In this course, students will acquire a wide array of strategies and methodologies to motivate learners, deliver effective instruction, conduct appropriate teaching practices, and use relevant assessments. Students will understand the importance of understanding learners’ diverse backgrounds and needs and how these factors influence their learning and classroom/school experiences. The importance of creating equitable learning environments will be explored, and research regarding current issues in educational psychology will be conducted.

Family-Professional Partnerships in Education

This course focuses on collaboration and communication strategies for building partnerships with culturally and linguistically diverse families, including families of learners with disabilities. Students will explore family system theories, models of family engagement, and the changes in today’s society influencing family-school dynamics.

Foundations of Inclusion in Teaching

In this course, students will learn about relevant laws and rights, the special education process, types of disabilities, and advocacy. Learning environments, partnerships, approaches, strategies, interventions, assessments, and services to support learners with disabilities will be covered.

Technology in Education

This course introduces students to the effective integration of technology to enhance 21st-century teaching and learning. This course provides hands-on experience with technologies and collaborative applications to enhance student learning and professional development. Technologies and applications may include productivity, blogs, social networking, presentation, digital storytelling, graphics, multimedia, and other educational tools and emerging technologies. Topics such as technology standards for teachers, learning frameworks, digital citizenship, copyright and fair use, universal design for learning principles, and assistive technologies will also be introduced.

Prerequisite(s) for all Education courses:

Qualification for ENG 100 or qualification for ESL 100; and qualification for MATH 82 or Program Coordinator approval.

Students should have regular access to a desktop or laptop computer and internet/wi-fi access in order to complete coursework.

This course may be relevant to intend future teachers, educational paraprofessionals/teacher assistants, substitute teachers, tutors, parents who have students in a K-12 setting taking high-stakes tests, or anyone interested in considering/exploring the field of education.

This course may require field assignments to be conducted at a preK-12 school/classroom setting.

This course is conducted fully online and completely ASYNCHRONOUS. Students are not required to meet with each other and/or the instructor at a specific time. Students will need to complete weekly course work including assignments and discussion forums and will receive feedback from the instructor after submission and will be required to complete and submit an activity within the first week of the course to ensure participation in the course. Your instructor will be in contact with you on a weekly basis so you will need to check your email account regularly. However, this course may include one or more OPTIONAL synchronous online activities. This course may also include field assignments that can be done virtually. This course does not have proctored exams.

For more information or questions about these courses, please email kccocet@hawaii.edu.