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Academics Elementary Education

Elementary Mathematics I

EDU 324 – Elementary Mathematics I

Prerequisite(s):
Completion of AS or AA degree from the CMI Or Admittance to CMI BAEE degree.

Provides students with knowledge of effective approaches to teaching whole numbers, geometry, and measurement. Includes teaching strategies to accommodate diverse learners. First of two courses in mathematics methods and content to prepare students as teachers of mathematics.

Elementary Science

EDU 323 – Elementary Science

Prerequisite(s):
Completion of AS or AA degree from the College of the Marshall Islands Or Admittance to CMI BAEE degree

Provides the knowledge, skills, and attitudes that will enable students to successfully provide elementary learners with the foundations necessary to become scientifically literate. Stresses strategies to guide elementary learners to be involved in a dynamic cycle of observing, exploring, testing, and forming generalizations or conclusions.

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Elementary Social Studies

EDU 322 – Elementary Social Studies

Prerequisite(s):
Completion of AS or AA degree from the College of the Marshall Islands Or Acceptance to CMI BAEE degree

Examines a variety of social studies models, methods, materials, and evaluation. Emphasis on developing children’s world knowledge, skills, self-concept, citizenship, inquiry and values. Investigates the connected, complex and changing issues we face as global citizens while collaborating to find effective and appropriate ways to help elementary level students understand and cope with these issues.

Literacy and Literature II

EDU 314 – Literacy and Literature II

Prerequisite(s):
C or better in EDU 313

Develops teacher candidates as writers so that they may apply their experiences to engage elementary students in the writing process. Second of a two-semester course on language, literacy and literature. Continue to plan, teach, assess, and reflect on language, literacy and literature skills with an emphasis on writing process and strategies across the K-6 curriculum.

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Academics Elementary Education

Literacy and Literature I

EDU 313 – Literacy and Literature I

Prerequisite(s):
Completion of AS or AA degree from the College of the Marshall Islands Or Admittance to CMI BAEE degree

Examines current theory and methods for providing a text-rich environment and quality children’s literature in the curriculum. First of a two-semester course on language, literacy, and literature. Focuses on assessing reading progress and supporting children’s growth and development as readers in K-6 classrooms.

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Foundations in Curriculum and Instruction

EDU 312 – Foundations in Curriculum and Instruction

Prerequisite(s):
Completion of AS or AA degree from the College of the Marshall Islands Or Admittance to CMI BAEE Degree

Reviews current issues in education and curriculum development. Contributes to the development of the teacher candidate’s professional knowledge, dispositions, and skills. The Public School System (PSS) Curriculum will be examined.

Ethics and Organizational Governance

ETH 300 – Ethics and Organizational Governance

Prerequisite(s):
Completion of AS or AA degree from an accredited institution
Or Permission of Instructor

Promotes awareness of key concepts and theoretical models used to analyze personal, public, and organizational ethics in various contexts of governance. Attention is given to the design and application of culturally sensitive methodologies in decision-making processes and their fit with best practice within the purview of the law. Examines fundamental areas of ethical concern in organizations and the oversight practices using regulations. Explores various roles and responsibilities within formal and social dimensions of organizations.

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Academics Elementary Education

Performing Arts Expression

ART 329 – Performing Arts Expression

Prerequisite(s):
Completion of AS or AA degree from the College of the Marshall Islands
Or Admittance to CMI BAEE Degree
Or Permission of Instructor

Presents critiques of the historical development of music, dance, and drama from various cultures. Students analyze classical, contemporary, and modern performances in context.

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Academics Elementary Education

ESL Language Arts Methods

EDU 285 – ESL Language Arts Methods

Prerequisites:
C or better in ENG 111

Designed to provide education students with ESL methods for teaching reading and writing and listening and speaking in mid to upper elementary levels. Students will develop effective strategies to engage students in the reading/writing and listening/speaking experience. (Replaces EDU 281 & 282)
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Academics Elementary Education

Science for Teachers

EDU 251 – Science for Teachers

Prerequisite(s):
Admission to ASEE
C or better in ENG 111

Surveys topics in science that are found in the RMI Public Schools System curriculum. Provides students with a hands-on approach to motivate elementary students as they investigate the world around them. Emphasizes the need for content knowledge coupled with engaging activities for effective teaching through inquiry-based strategies that model a student-centered, activity-based classroom.