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EAS 670
3 Credits
Pupil Personnel Services
A survey of guidance services and their application in both elementary and secondary educational settings. Practical guidance problems are considered. Second semester, three hours.
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Dates: Mar. 6 – May. 2, 2026
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How to Help People Change – 1986
Adams, Jay
Zondervan Publishing House
ISBN: 0-310-51181-X
Charting the Course: Pupil Personnel Services in the Christian School – 2nd
Deuink, Jim
BJU Press, 2003
ISBN: 1-57924-969-8
The Heart of Anger
Priolo, Lou
Calvary Press, 1997
ISBN: 1-879737-28-0
The Age of Opportunity
Tripp, Paul
Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing Company, 2001
ISBN: 0-87552-605-5
Ed 380
3 Credits
Instructional Methods & Strategies
This course is designed to help teachers put instructional theory into practice through the study and application of teaching strategies and techniques that are applicable to the K-12 classroom. Both semesters and summer, three hours.
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Dates: Mar. 6 – May. 2, 2026
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Next offered: Jun. 29, 2026 - Aug. 15, 2026
Classroom instruction that works: Research-based strategies for increasing student achievement – 2001
Marzano, R. J., Pickering, D., & Pollock, J. E.
ASCD
ISBN: 978-1416613626
Subscription to GoReact
Subscription to Teaching Channel
Ed 638
3 Credits
Curriculum Development & Design
This course is an overview of the history and theories of curriculum development and their application to K-12 schools. Designing and implementing effective curriculum and learning based on a school's philosophy of education. Second semester, three hours.
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Dates: Mar. 6 – May. 2, 2026
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Curriculum Leadership: Readings for Developing Quality Educational Programs – 10th edition
Forrest W. Parkay, Eric J. Anctil, Glen J. Hass
Pearson
ISBN: 978-0132852159
Steppingstones to Curriculum: A Biblical Path – 2nd edition
Harro Van Brummelen
ISBN: 978-1583310236
Publication manual of the American Psychological Association – 7th
American Psychological Association
American Psychological Association
Ed 659
3 Credits
R2S Content Area Rdg/Writing EC/Elm
This course focuses on the theoretical bases and techniques related to the teaching of reading and writing in early childhood and elementary school settings. The course will familiarize students with historical concepts of subject matter and related research for learners in Kindergarten through sixth grade. Students will conceptualize disciplinary literacies in order to envision and research literacy pedagogies. This course meets the requirements of the Read to Succeed Act for the R2S Teacher Endorsement in South Carolina for early childhood, elementary, and special education teachers. Both semesters and summer, three hours.
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Dates: Mar. 6 – May. 2, 2026
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Classroom strategies for interactive learning. – (2017) 4th
Buehl, D.
International Reading Association
Reading for information in elementary school: Content literacy strategies to build comprehension – 2007
Frey, N., & Fisher, D
Pearson
Ed 667
3 Credits
Technology in Education
This course is a practical examination of current technology applications and their integration in education. The hands-on learning environment provides the professional educator with the tools needed to enhance skills in technology and apply these skills in a variety of settings. Second semester, three hours.
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Dates: Mar. 6 – May. 2, 2026
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Tech like a pirate: Using classroom technology to create an experience and make learning memorable – 2020
Miller, M.
Dave Burgess Consulting, Inc.
ISBN: 978-1-951600-20-4
Integrating technology in the classroom: Tools to meet the needs of every student – 2nd
Hamilton, B.
International Society for Technology in Education
ISBN: 978-1-56-484725-6
Ed 690
3 Credits
Research in Education
This course introduces educational research, statistics, and testing; and is designed to familiarize the student with the terminology, basic concepts and tools necessary to critique and interpret published research. Both semesters, three hours.
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Dates: Mar. 6 – May. 2, 2026
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Educational Research: Fundamental Principles and Methods – 8th
McMillan, James H.
Pearson
ISBN: 0-13-577010-6
FA 125
3 Credits
Christianity & the Arts
This course examines the aesthetic and moral nature of the arts and their relevance to everyday life. It emphasizes the process of employing a biblical framework when evaluating and interacting with the arts in contemporary culture while affirming the objective nature of beauty, truth, reality and goodness. Through lectures, readings, and breakout sessions, students will gain a historical perspective of and basic working terminological knowledge in Art, Music, Theatre, and Film. Attendance at music recitals, art exhibitions, and theatrical performances will provide students with opportunities to apply and synthesize course material and articulate their worldview. Both semesters and summer, three hours.
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Dates: Mar. 6 – May. 2, 2026
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Next offered: May. 11, 2026 - Jun. 27, 2026
Art for God's Sake
Ryken
ISBN: 978-1-59638-007-3
Art & the Bible
Schaeffer
ISBN: 978-0830834013
Hi 101
3 Credits
The Making of the Modern World
The course focuses on the process of historical thinking from a biblical perspective by investigating the forces and factors that have shaped the world we live in today, and by studying themes including empire building, revolutions, religious movements, philosophical and artistic accomplishments, social and economic networks. Both semesters and summer, three hours.
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Dates: Mar. 6 – May. 2, 2026
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Next offered: May. 11, 2026 - Jun. 27, 2026
The Penguin History of the World – 6th
J. M. Roberts and O. A. Westad
ISBN: 978-1846144431
A Little Book for New Historians: Why and How To Study History
Robert Tracy McKenzie
Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2019
ME 613
2 Credits
Foundational Approaches in Music Ed
Content and application of Gordon's Music Learning Theory, and the approaches of Orff, Kodaly and Dalcroze. Emphasizes skill development as advocated by each: audiation, movement, improvisation, solfege, systems of rhythm reading, etc. The student will apply these to the teaching of music within his area of specialization. Second semester, even-numbered years, two hours.
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Dates: Mar. 6 – May. 2, 2026
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The ways children learn music: An introduction and practical guide to music learning theory. Revised – 2000
Bluestine, E.
GIA Publications
ISBN: 1579991084
The eclectic curriculum in American music education. Revised
Carder, P.
Music Educators National Conference.
ISBN: 0940796775
Jump Right In: Recorder Book with MP3 – 2020
Grunow, Richard F. et al
GIA Publications
Do It! Play Recorder Book 1 with MP3s – 1996
James O. Froseth / Marguerite Wilder
GIA Publications
You will also need a soprano recorder.
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