EDUC 518 WVBE Option Three
This graduate course will prepare students to plan for classroom-based instruction using didactic and constructivist-based teaching practices and effective classroom management strategies, both preventive and reactive. Students will analyze research-validated developmentally appropriate assessment strategies and create formal and informal assessments. Classroom design principles and instructional technology will also be examined. Candidates will examine advances in brain research and education, varied approaches to developmental differences in children and adolescents, school law historical and recent cases impacting educational policy, and changes in special education identification and instructional delivery. Special emphasis will be placed on the issues and types of diversity present in classrooms and the myriad of educational technology options in support of 21st Century skills. This course will prepare students to understand basic characteristics and defining factors for each of the major disability categories,
impact of language, cultural, and gender differences on the identification process, federal definitions, federal requirements for the pre-referral, referral, and identification, components of a legally defensible individualized education program.