入学及课程信息
在这里，我们提供有关课程要求的信息, course descriptions and an Academic Rhode Map for each program, a semester-by-semester plan to help you toward graduation in four years.
Academic Rhode Map for Concentration in Teaching or Community Programs B.S.
幼儿教育B.S.
关于幼儿教育
Early childhood educators are in high demand due to a general increase in the demand for childcare. Now is a great time to enroll in Rhode Island College’s B.S. in early childhood education program to secure a career in the field. First, choose from one of three concentrations: birth to three, community programs or teaching. 如果你选择教学集中, you will be eligible for full certification 教 pre-K-2 in Rhode Island. The community programs and birth to three concentrations prepare you to work with children ages birth to three, 三到五岁.
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纪律写作
Why or in what ways is writing important to your discipline/field/profession?
Writing is central to the field of education as it is through writing that we make sense of the world; learners use writing to think, 发现, 要理解. Writing is also a means of communication and teacher candidates must show competence in writing to communicate with families and community, 撰写学生的学术报告, write plans for substitute teachers and participate in professional writing on district, 州级和国家级.
最重要的是, 写作是一门艺术和一门手艺:我们写作是为了传达信息, 来表达, 通知, 娱乐, 要记住, 来解释, 惊喜, 检查, 教, 说服, 说服, to analyze … and prospective teachers must show competence in these (and other) areas of writing as, 最终, they will serve as models of writers and writing for students in classrooms.
Which courses are designated as satisfying the 纪律写作 (WID) requirement by your department? 为什么选这些课程?
eled469学生教学研讨会(小学)
ECED 469学生教学研讨会(幼儿)
leed469和ECED 469都是顶点课程. They encapsulate the varied writing experiences students will have engaged in throughout program coursework, 最后是教师候选人工作样本(TCWS).
The TCWS is an academic piece of writing which tells the story of how students engage in learning a particular aspect of content, 同时也用writing to:
- 情境化教育环境
- 计划课程
- 用不同的方法分析数据
- 解释一个学习过程
- 评估结果
- 反思所做的决定和未来的方向
What forms or genres of writing will students learn and practice in your department’s WID courses? 为什么会有这些类型?
Students in the Elementary and Early Childhood programs should expect to engage in three broad kinds of writing:
- 学术(研究论文、演讲、案例研究)
- 与学生的专业沟通, families and community partners; philosophies of education and statements of belief)
- 反光 (looking back on teaching/learning for the purpose of informing instruction)
正如他们在这三个领域所写的, students will have opportunities to practice other kinds of writing, 包括:
- 信息
- 有说服力的
- 分析
- 反光
- 的意见
All of the writing in which students engage will help them learn to
- 绘制学生学习随时间的增长情况
- Document changes in students’ attitude toward a content, discipline, type of writing
- 提供关于如何前进的建议
What kinds of teaching practices will students encounter in your department’s WID courses?
Students in the Elementary and Early Childhood programs will experience, 第一手, writing practices they will be asking their students to engage in: choosing topics, one-to-one writing conferences with the professor; meeting in response groups in class to share writing and receive feedback; examining what makes a piece of writing effective – or not effective – and discussing why; reading model pieces in a variety of genres and discussing characteristics of effective writing; participating in the process of developing a rubric on which their own writing will be assessed – engaging in self-assessment, then reflecting on the process of rubric design and assessment and what that means for work with future students.
When they’ve satisfied your department’s WID requirement, 学生应该知道和能够做什么写作?
他们应该知道写作的力量:提供信息, 指导, to influence; that the genre and form depend on the purpose and audience; and that writing is a process which is recursive, 不是线性的，而且需要很长时间, 不间断的时间.
