Contact Professor Jeanne Paratore at jparator@bu.edu for more information. 4 cr.
Clinical Assessment of Reading and Writing: Practicum Part 1
SED LS 737
In-depth study of research and instructional practices related to teaching students who struggle to learn to read and write. Review of the foundations of reading and writing development, examination of assessment practices, and exploration of research-based strategies for instruction. Can also be taken for 45 Professional Development Points. Permission required. Contact Professor Jeanne Paratore at jparator@bu.edu for more information. 4 cr.
Clinical Assessment of Reading and Writing: Practicum Part 2
SED LS 738
Practical experience teaching students who struggle in learning to read and write. Each participant is paired with a school-aged student enrolled in the School of Education's Literacy Lab. Students administer assessments and use the outcomes to inform instruction. Can also be taken for 45 Professional Development Points. Permission required. Contact Professor Jeanne Paratore at jparator@bu.edu for more information. 4 cr.
Perspectives on Inquiry
SED RS 600
Primarily for master's students. Emphasizes the conceptualization of research problems based on critical review of the literature. Landmark studies and current articles are used to illustrate applications of quantitative, qualitative, and theoretical approaches to inquiry. The language, logic, major concepts, strengths, and limitations of these approaches are noted. Students develop critical thinking skills for examining research information, its use for asking questions that extend knowledge, and for planning studies to address new questions. 4 cr.
Directed Study and Independent Study
Directed study and independent study are available in each of the School of Education's three departments. Applications are available in the SED Records Office and require faculty approval. 2-8 cr.
Directed Study
Open to matriculated undergraduate students only.
Independent Study
Open to matriculated graduate degree and CAGS candidates who have completed three or more semester courses.
Dissertation Advisement
Open to doctoral candidates.
Students must obtain signature of advisor and the faculty member who is to supervise the study.
Class Adjustment Forms are available in the SED Records Office. 2-8 cr.
Department of Curriculum and Teaching
Directed Study
SED CT 500
Independent Study
SED CT 900
Dissertation Advisement
SED CT 999
Department of Educational Leadership and Development
Directed Study
SED AP 500
Independent Study
SED AP 900
Dissertation Advisement
SED AP 999
Department of Literacy and Language, Counseling and Development
Directed Study
SED LC 500
Independent Study
SED LC 900
Dissertation Advisement
SED LC 999
