| ED3000 | Foundations of American Education | Provide an introduction to the knowledge, skills, and dispositions that characterize the profession of education. Highlights the social, political, legal, historical, philosophical, and curricular foundations of American education. Advisor approval r... |
| ED3040 | Mathematics Concepts for Elementary Teachers | An introduction to teaching strategies that facilitate effective learning experience in mathematics classes. Major areas of focus include curriculum theory and practice, instructional design, classroom management, assessment of student learning, and... |
| ED3100 | Child and Adolescent Development for Educators | An overview of the major concepts, principles, theories, and research related to the growth and development of children and young adolescents so that teacher candidates may construct learning opportunities that support the intellectual, psychological... |
| ED3120 | Educational Psychology for Elementary Education | Educational Psychology is a branch of psychology that is concerned with understanding and improving how students acquire a variety of capabilities through formal instruction in classroom settings. Students will explore factors that psychological theo... |
| ED3200 | Education Research and Writing | An introduction to the scholarship of teaching and learning. Engages teacher candidates in disciplined reflection about teaching and learning. Candidates conduct a literature review; develop a research plan; collect, analyze, and interpret data; and... |
| ED3300 | Introduction to Teaching | Provides an introduction to general principles of reflective teaching. Focuses on the recursive process of planning, teaching, assessment of student learning, and reflection on professional practice. Emphasizes strategies for effective classroom mana... |
| ED3310 | Foundations of Culturally Based Education in Hawai`i | This course utilizes culturally responsive principles of teaching and learning, expert guest speakers from the Hawaiian community, guided reflection, critical discourse, and the practical application of the Na Honua Mauli Ola Hawaiian Cultural Pathwa... |
| ED3400 | Arts for Elementary Education | An introduction to teaching strategies that facilitate effective learning experiences in arts classes. Major areas of focus include curriculum theory and practice, instructional design, classroom management, assessment of student learning, and reflec... |
| ED3420 | Language Arts I: Reading, Writing and Oral Communication | This course is an introduction to the processes of reading, writing, and oral communication development, emphasizing methods, strategies, and materials for teaching literacy skills in elementary (K-6) education. Major areas of focus include curriculu... |
| ED3421 | Language Arts II: Reading, Writing and Oral Communication | This course further expands on the processes or reading, writing, and oral communication development, emphasizing methods, strategies, and materials for teaching literacy skills in elementary (K-6) education. More in-depth focus on curriculum theory... |
| ED3430 | Foundations of English Language Learning | An introduction to teaching strategies that facilitate an effective learning experience for English Language Learners. Major areas of focus include curriculum theory and practice, instructional design, classroom and lab management, and assessment tec... |
| ED3440 | Mathematics for Elementary Education | An introduction to teaching strategies that facilitate effective learning experiences in mathematics classes. Major areas of focus include curriculum theory and practice, instructional design, classroom management, assessment of student learning, and... |
| ED3450 | Science for Elementary Education | An introduction to teaching strategies that facilitate effective learning experiences in science classes. Major areas of focus include curriculum theory and practice, instructional design, classroom management, assessment of student learning, and ref... |
| ED3460 | Social Studies for Elementary Education | An introduction to teaching strategies that facilitate effective learning experiences in social studies classes. Major areas of focus include curriculum theory and practice, instructional design, classroom management, assessment of student learning,... |
| ED3500 | Service Learning in Elementary Education | Integrates practical classroom-based activities into the academic content of the accompanying education courses. Highlights reflection; develops the candidate’s professional and pedagogical knowledge, skills, and dispositions; and fosters a commitmen... |
| ED3600 | Foundations of Special Education | An overview of the different categories of exceptionality, special education law, identification and placement procedures, current delivery systems, and basic philosophies and strategies relating to special education practice in an inclusion environm... |
| ED4510 | Elementary Clinical Experience Seminar | This course is a capstone course for the Elementary Education major that provides an opportunity to examine the complexities of curriculum planning, teaching, classroom management, assessment, and synthesis of the clinical practice experience. Emphas... |
| ED4511 | Elementary Clinical Experience I | This course is a capstone clinical practice course for the Bachelor of Education in Elementary Education. Full-time, supervised clinical practice in a public or private school. Culminating experience that involves practical application of professiona... |
| ED4512 | Elementary Clinical Experience II | This course is a capstone practice course for the Bachelor of Education in Elementary Education. Full-time, supervised clinical practice in a public or private school. Culminating experience that involves practical application of professional and ped... |
| ED6000 | The Professional Educator | An introduction to the knowledge, skills, and dispositions that characterize the profession of education. Highlights the practical, historical, philosophical, political, legal, ethical, social, and cultural aspects of teaching in the American educati... |
| ED6100 | Educational Psychology | Students will explore factors that psychological theories are concerned with and that affect how teachers teach and students learn, included the learner’s physical, social, emotional, and cognitive development; cultural, social, emotional differences... |
| ED6200 | Introduction to Educational Research | An introduction to the scholarship of teaching and learning. This course engages candidates in disciplined reflection about teaching and learning. Candidates conduct research to study the problems or issues in education, collect, analyze and interpre... |
| ED6300 | Introduction to Teaching | An introduction to general principles of reflective teaching. Focuses on the recursive process of planning, implementing, assessing, and refining teaching practices; developing teaching strategies and materials; and evaluating student learning throug... |
| ED6310 | Culturally-Responsive Education in Hawaii | This course utilizes culturally-responsive principles of teaching and learning, expert guest speakers from the Hawaiian community, guided reflection, critical discourse, and the practical application of the Nā Honua Mauli Ola Hawaiian Cultural Pathwa... |
| ED6401 | Elementary Curriculum I: Language Arts | An introduction to teaching strategies that facilitate effective learning experiences in elementary language arts, and reading classes. Major areas of focus include curriculum theory and practice, instructional design, classroom management, and asses... |
| ED6402 | Elementary Curriculum II: Math and Science | No Description Set |
| ED6403 | Elementary Curriculum III: Social Studies and the Arts | An introduction to teaching strategies that facilitate effective learning experiences in Social Studies and the Art classes. Major areas of focus include curriculum theory and practice, instructional design assessment of student learning, interdiscip... |
| ED6420 | English Curriculum and Instruction | An introduction to teaching strategies that facilitate an effective learning experience in English classes. Major areas of focus include curriculum theory and practice, instructional design, classroom and lab management, and assessment techniques. |
| ED6430 | The English Language Learner | An introduction to teaching strategies that facilitate an effective learning experience for English Language Learners. Major areas of focus include curriculum theory and practice, instructional design, classroom and lab management, and assessment tec... |
| ED6440 | Math Curriculum and Instruction | An introduction to teaching strategies that facilitate an effective learning experience in Mathematics classes. Major areas of focus include curriculum theory and practice, instructional design, classroom and lab management, and assessment techniques... |
| ED6450 | Science Curriculum and Instruction | An introduction to teaching strategies that facilitate an effective learning experience in science classes. Major areas of focus include curriculum theory and practice, instructional design, classroom and lab management, and assessment techniques. |
| ED6460 | Social Studies Curriculum and Instruction | An introduction to teaching strategies that facilitate an effective learning experience in social studies classes. Major areas of focus include curriculum theory and practice, instructional design, classroom and lab management, and assessment techniq... |
| ED6463 | Economics for Hawaii Teachers | This course provides an introduction to teaching economics. The course is aimed at both future and current Hawaii social studies and economics teachers. The course will provide instruction on the economic principles in the National Council for Econom... |
| ED6465 | Economics Curriculum Praxis | This course will prepare present and future teachers to teach a high school economics course. The course provides a comprehensive understanding of economic concepts, relevant mathematical training, and effective pedagogical techniques. In order to co... |
| ED6470 | World Languages Curriculum and Instruction | An introduction to teaching strategies that facilitate an effective learning experience in World Languages classes. Major areas of focus include curriculum theory and practice, instructional design, classroom and lab management, and assessment techni... |
| ED6480 | Integrated Curriculum: Literacy and Content | This course covers a wide variety of instructional strategies that interweave language arts instruction in the learning of subject matter contents. Student also explore various curricular models such as curriculum integration, project-based learning,... |
| ED6510 | Elementary Clinical Practice Seminar | Provides an opportunity to examine the complexities of curriculum planning, teaching, classroom management, assessment, and synthesis of the elementary clinical practice experience. Emphasizes reflective practice by providing opportunities for teache... |
| ED6511 | Elementary Clinical Practice I | Full-time, supervised clinical practice experience in a public or private elementary school. Culminating experience that involves practical application of professional and pedagogical knowledge, skills, and dispositions in a school setting. Opportuni... |
| ED6512 | Elementary Clinical Practice II | Full-time, supervised clinical practice experience in a public or private elementary school. Culminating experience that involves practical application of professional and pedagogical knowledge, skills, and dispositions in a school setting. Opportuni... |
| ED6520 | Secondary Clinical Practice Seminar | Provides an opportunity to examine the complexities of curriculum planning, teaching, classroom management, assessment, and synthesis of the secondary clinical practice experience. Emphasizes reflective practice by providing opportunities for teacher... |
| ED6521 | Secondary Clinical Practice I | Full-time, supervised clinical practice experience in a public or private secondary school. Culminating experience that involves practical application of professional and pedagogical knowledge, skills, and dispositions in a school setting. Opportunit... |
| ED6522 | Secondary Clinical Practice II | Full-time, supervised clinical practice experience in a public or private secondary school. Culminating experience that involves practical application of professional and pedagogical knowledge, skills, and dispositions in a school setting. Opportunit... |
| ED6605 | Practical Research in Education | An introduction to research methods and their application to real-world problems. Candidates study problems in education and learn research skills leading to a research proposal to address a problem. |
| ED6615 | Contemporary Issues in Education | This course examines current and emerging issues and trends impacting education. Inquiring into demographic shifts; globalization; technology, data-based decision-making; inclusion of diverse learners in American schools; and recent research on stude... |
| ED6620 | Educational Assessment | Focuses on formal and informal assessment strategies to be used by teachers of elementary and secondary students. Topics will include reliability, validity, bias, performance assessment, portfolios, affective assessment, standardized test score inter... |
| ED6630 | Teacher Leadership | This course is designed to explore the field of ideas relating to leadership, human modes of communication, and personal relationships in the shaping of our social and professional relationships as educators. Teachers who work with students, parents,... |
| ED6640 | Ethics in Educational Leadership: Role, Responsibility, Relationships | This course will give students the personal awareness of their decision-making and actions in the classroom, department and school in the roles, responsibilities and relationships they assume at each level. They will examine, explore, and express in... |
| ED6650 | Self-Management in Education | This course addresses School-Based Management (SBM) as a way of promoting decentralization of decision-making authority to positively impact educational quality in schools. Course content and methodology emphasize small group activities, collaboratio... |
| ED6660 | Diversity and Social Change | This course addresses methods for positively impacting social and cultural diversity and equity issues including the possible effects of culture, race stereotyping, family, socioeconomic status, gender, sexual identity, language, and values on studen... |
| ED6670 | Technology in Education | This course provides students with a broad practical understanding of how to integrate emerging technologies into elementary and secondary classrooms. Students will take a constructivist approach to understanding education technology as articulated i... |
| ED6671 | Instructional Design | This course will explore various elements of instructional design (ID) processes, learning theories and brain science research in order to understand how people learn. Using project-based learning, students will identify instructional problems in var... |
| ED6672 | Theory and Practice of E-Learning | This course provides learners with a theoretical foundation and rationale for successful integration of E-Learning into formal and informal adult learning environments. Beginning with an overview of educational theory and social constructivist teachi... |
| ED6673 | Instructional Media I | This course provides an overview of multimedia strategies and tactics using multimedia and instructional communication. Students will learn to specify requirements, select, design, develop, and evaluate instructional media. Students will apply contem... |
| ED6674 | Instructional Media II | This course prepares students for the selection and use of computer-based media, multimedia, and conventional media, in the preparation of materials for instructional purposes. Special attention is given to computer hardware and software involved in... |
| ED6680 | Budget Analysis and Planning for Schools | Reform movements are continuously redefining effective practice in school administration and initiatives such as state deregulation, district decentralization, school restructuring, and other organizational modifications and transformations. This cou... |
| ED6690 | School Law | The historical and contemporary legal issues affecting the organization and administration of schools in America today are essential subjects for its public and private K-12 teachers. This course is about applying concrete, specific legal knowledge t... |
| ED6695 | Capstone Research | Capstone course on the scholarship of teaching and learning. This course engages candidates in disciplined reflection of teaching and learning. Candidates conduct research to study the problems or issues in education and apply research results to imp... |
| ED6700 | The Exceptional Learner | This course provides an overview of the different categories of exceptionality with regard to students with special needs. Candidates will also be introduced to special education law, identification and placement procedures, current delivery systems,... |
| ED6950 | Practicum in Education | No Description Set |
| ED6997 | Directed Readings in Education | Directed individualized readings. |
| ED7000 | Research Methods in Education | Introduction to research design and both qualitative and quantitative methods for conducting educational research. Students will learn how to read and synthesize educational research, design a research study that improves the practice of teaching, an... |
| ED7100 | Professional Paper I | Initial design and development of a major research paper. The professional paper should be of the highest quality and should reflect the student's best efforts in applying the knowledge, skills, and professional dispositions gained in graduate studie... |
| ED7200 | Professional Paper II | Continuing design and development of the major research paper. The professional paper should be of the highest quality and should reflect the student's best efforts in applying the knowledge, skills, and professional dispositions gained in graduate s... |
| ODC6998 | Special Topics in Organizational Change and Development | This course provides an opportunity for students to explore other areas related to the organizational change and development curriculum but not included in the program of study. These special topics are offered based on student interest and current e... |