Introduces the "driver task" as related to the highway transportation system and factors that influences performance ability. Prepares students so they may be eligible to take certification exams for driving school instructors in both public and private schools. Prerequisite: Must be eligible for ENG 3 and 5 or ESL 13. Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 2 hours. Total 4 hours per week.

EDU 140 Music and the Arts for Education (3 cr.)

Examines the nature and significance of creative play in education. Emphasizes an understanding of the use of directed activities in the arts, music, and movement. Prepares students with a conceptual framework of how K-12 students learn through creative activity. Lecture 3 hours per week.

Introduces formal and informal methods of gathering data on children. Emphasis on understanding developmental patterns and implications for diagnostic teaching. Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 2 hours. Total 4 hours per week.

Supervises on-the-job training in selected business, industrial, or service firms coordinated by the college. Laboratory 6 hours per week.

Provides an orientation to the teaching profession in Virginia, including historical perspectives, current issues, and future trends in education on the national and state levels. Emphasizes information about teacher licensure examinations, steps to certification, teacher preparation and induction programs, and attention to critical shortage areas in Virginia. Includes supervised field placement in a K-12 school.  Prerequisite: Successful completion of 24 credits of transfer courses. Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 2 hours. Total 4 hours per week.

EDU 214 Instructional Principles of Driver Education (3 cr.)

Analyzes rules and regulations that govern the conduct of Driver Education programs with special emphasis on organization and administration. Includes uses in the classroom, driving range and on the street. Prepares students so they may be eligible to take the state certification exam in driver education. Prerequisite: EDU 114. Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 2 hours. Total 4 hours per week.

Provides instruction in concepts and strategies involved in teaching reading at the K-12 levels. Includes topics on literacy and components and development, various reading programs, technology integration, and assessment tools. May include field placement in a K-12 school. Lecture 3 hours per week.

Prepares students to construct graphic teaching aids, to select and develop materials for instructional support, to operate, maintain, and use audiovisual equipment used in the classroom. Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 2 hours. Total 4 hours per week.

EDU 230 Curriculum Development and Instructional Media (3 cr.)

Covers curriculum development for language arts, mathematics, science, social studies, and the arts and includes such topics as influential factors, historical trends, and standards of learning. Incorporates the use of various instructional media and appropriate mergers of the technology with the curriculum. Recommended prerequisites: ENG 112 and CSC 155 or their equivalent. Lecture 3 hours per week.

EDU 235 Health, Safety, and Nutrition Education (3 cr.)

Focuses on the physical needs of children and explores strategies to meet these needs. Emphasizes positive health routines, hygiene, nutrition, feeding and clothing habits, childhood diseases, and safety. Places emphasis on the development of food habits and concerns in food and nutrition. Describes symptoms and reporting procedures for child abuse. Lecture 3 hours per week.

EDU 290 Coordinated Internship in Education (3 cr.)

Supervises on-the-job training in selected business, industrial or service firms coordinated by the college. Laboratory 9 hours per week.

EDU 295 Teaching Online Project (TOP) (3 cr.)

Provides faculty members the chance to experience and learn, from the learner’s perspective, within an online course. Presents similarities and differences between teaching in the face-to-face and online classrooms. Guides learners through examining basic pedagogical principles, critical technological skills, and required administrative tasks, all while they are participating as an online student. Examines if online teaching is right for them, what skills they will need to teach online, what technology they will need to employ and therefore know, and how to engage students to become active learners. Examines some of the potential barriers to successful online learning and at the same time finding strategies for motivating themselves to persist and finish. The course is taught online in an eight-week session. Lecture 3 hours per week.

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