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This ballet class is designed for dancers to work at a ballet barre. Proper body placement and alignment will be taught as well as terminology. The dancers will work in all 5 positions as well as second, devant, and derriere.
Students will research and analyze the style of a choreographer then create a dance in that style. The class will critique the dance performance to assess coherence and aesthetic unity. The students learn to analyze a dance style, create a piece of choreography, and teach the piece for performance. There is a performance required at the end of the semester.
This course is a study of basic conducting technique and ensemble repertoire. Students work with and without a baton in exploring the art of communication by gesture. (This course may be taken for credit as MUSI 230.)
This course focuses on areas of knowledge in the liberal arts that approach learning through a process of inquiry and questioning from a variety of disciplines. Areas were chosen to give students a broad understanding of the liberal arts. A variety of instructional strategies and methods will be used to promote active inquiry into learning during class time.
This course will delve into the role that the teachers and students play in the classroom. It intends to provide the learner with opportunities to explore, analyze compare and contrast different models of teaching and learning. It also provides learners opportunities discover what educational purposes the range of teaching and learning approaches can serve and how it can help create a multidimensional and differentiated learning environment for students. The course assumes, identifies, and uses a body of scholarly knowledge and research appropriate for study and application to the profession of college/university teaching. Topics examined include learning and diversity, teaching models and strategies, teacher and student behaviors and learning outcomes, and instructional improvement strategies.
This course will provide the learner with opportunities to research a variety of education institutions at all levels to gain an understanding of program planning and assessment. The learner will discover the variety of Stakeholders at all levels within and outside the organization, including students, administrators, employers, legislators, and the public, expect institutions to demonstrate that their programs accomplish desired goals and that processes are in place to support data-driven improvement. The learner will engage in program planning and assessment which will lead to strategic strategies for improvement within a determined program. Learners will gain a better understanding for how assessment data may be used for accountability and for institutional improvement.
This course focuses on a critical examination of current issues influencing early and middle childhood education. Topics include both historical and contemporary views of childhood education, as well as social, educational and economic policies that shape the practices within schools. Students are assessed by their contribution to the class discussions throughout the semester. A variety of instructional strategies are used to promote active inquiry into learning during class time.
This course is designed to inform the learner of using research and data to make decisions in their institution. The learner will explore strategies for putting into practice data-informed, decision-making processes. The learner will research how and why data driven decision making has been credited with improving teacher quality, improving curriculum, promoting parental involvement, & narrowing the achievement gaps amongst various student populations. Projects will include collecting appropriate data, analyzing the data appropriately, determining the right people and/or venues to receive the data, and using the data make key improvements in educational programs.
This course is an introduction to basic statistical techniques used in educational research. This course covers descriptive statistics, and inferential statistics through one-way ANOVA. Attention is given to ethical issues involved in statistical interpretation of data. This course will also provide an examination of various types of research design and important issues in design and statistical analysis. Learners will propose research projects as an application of principles covered in the course.
