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 * Contexts of Schooling (EDU 106) is a field-based course that examines the aims, practices and contemporary issues of schooling in their historical, sociological, philosophical and futuristic contexts. More specifically, the course is designed to expose candidates to current issues and field experiences, which expand and challenge their ideas about teaching, learning and school. The course is designed around three essential questions: (1) How does student diversity affect the teaching and learning process? (2) What three factors are central to students’ perceptions of effective teachers? (3) How and what philosophical issues and educational trends influence current school practices? With respect to essential question #1 about student diversity, candidates analyze different aspects of diversity including academic diversity (multiple intelligences and learning styles), physical and learning disabilities and racial and cultural diversity and how they affect the teaching and learning process.**


 * Developmental Educational Psychology (EDU 206) is also a field-based course focuses on the cognitive, personality, social, creative, and moral development of children; influential theories, concepts, and research findings of educational psychology and the translation of psychological theory into classroom practices are also examined.**