Summer Session 2009
Graduate Courses
Arts
Digital Storytelling
ICOMP 5100-01 | 3 credits | 67.5 PDPs
July 10 + 31, 2009 and July 11, 12, and August 1, 2, 2009, Fridays, 5:30 pm–10:00 pm, Saturdays and Sundays, 8:00 am–5:00 pm
Level: graduate
Contact: Linda Harris at 617.585.6724 or lharris@lesley.edu or Diana Arcadipone at 617.585.6729
Storytelling has long been a way for us to share our life experiences, ideas and imagination to each other. Combining words, images and sound, the storyteller shares a piece of themselves and engages the audience in their 'virtual reality'. We live in a unique time in History; a time when storytellers from around the world can share their stories instantly to a massive audience. In this class, students will explore and experiment with the methods and techniques used in storytelling and the new digital technologies available, including Photoshop, PowerPoint and I movie. No computer experience is necessary, just a willingness to learn, share and create!
Form Development in Clay
IFINE 5415-01 | 3 credits | 67.5 PDPs
July 6, 2009–August 19, 2009
Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, 5:30 pm–10:00 pm
Level: graduate
Contact: Linda Harris at 617.585.6724 or lharris@lesley.edu or Diana Arcadipone at 617.585.6729
Since clay is a material linked to earliest human expression in nearly every culture around the world, in what ways can we draw on those historical sources, yet transform them to develop an individual voice in clay? This course explores a source idea's evolution toward personal expression through the methodology of working in a series.
Mixed Media Studio/Assemblage
IFINE 5231-01 | 3 credits | 67.5 PDPs
July 6, 2009–August 21, 2009
Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, 8:30 am–12:30 pm
Level: graduate
Contact: Linda Harris at 617.585.6724 or lharris@lesley.edu or Diana Arcadipone at 617.585.6729
This course offers students the opportunity to address the technical, conceptual and aesthetic concerns that confront the developing artist who is interested in combining different art media. Special emphasis will be placed on the development of an individual approach to subject matter and using to develop their sensitivity to a variety of 2 and 3-dimensional materials.
Landscape/Cityscape: Outdoor Painting
IFINE 5770-01 | 3 credits | 67.5 PDPs
June 23, 2009–August 20, 2009
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 2:00 pm–7:00 pm
Level: graduate
Contact: Linda Harris at 617.585.6724 or lharris@lesley.edu or Diana Arcadipone at 617.585.6729
Each class will meet at a different location throughout the city (weather discuss how to deal with the practical issues of painting outside as well as come up with economical, compact and convenient alternatives to expensive and cumbersome outdoor painting gear. Once outfitted and in the field, we will explore color and how it functions to create a specific sensation of space, form light and atmosphere in a landscape painting through an efficient direct painting approach. As the class progresses we will discuss how to develop our paintings in the studio to maximize the intended effect experienced on site.
Color + Texture in Printmaking: Monotype and Collagraph
IFINE 5321-01 | 1.5 credits | 33.75 PDPs
July 6, 2009–July 16, 2009
Monday–Thursday, 8:80 am–2:00 pm
Level: graduate
Contact: Linda Harris at 617.585.6724 or lharris@lesley.edu or Diana Arcadipone at 617.585.6729
This workshop will first introduce several monotype techniques such as transfer drawings, mannière noire (working from dark to light), as well as rolling and painting on the plate and using stencils. During the second week, students will be introduced to simple collagraph techniques to build texture using gel medium, aluminum tape, and carborundum (powdered steel). For collagraph printing, the plates will be wiped in the intaglio method as well as rolling with brayers, so that many skills learned in monotype can be applied to the collagraph portion of the class. For both techniques, students will use etching inks on Plexiglas plates and print with an etching press. Although several techniques will be demonstrated, students are not required to do them all, and may choose favorite techniques, delving more deeply into those. The emphasis will be on personal expression and creating a suite of related prints. Time will be reserved at the end of each week to evaluate work.
Summer Sketchbook
IILLU 5280-01 | 1.5 credits | 33.75 PDPs
July 7, 2009–August 6, 2009
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 2:00 pm–6:00 pm
Level: graduate
Contact: Linda Harris at 617.585.6724 or lharris@lesley.edu or Diana Arcadipone at 617.585.6729
This course aims to explore and expand the artist's sketchbook as a dynamic, creative and personal resource. Students will focus on the development of a personal sketchbook that will serve as a tool for their own work and ideas. Development of this sketchbook will be encouraged through experimental media, observational and on-site drawing.
Color: Digital
IPHOT 5120-01 | 3 credits | 67.5 PDPs
July 15, 2009–August 19, 2009
Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, 5:30 pm–10:00 pm
Level: graduate
Contact: Linda Harris at 617.585.6724 or lharris@lesley.edu or Diana Arcadipone at 617.585.6729
This course explores the potential of digital capture and output to transform the medium of color photography both aesthetically and technically. With the creation of the camera raw file format, the traditional pre-exposure concerns of color balance, and exposure, have now become post-exposure choices for the artist. Color:Digital will investigate the artistic implications of this malleability of image capture following through to improved controls and archival quality attainable in digital color photography.
Counseling Psychology
Developmental Psychology Across the Lifespan
GPSYC 6026-01 | 3 credits
June 12–14, 2009 and July 10–12, 2009
Fridays, 5:00 pm–9:50 pm, Saturdays and Sundays, 9:00 am–5:50 pm
Level: graduate
Contact: 888.LESLEY.U or info@lesley.edu
Designed to explore theory and research about cognitive, affective, moral, and social development from a cross-cultural perspective. Implications for understanding human behavior across the lifespan are addressed.
Theories of Counseling & Psychotherapy
GPSYC 6202-01 | 3 credits
June 26–28, 2009 and July 24–26, 2009
Fridays, 5:00 pm–9:50 pm, Saturdays and Sundays, 9:00 am–5:50 pm
Level: graduate
Contact: 888.LESLEY.U or info@lesley.edu
Critical examination of major contemporary theories of counseling and psychotherapy. The relationship of the theories to counseling practice and human development is examined. Students will begin to define their own theoretical orientations.
Vocational Development and Career Counseling
GPSYC 6029-01 | 3 credits
June 19–21, 2009 and July 17–19, 2009
Fridays, 5:00 pm–9:50 pm, Saturdays and Sundays, 9:00 am–5:50 pm
Level: graduate
Contact: 888.LESLEY.U or info@lesley.edu
Vocational development is a life-long process. Integral to this process are: self-awareness; career awareness and assessment; career decision-making and planning; and career implementation. This course prepares counselors to assist a variety of people in all stages of life development in their career planning and selection process. Career developmental theories and assessment tools are discussed.
Vocational Development and Career Counseling
GPSYC 6029-02 | 3 credits
June 19–21, 2009 and July 17–19, 2009
Fridays, 5:00 pm–9:50 pm, Saturdays and Sundays, 9:00 am–5:50 pm
Level: graduate
Contact: 888.LESLEY.U or info@lesley.edu
Vocational development is a life-long process. Integral to this process are: self-awareness; career awareness and assessment; career decision-making and planning; and career implementation. This course prepares counselors to assist a variety of people in all stages of life development in their career planning and selection process. Career developmental theories and assessment tools are discussed.
Expressive Therapies
Art Therapy with Children and Adolescents
GEXTH 6364-01 | 3 credits
June 8, 2009–June 12, 2009
Monday–Friday, 9:00 am–5:50 pm
Level: graduate
Contact: 888.LESLEY.U or info@lesley.edu
Psychological study of the specific needs of children and adolescents; prepares to assess and work with those needs through art therapy.
Community and Therapeutic Applications of Drumming
GEXTH 6208-01 | 3 credits
July 11–12, 18–19, 2009 and July 20, 2009
Saturdays and Sundays, 9:00 am–5:50 pm
Monday, 9:00 am–5:50 pm
Level: graduate
Contact: 888.LESLEY.U or info@lesley.edu
Offers training in fundamental methods of percussion as tools for expressive therapy group leaders. The course also explores drumming as a mode of therapy.
Focusing and Expressive Arts
GEXTH 5021-01 | 3 credits
July 27, 2009–July 31, 2009
Monday–Friday, 9:00 am–5:50 pm
Level: graduate
Contact: 888.LESLEY.U or info@lesley.edu
Integrates the practice of focusing as practiced in psychotherapy and personal introspective analysis with the expressive arts.
Intermodal Expressive Therapy: Principles & Practices of Expressive Therapies
GEXTH 5010-01 | 3 credits
June 22, 2009–June 26, 2009
Monday–Friday, 9:00 am–5:50 pm
Level: graduate
Contact: 888.LESLEY.U or info@lesley.edu
An essential aspect of expressive therapy is the integration of all the modalities of the arts into therapy. Emphasis is placed on using intermodal processing and transfer, feedback, and the application in special therapy situations.
Intermodal Expressive Therapy: Principles & Practices of Expressive Therapies
GEXTH 5010-02 | 3 credits
August 3, 2009–August 7, 2009
Monday–Friday, 9:00 am–5:50 pm
Level: graduate
Contact: 888.LESLEY.U or info@lesley.edu
An essential aspect of expressive therapy is the integration of all the modalities of the arts into therapy. Emphasis is placed on using intermodal processing and transfer, feedback, and the application in special therapy situations.
Introduction to Creative Movement And Dance Therapy
GEXTH 6250-01 | 3 credits
August 3, 2009–August 7, 2009
Monday–Friday, 9:00 am–5:50 pm
Level: graduate
Contact: 888.LESLEY.U or info@lesley.edu
This course offers experiences in basic concepts of movement therapy as it relates to working in a variety of settings with people who have special needs. It is an experiential course where students can explore and attempt to discover how each individual's authentic movement is a source of tension release and learn from beneficial methods of appropriately transferring and sharing this knowledge.
Principles and Practices of Art Therapy
GEXTH 6352-01 | 3 credits
August 3, 2009–August 7, 2009
Monday–Friday, 9:00 am–5:50 pm
Level: graduate
Contact: 888.LESLEY.U or info@lesley.edu
Fundamentals of art therapy experienced through historical analysis of various psychotherapeutic populations and their relationships with other expressive therapies.
Principles and Practices of Art Therapy
GEXTH 6352-02 | 3 credits
August 3, 2009–August 7, 2009
Monday–Friday, 9:00 am–5:50 pm
Level: graduate
Contact: 888.LESLEY.U or info@lesley.edu
Fundamentals of art therapy experienced through historical analysis of various psychotherapeutic populations and their relationships with other expressive therapies.
Principles and Practices of Drama Therapy
GEXTH 5047-01 | 3 credits
July 13, 2009–July 17, 2009
Monday–Friday, 9:00 am–5:50 pm
Level: graduate
Contact: 888.LESLEY.U or info@lesley.edu
This course is designed to introduce students to the basic principles and practices of Drama Therapy including an integration of current theoretical approaches. Students will be introduced to the various techniques used in drama therapy including photography, dolls and puppets, masks, story telling and dreams, and to the application in clinical practice. The course will cover both individual and group drama therapy interventions. The course will look at drama therapy from four perspectives: the therapist, the client, the theory and the technique.
Drawing From Within: A Studio Course
GEXTH 6360-01 | 3 credits
June 5–7, 2009 and June 19–21, 2009
Fridays, 6:00 pm–9:50 pm, Saturday and Sunday, 10:00 am–6:50 pm
Level: graduate
Contact: 888.LESLEY.U or info@lesley.edu
A studio class generating art imagery from subconscious and intuitive levels.
Voice and Music Therapy
GEXTH 6206-01 | 3 credits
June 5–7, 2009 and June 12–14, 2009
Fridays, 6:00 pm–9:50 pm, Saturdays and Sundays, 10:00 am–6:50 pm
Level: graduate
Contact: 888.LESLEY.U or info@lesley.edu
This introductory course surveys the use of voice as a therapeutic modality. It contains both academic and experiential components and requires no previous musical knowledge. Explores the significance of voice in identity and self-empowerment, its role in human and cultural development, and blocks to voicing. Diverse approaches to healing use of voice (expressive, analytic, spiritual and biological/medical) and relevant clinical applications are examined.
Yoga and Therapeutic Touch
GEXTH 6412-01 | 3 credits
June 5–7, 2009 and June 19–21, 2009
Fridays, 6:00 pm–9:50 pm, Saturdays and Sundays, 9:00 am–5:50 pm
Level: graduate
Contact: 888.LESLEY.U or info@lesley.edu
This course provides training in the body/mind disciplines of yoga and several forms of healing touch. The inquiry will be both experiential and theoretical. It includes an exploration of yogic philosophy, ethical considerations of safe touch, and the development of daily practice for personal and professional enhancement.
Interdisciplinary Studies
Courage to Teach Institute: Sustaining Professional Practice
GINTD 6044-01 | 3 credits
July 6, 2009–July 10, 2009
Monday–Friday, 9:00 am–4:00 pm
Level: graduate
Contact: 888.LESLEY.U or info@lesley.edu
This intensive five-day course is for teachers, educational leaders, and other professionals and students who wish to explore their vocational and academic identity and vitality. Participants will experience the formative practices of Courage to Teach, and will analyze the principles and context behind the practices, and identify implications for their own professional life and work.
Education
Creative Arts in Learning
Arts and Human Development
GARED 5018-01 | 3 credits
June 26–28, 2009 and July 17–19, 2009
Fridays, 5:00 pm–9:50 pm, Saturdays and Sundays, 9:00 am–5:50 pm
Level: graduate
Contact: 888.LESLEY.U or info@lesley.edu
This course familiarizes students with stages of human development from childhood through adulthood. Knowledge of human development is enhanced through interaction with art materials, music, movement, drama and writing.
Creative Movement: Kinesthetic Learning Across the Curriculum
GARED 5010-01 | 3 credits
June 5–7, 2009 and June 19–21, 2009
Fridays, 5:00 pm–9:50 pm
Saturdays and Sundays, 9:00 am–5:50 pm
Level: graduate
Contact: 888.LESLEY.U or info@lesley.edu
This course integrates kinesthetic modes of learning with the use of movement as a language for interdisciplinary inquiry. Students will explore embodied approaches to curriculum applications, and the critical questioning and exploration that exist at the heart of creative movement as an art form will deepen the students' comprehension and retention of curriculum themes. Furthermore, students' work with the social, cultural, and political dimensions of non-verbal communication will allow them to engage with issues of cultural diversity, critical pedagogy, and democratic schooling.
Environmental Arts and Education
GARED 5014-01 | 3 credits
July 24–26, 2009 and August 14–16, 2009, Fridays, 5:00 pm–9:50 pm, Saturdays and Sundays, 9:00 am–5:50 pm
Level: graduate
Contact: 888.LESLEY.U or info@lesley.edu
This course will promote understanding, appreciation, and responsible action toward the environment through hands-on arts activities151including Music, Bookmaking, Poetry Outdoors, Storytelling, Eco-Web Galleries, YouTube, and Eco-Blogs. Students will study history of environmental arts including ecological artists, materials and processes. Students will research key environmental issues and develop lesson plans using the arts.
Transformational Leadership Through Drama
GARED 6091-01 | 3 credits
June 12–14, 2009 and July 10–12, 2009
Fridays, 5:00 pm–9:50 pm, Saturdays and Sundays, 9:00 am–5:50 pm
Level: graduate
Contact: 888.LESLEY.U or info@lesley.edu
This course orients students to the use of drama for education, issue resolution, empowerment and leadership for change in schools and communities. There will also be opportunities to explore various interactive applications of drama to foster democratic education, multicultural education and social justice in the classroom and beyond. We will examine how the process supports the curricular standards of the state.
Collaborative Symposium: Power of Arts in School and Community
GARTS 6001-01 | 3 credits
June 27–28, 2009 and July 17–19, 2009
Saturdays and Sundays, 9:00 am–5:50 pm, Friday, 6:00 pm–8:50 pm
Level: graduate 7 hours Community Research
Contact: 888.LESLEY.U or info@lesley.edu
Series of workshops led by artists and leaders in multicultural education, offering a variety of arts modalities and avenues to understanding cultural differences. Participants will explore the integration of drama, dance, music, visual arts, storytelling, and poetry into multicultural approaches to teaching and learning. This symposium will emphasize collaborative work in the arts as a path toward democratic schooling and social justice.
Online Courses
Online Education
Development and Learning: Psycho-Social Perspectives in Education
EEDUC 5122-80 | 3 credits
June 3, 2009–August 25, 2009
Online
Level: graduate
$30 technology fee;
Contact: 888.LESLEY.U or info@lesley.edu
This course focuses upon constructivist-interactionist views of child development, spanning the preschool years through adolescence and young adulthood. Topics include early development, play, children’s art, cognitive development and learning, family systems and social learning, classroom instruction and organization, communication, curriculum and cognition, evaluation and assessment, language development and literacy, moral development, gender differences, and developmental diversity among individuals and across cultures including race, ethnicity, linguistic background, and economic conditions.
Integrating Social Studies into the Elementary Classroom
EEDUC 5136-80 | 3 credits
June 1, 2009–August 2, 2009
Online
Level: graduate
$30 technology fee
Contact: 888.LESLEY.U or info@lesley.edu
The essence of this course focuses on those methods and materials that facilitate the teaching of social studies in the elementary classroom. Attention will be paid to the integration of technology as an instructional tool, the development of appropriate assessment models, and the synthesis of social studies with the humanities and natural sciences. Selecting, developing, teaching, and evaluating skills, concepts, and resources play an active role in class meetings.
Issues in American Schooling: Contemporary Challenges & Historical Contexts
EEDUC 5146-80 | 3 credits
June 3, 2009–August 25, 2009
Online
Level: graduate
$30 technology fee
Contact: 888.LESLEY.U or info@lesley.edu
The course examines diverse contemporary issues in American education through a combination of field-based experiences and investigation of the social and historical forces that shape the character of schooling in a democratic society. The course opens the dialogue about the nature of teaching and learning, and the design of educational programs in the context of societal, political, and economic structures as well as within the diverse cultural values of a pluralistic society.
Introduction to the Autism Spectrum Disorders: Educational Implications and Teaching Strategies
ESPED 5013-80 | 3 credits
June 3, 2009–August 25, 2009
Online
Level: graduate
$30 technology fee
Contact: 888.LESLEY.U or info@lesley.edu
The focus of this course is on the autism spectrum disorders through adulthood. The condition of autism spectrum disorder reflects a range of diversity and severity which will be examined in this course History, current research, and definitions will be explored. Three major characteristics of autism spectrum disorder will be examined: communication impairment, impaired social interactions, and behavioral abnormalities. A variety of educational theories and practices will be introduced, and teaching strategies that meet the needs of these diverse learners will be presented.<</p>
Assessment, Curriculum & Planning for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder
ESPED 6010-80 | 3 credits
June 3, 2009–August 25, 2009
Online
Level: graduate
$30 technology fee
Contact: 888.LESLEY.U or info@lesley.edu
This is a graduate level course that examines assessment tools and strategies for use with individuals on the Autism Spectrum. This course explores formal and informal assessment procedures used with children and young adults who manifest learning characteristics of students with Autism Spectrum Disorders, including PDD/NOS, Autism, and Asperger’s Syndrome. Emphasis is placed on assessment procedures, including formal, informal and environmental practices, which inform curricular decisions. The course will examine both general education and alternative curriculum to assist pre-service and in-service teachers how to plan appropriate formal and informal assessment strategies. Sections of the IEP will be reviewed with regard to specific strategies for students with ASD, including transition to adult services. This course has a required 15 hour field experience component.
Online Mathematics Education
Teaching Elementary School Mathematics
EEDUC 5102-80 | 3 credits
June 1, 2009–August 2, 2009
Online
Level: graduate
$30 technology fee
Contact: 888.LESLEY.U or info@lesley.edu
Mathematics in the United States has historically been a difficult field because it has not always taken children’s developmental and learning needs into account. In this course, we support learners gaining knowledge needed to teach school-age children and increase competency in the mathematics itself. A variety of materials and models are used to show connections to daily life, and many different approaches to mathematics are investigated. Relevant children’s literature and technology are also emphasized.
Constructing Mathematical Understanding: Number & Operations
CMATH 6107-80 | 3 credits
June 3, 2009–August 25, 2009
Online
Level: graduate
$30 technology fee
Contact: 888.LESLEY.U or info@lesley.edu
Participants will develop a solid conceptual understanding of the language and operations of arithmetic, as well as the interrelationships among arithmetic, algebra, and geometry. Topics include place value and the history of counting, inverse processes, the geometry of multiplication, the many faces of division, and conceptual models of integers and rationale numbers.
Functions and Algebra I: Building Mathematical Understanding
CMATH 6109-80 | 3 credits
June 3, 2009–August 25, 2009
Online
Level: graduate
$30 technology fee
Contact: 888.LESLEY.U or info@lesley.edu
Participants develop a solid conceptual understanding of the branch of mathematics known as algebra. Topics will include ratio and proportion, slope, operations with integers, the notion of function, absolute value, linear versus non linear functions, sets, equations, inequalities, simultaneous equations and demand functions.
Probability: The Mathematics of Uncertainty
Meeting Diverse Needs in the Mathematics Classroom
EEDUC 6154-80 | 3 credits
June 3, 2009–August 25, 2009
Online
Level: graduate
$30 technology fee
Contact: 888.LESLEY.U or info@lesley.edu
This course considers the theory, research, and practical applications of ensuring that all children succeed mathematically. Gender, socioeconomics, culture, language, learning differences, assessment, and differentiated instruction are considered.
Online Science in Education
Try Science
CNSI 5100-80 | 3 credits
June 3, 2009–August 25, 2009
Online
Level: graduate
$30 technology fee
Contact: 888.LESLEY.U or info@lesley.edu
In this introductory course on science inquiry participants investigate common everyday phenomena. This course invites participants to “uncover” the complexity of a simple glass of water. They observe physical processes at play in this familiar system and develop scientific "habits of mind." Participants see how scientific principles can be applied to understanding the world around us. The following key physical science concepts are explored: density, displacement, buoyancy, melting, freezing, equilibrium, phase changes and energy transfers.
Science in the Elementary School: Thinking With Evidence
EEDUC 5135-80 | 3 credits
June 1, 2009–August 2, 2009
Online
Level: graduate
$30 technology fee
Contact: 888.LESLEY.U or info@lesley.edu
In this course, participants develop a scientific stance and conceptual understandings important to teaching inquiry-based science to elementary school students. Participants plan and carry out sustained investigations, reflect on their own learning, and develop strategies for implementing and assessing inquiry-based science in the classroom
Online Technology in Education
Fundamentals of Computer Structure
ECOMP 7100-80 | 3 credits
June 3, 2009–August 25, 2009
Online
Level: graduate
$30 technology fee
Contact: 888.LESLEY.U or info@lesley.edu
This course investigates technical aspects of the computer, balancing between hardware and operating system. Methods of maintenance, troubleshooting and repair are demonstrated and experienced. The goal is to demystify the computer, not create technicians. Students learn basic technical language and concepts to communicate about, prevent, and solve basic technical problems, enabling them to function more effectively in educational settings with computers. This includes being able to make technically informed decisions regarding the purchasing and upgrading of computers.
Teaching and Learning with Digital Media
ECOMP 6106-80 | 3 credits
June 3, 2009–August 25, 2009
Online
Level: graduate
$30 technology fee
Contact: 888.LESLEY.U or info@lesley.edu
This course will help educators to harness the power of digital media for teaching and learning. They will learn to use that power to transform traditional teacher-centered classrooms into student-focused learning environments where students use digital media for the acquisition, analysis, construction, and presentation of knowledge. Hands on experiences will also help them develop proficiency with the tools and skills needed for authoring and publishing digital media in a variety of formats.
Classroom Assessment with Technology
ECOMP 6102-80 | 3 credits
June 3, 2009–August 25, 2009
Online
Level: graduate
$30 technology fee
Contact: 888.LESLEY.U or info@lesley.edu
This course investigates use of classroom assessments to make decisions about instruction and student learning. During the course, participants will explore a broad range of strategies, including: selected response assessments (such as multiple choice tests, extended written response assessments, and use of observation and personal communication. Participants will learn about the technologies that support assessment design, and they will use technology to design balanced assessments that both prove and improve student achievement.
Technology: Impact on Society and the Schools
ECOMP 6101-80 | 3 credits
June 3, 2009–August 25, 2009
Online
Level: graduate
$30 technology fee
Contact: 888.LESLEY.U or info@lesley.edu
Through discussions, readings, group work, and class activities, the course focuses on current social and political issues in educational technology, issues of effectiveness, and the process of leading change in educational institutions. Students analyze current practice and evolving issues with varied perspectives. Students lead a seminar on one of the course's controversial topics, and develop a plan for change in their own classrooms, schools, or communities.
Introduction to Educational Robotics
ECOMP 6018-80 | 3 credits
June 3, 2009–August 25, 2009
Online
Level: graduate
$30 technology fee
Contact: 888.LESLEY.U or info@lesley.edu
This course introduces the principles of robotics as a subject matter and as a concrete three-dimensional classroom tool to be used in many educational environments. Various types of robots are optimized to illustrate how these educational assistants can impact the learning environment and problem solving challenges for math, science, language arts, industrial arts, activities for disabled or special education students, and events for the gifted and talented. The course utilizes Macintosh computers, PC's using Windows, and all laptops to work with remote infrared programming which is linked to vision, sonar, tactile sensors, speech, pattern recognition, voice recognition, and problem solving challenges. (Note: This course is offered in alternating semesters.)
Teaching and Learning with Digital Media
ECOMP 6016-80 | 3 credits
June 3, 2009–August 25, 2009
Online
Level: graduate
$30 technology fee
Contact: 888.LESLEY.U or info@lesley.edu
This course will help educators to harness the power of digital media for teaching and learning. They will learn to use that power to transform traditional teacher-centered classrooms into student-focused learning environments where students use digital media for the acquisition, analysis, construction, and presentation of knowledge. Hands on experiences will also help them develop proficiency with the tools and skills needed for authoring and publishing digital media in a variety of formats.
Web Design and HTML: Web Publish for Educators
ECOMP 6009-80 | 3 credits
June 3, 2009–August 25, 2009
Online
Level: graduate
$30 technology fee
Contact: 888.LESLEY.U or info@lesley.edu
This course focuses on web site design and development. Applying the basics of the HTML scripting language and digital imaging techniques, students will synthesize technology with pedagogy, integrating web sites into educational environments. The course emphasizes the student as author—one who designs, develops, and publishes web pages on the Internet-using appropriate instructional design techniques in a logical sequence. Issues of classroom management, student-centered web site development, and school-wide participation will be addressed.
The World Wide Web as an Educational Resource
ECOMP 6008-80 | 3 credits
June 3, 2009–August 25, 2009
Online
Level: graduate
$30 technology fee
Contact: 888.LESLEY.U or info@lesley.edu
Through hands-on experience and readings participants develop skills in using World Wide Web (WWW) resources to communicate and collaborate with others locally and globally, evaluate and access information, conduct research, develop web sites, and apply what is learned in schools, classrooms and graduate studies. Responsible use of the WWW, issues related to educational uses of the WWW, and the changing role and nature of the WWW will be examined and evaluated.
Technology and Social Studies
ECOMP 5022-80 | 3 credits
June 3, 2009–August 25, 2009
Online
Level: graduate
$30 technology fee
Contact: 888.LESLEY.U or info@lesley.edu
This course gives teachers a chance to explore a variety of ways that technology can be used to support and enhance the social studies curriculum such as developing student-centered projects, inquiry, communication and "virtual learning." Students in this course will investigate and evaluate existing standards-based social studies curriculum; build resources; use new tools; and create new curriculum materials for their own classrooms. They will learn and use the "transformative" power of technology in the social studies.
21st Century Teaching: Supporting All Learners on the Ability Spectrum
ECOMP 5007-80 | 3 credits
June 3, 2009–August 25, 2009
Online
Level: graduate
$30 technology fee
Contact: 888.LESLEY.U or info@lesley.edu
This hands-on course teaches the application of technologies to the special needs curriculum. Participants develop the knowledge and skills to support special needs learners with technologies: understanding the learning characteristics of special needs students; developing customized hypermedia; selecting and evaluating appropriate software; experimenting with and using software and adaptive technologies; discussing special needs research and national legislation; investigating the latest issues of using technology for special needs learners; and integrating technology into the curriculum.
Technology into the Language Arts Curriculum
ECOMP 5004-80 | 3 credits
June 3, 2009–August 25, 2009
Online
Level: graduate
$30 technology fee
Contact: 888.LESLEY.U or info@lesley.edu
Course participants will experience a variety of hands-on activities designed to integrate technological applications to students' research, reading, writing, and publishing across content areas. This course surveys current research and best practice in teaching of language arts in combination with effective use of computers and other technology especially the resources available on the World Wide Web. Participants will preview, evaluate, and discuss applications of a variety of reading software and storybooks, presentation software, writing programs, editing and grammar tools, and desktop publishing packages.
Computers, Technology and Education
ECOMP 5100-80 | 3 credits
June 3, 2009–August 25, 2009
Online
Level: graduate
$30 technology fee
Contact: 888.LESLEY.U or info@lesley.edu
This course presents an overview of computers in education including productivity tools such as word processing, spreadsheets, databases, and graphics. Students survey examples of educational software, explore the Internet, conduct online learning, and practice APA writing style
Teacher Education, Reading and Language Arts, and Curriculum and Instruction
Summer Intermediate/Middle Literacy Institute:
Using The Continuum of Literacy Learning as a
Tool to Plan for and Assess Your Students' Reading
EEDUC 6030-30 | 2–3,credits
July 13, 2009–July 16, 2009
Monday–Thursday, 7:00 am–3:50 pm
Level: graduate
Contact: Sharon Winston 617.349.8674
The annual intermediate/middle level literacy institute brings together different experts in the field of education to lead participants in thinking and learning about best practice in teaching students in reading and writing workshop. Speakers and topics will vary year to year.
Summer Primary Literacy Institute:
Using The Continuum of Literacy Learning as a
Tool to Plan for and Assess Your Students' Reading
EEDUC 6020-30 | 2–3 credits
July 13, 2009–July 16, 2009
Monday–Thursday, 7:00 am–3:50 pm
Level: graduate
Contact: Sharon Winston 617.349.8674
This literacy institute is designed to engage teachers and administrators in thoughtful learning experiences and hands-on work. Each year different experts in the field of literacy will guide participants in thinking about best practices of literacy teaching and learning.
Literature for Children and Young Adults
EEDUC 5104-02 | 3 credits
July 17–19, 2009–August 14–16, 2009
Fridays, 5:00 pm–10:00 pm, Saturdays and Sundays, 8:00 am–4:50 pm
Level: graduate
$10 materials fee
Contact: 888.LESLEY.U or info@lesley.edu
This survey of children's books from preschool through the adolescent years identifies the characteristics of the various literary genres; develops criteria for evaluating children's books; fosters an awareness and nurtures a consideration of how the developmental and diverse cultural needs of children affect their responses to literature; and shares strategies for integrating literature across the curriculum for enjoyment, learning, and classroom reading instruction.
Developmental Learning
EEDUC 5131-01 | 3 credits
July 6, 2009–July 28, 2009
Mondays–Thursdays, 9:00 am–11:30 am
Level: graduate
$10 materials fee
Contact: 888.LESLEY.U or info@lesley.edu
This course is designed to help teachers understand the principles of developmental learning, physical knowledge, symbolic thinking, language development, social and moral development, and their implications for teaching practice. An understanding of principles of developmental learning will be presented both through readings and through direct observation of children’s play, language, and social interactions. Formerly: Integrated Curriculum in Early Childhood I: Math and Science.
Literacy: Integration of Language Arts
EEDUC 5121-02 | 3 credits
July 6, 2009–July 28, 2009
Mondays–Thursdays, 9:00 am–11:30 am
Level: graduate
$10 materials fee
Contact: 888.LESLEY.U or info@lesley.edu
This course presents fundamental principles of elementary reading and language arts. Focus is on students understanding the interrelationship of reading, writing, listening, and speaking. Students will also become knowledgeable about current materials, instructional strategies, and classroom-based assessment for emergent reading, beginning reading, and fluent reading.
Multicultural Curriculum: Pedagogy and Practice
EEDUC 6111-02 | 3 credits
August 3, 2009–August 20, 2009
Mondays–Fridays, 9:00 am–11:30 am
Level: graduate
$10 materials fee
Contact: 888.LESLEY.U or info@lesley.edu
This course will examine the goals, assumptions & strategies of multicultural education and assist teachers to effectively apply theories of equity of classroom practice. Through a variety of cognitive and affective approaches, students will identify and analyze the cultural and structural factors that have led to unequal academic outcomes for diverse learners, and explore practitioner- based strategies, resources and materials for the development of classrooms that are culturally affirming and inclusionary. Through activities and assignments, students will both explore and demonstrate a development of a mutlicultural curriculum. Readings will be placed within the context of public schooling today in order too develop students' cultural consciousness of the shared societal assumptions that we bring to our teaching experiences.
Courage to Teach Institute: Sustaining Professional Practice
EEDUC 6055-01 | 3 credits
July 6, 2009–July 10, 2009
Monday–Friday, 9:00 am–4:00 pm
Level: graduate
Contact: 888.LESLEY.U or info@lesley.edu
This intensive five-day course is for teachers, educational leaders, and other professionals and students who wish to explore their vocational and academic identity and vitality. Participants will experience the formative practices of Courage to Teach, and will analyze the principles and context behind the practices, and identify implications for their own professional life and work.
Content Area Reading/Writing/Study Skills (4–12)
EEDUC 6101-02 | 3 credits
July 6, 2009–July 28, 2009
Mondays–Thursdays, 1:00 pm–3:30 pm
Level: graduate
$10 materials fee
Contact: 888.LESLEY.U or info@lesley.edu
Reading curriculum is studied with emphasis on comprehension, content area reading, study skills, and readers with diverse needs in the upper elementary, middle school, and high school.
Integrated Curriculum in Early Childhood I: Science & Health
EEDUC 5130-01 | 3 credits
July 6, 2009–July 28, 2009
Mondays–Thursdays, 1:00 pm–3:30 pm
Level: graduate
$10 materials fee
Contact: 888.LESLEY.U or info@lesley.edu
Young children learn about their world in an integrated, exploratory way. Children's understanding of the world continously changes with the interactions between their development and the quality of these experiences. This course focuses on helping the pre-service teacher develop skills and intuitions in creating a rich learning environment for young students in the area of science and health.
Learning Mathematics in Early Childhood
EEDUC 5139-01 | 3 credits
August 3, 2009–August 20, 2009
Mondays–Fridays, 1:00 pm–3:30 pm
Level: graduate
$10 materials fee
Contact: 888.LESLEY.U or info@lesley.edu
This course is designed to develop knowledge of content and pedagogy that is essential for teaching mathematics in schools. Assessment strategies, adaptations for special needs, and classroom management are all addressed. The big ideas and how they develop and become represented is a strong emphasis.
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages—Theories and Methods
EEDUC 6014-01 | 3 credits
July 6, 2009–July 28, 2009
Mondays–Thursdays, 1:00 pm–3:30 pm
Level: graduate
$10 materials fee
Contact: 888.LESLEY.U or info@lesley.edu
This course focuses on the theories and methods of teaching English as a second language and the effective classroom practices for English instruction in reading and writing, as well as literacy in the content areas. The cultural diversity of K–12 students on the site where the course is taught is examined as well as its influence on teaching and learning. The historical, theoretical, and philosophical underpinnings of bilingual education are addressed.
Teaching Elementary School Mathematics
EEDUC 5102-01 | 3 credits
June 1, 2009–June 30, 2009
Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, 4:00 pm–6:30 pm
Level: graduate
$10 materials fee
Contact: 888.LESLEY.U or info@lesley.edu
Mathematics in the United States has historically been a difficult field because it has not always taken children's developmental and learning needs into account. In this course we support learners gaining both knowledge needed to teach school-age children and increased competency in the mathematics itself. A variety of materials and models is used to show connections to daily life, and many different approaches to mathematics are investigated. Relevant children's literature and technology are also emphasized.
Literature for Children and Young Adults
EEDUC 5104-01 | 3 credits
July 6, 2009–August 4, 2009
Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, 4:00 pm–6:30 pm
Level: graduate
$10 materials fee
Contact: 888.LESLEY.U or info@lesley.edu
This survey of children's books from preschool through the adolescent years identifies the characteristics of the various literary genres; develops criteria for evaluating children's books; fosters an awareness and nurtures a consideration of how the developmental and diverse cultural needs of children affect their responses to literature; and shares strategies for integrating literature across the curriculum for enjoyment, learning, and classroom reading instruction.
Adolescent Development in Context of Families, Communities, Schools
EEDUC 6100-01 | 3 credits
June 1, 2009–June 30, 2009
Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, 4:00 pm–6:30 pm
Level: graduate
$10 materials fee
Contact: 888.LESLEY.U or info@lesley.edu
Students will investigate the historical, contemporary, cultural, physical, and psychological aspects of this important stage of human development. While learning about the characteristics of adolescents, learners will reflect on their own experiences and come to know themselves more fully. A goal of this course is to apply theory to authentic experience so that pre and in-service teachers develop an appreciation and understanding of how the institutions of society, and specifically schools, can best serve this age group.
Content Area Reading/Writing/Study Skills (4–12)
EEDUC 6101-01 | 3 credits
July 6, 2009–August 4, 2009
Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, 4:00 pm–6:30 pm
Level: graduate $10 materials fee
Contact: 888.LESLEY.U or info@lesley.edu
Reading curriculum is studied with emphasis on comprehension, content area reading, study skills, and readers with diverse needs in the upper elementary, middle school, and high school.
Development and Learning: Psycho-Social Perspectives in Education
EEDUC 5122-01 | 3 credits
June 1, 2009–June 30, 2009
Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, 4:00 pm–6:30 pm
Level: graduate
$10 materials fee
Contact: 888.LESLEY.U or info@lesley.edu
This course focuses upon constructivist-interactionist views of child development, spanning the preschool years through adolescence and young adulthood. Topics include early development, play, children’s art, cognitive development and learning, family systems and social learning, classroom instruction and organization, communication, curriculum and cognition, evaluation and assessment, language development and literacy, moral development, gender differences, and developmental diversity among individuals and across cultures including race, ethnicity, linguistic background, and economic conditions.
Development and Learning: Psycho-Social Perspectives in Education
EEDUC 5122-02 | 3 credits
June 1, 2009–June 30, 2009
Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, 4:00 pm–6:30 pm
Level: graduate
$10 materials fee
Contact: 888.LESLEY.U or info@lesley.edu
This course focuses upon constructivist-interactionist views of child development, spanning the preschool years through adolescence and young adulthood. Topics include early development, play, children’s art, cognitive development and learning, family systems and social learning, classroom instruction and organization, communication, curriculum and cognition, evaluation and assessment, language development and literacy, moral development, gender differences, and developmental diversity among individuals and across cultures including race, ethnicity, linguistic background, and economic conditions.
Families, Society, and Schools
EEDUC 5115-01 | 3 credits
June 1, 2009–June 30, 2009
Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, 4:00 pm–6:30 pm
Level: graduate
$10 materials fee
Contact: 888.LESLEY.U or info@lesley.edu
This course is designed to provide an understanding of the family as an institution within both an historical and contemporary context. Participants will explore the variety of real life experiences of contemporary children, their families and community and their interrelatedness. This course will also examine links between school performance and family involvement. Institutional structures that facilitate or impede family-school relationships will be addressed. Specific issues facing families and children will be examined to help teachers better respond to the challenges of today's classroom.
Issues in American Schooling: Contemporary Challenges & Historical Contexts
EEDUC 5146-02 | 3 credits
July 6, 2009–August 4, 2009
Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, 4:00 pm–6:30 pm
Level: graduate
$10 materials fee
Contact: 888.LESLEY.U or info@lesley.edu
The course examines diverse contemporary issues in American education through a combination of field-based experiences and investigation of the social and historical forces that shape the character of schooling in a democratic society. The course opens the dialogue about the nature of teaching and learning, and the design of educational programs in the context of societal, political, and economic structures as well as within the diverse cultural values of a pluralistic society.
Language and Literacy: Development and Diversity
EEDUC 6102-01 | 3 credits
June 1, 2009–June 30, 2009
Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, 4:00 pm–6:30 pm
Level: graduate
$10 materials fee
Contact: 888.LESLEY.U or info@lesley.edu
This course examines diverse aspects of language acquisition and literacy development with emphasis on educational implications. The major theories and current research in first and second language acquisition are reviewed. Educational topics in language and literacy are addressed, including concerns for reading, writing, oral language, phonics, spelling, academic English, grammar, language assessments, and language-based disabilities. Linguistic and cultural diversity, bilingualism, and second language acquisition are considered throughout.
Literacy: Integration of Language Arts
EEDUC 5121-01 | 3 credits
June 1, 2009–June 30, 2009
Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, 4:00 pm–6:30 pm
Level: graduate
$10 materials fee
Contact: 888.LESLEY.U or info@lesley.edu
This course presents fundamental principles of elementary reading and language arts. Focus is on students understanding the interrelationship of reading, writing, listening, and speaking. Students will also become knowledgeable about current materials, instructional strategies, and classroom-based assessment for emergent reading, beginning reading, and fluent reading.
The Middle School: Historical Context and Promising Practice
EEDUC 6204-01 | 3 credits
July 6, 2009–August 4, 2009
Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, 4:00 pm–6:30 pm
Level: graduate
$10 materials fee
Contact: 888.LESLEY.U or info@lesley.edu
This course examines the promising practices of the contemporary middle school philosophy through a combination of field-based experiences and examination of the historical forces that shape the character of schooling in a democratic society. Students, as pre and in-service practitioners, will investigate the student-centered, team integrated, interdisciplinary approach in light of its ability to simultaneously address both state standards and frameworks while providing for the needs of emerging adolescents.
The Teaching of Writing K–12
EEDUC 6001-01 | 3 credits
July 6, 2009–August 4, 2009
Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, 4:00 pm–6:30 pm
Level: graduate
$10 materials fee
Contact: 888.LESLEY.U or info@lesley.edu
This course promotes the thoughtful examination of writers and writing instruction. Throughout the course, students are introduced to strategies and skills they can use to enhance their own writing and the writing of K–12 students. Using a process approach, students learn how to communicate ideas effectively in a variety of genres and for a multitude of purposes. Based on the most current understandings in the field, this course explores such topics as writer's workshop, conferencing, struggling writers, assessment, reading/writing connections, writing in the disciplines, revision and editing, the use of technology to support writers, and the management of writing instruction.
Classroom and School Inquiry
EEDUC 6126-01 | 3 credits
June 26–28, 2009 and July 24–26, 2009
Fridays, 5:00 pm–9:50 pm, Saturdays and Sundays, 8:00 am–4:50 pm
Level: graduate
$10 materials fee
Contact: 888.LESLEY.U or info@lesley.edu
Classroom and School Inquiry focuses on the understanding and critical analysis of educational research and methods for accurately communicating this information to the public. As teachers participate in redefining their educational roles, decision-making and action-oriented classroom practice will be critical in promoting student learning. Both require problem-solving, which is enhanced by the forming and testing of hypotheses, gathering data that is then analyzed, synthesized, and evaluated, and generating solutions. This course will engage students in this process by acquainting them with the knowledge and techniques necessary for them to become lifelong teacher researchers, and to present the results of their research effectively and professionally to a variety of audiences. Note: This course is a prerequisite to EEDUC 6127.
Issues in American Schooling: Contemporary Challenges & Historical Contexts
EEDUC 5146-01 | 3 credits
June 5–7, 2009 and July 10–12, 2009
Fridays, 5:00 pm–9:50 pm, Saturdays and Sundays, 8:00 am–4:50 pm
Level: graduate
$10 materials fee
Contact: 888.LESLEY.U or info@lesley.edu
The course examines diverse contemporary issues in American education through a combination of field-based experiences and investigation of the social and historical forces that shape the character of schooling in a democratic society. The course opens the dialogue about the nature of teaching and learning, and the design of educational programs in the context of societal, political, and economic structures as well as within the diverse cultural values of a pluralistic society.
Multicultural Curriculum: Pedagogy and Practice
EEDUC 6111-01 | 3 credits
June 19–21, 2009 and July 17–19, 2009
Fridays, 5:00 pm–9:50 pm, Saturdays and Sundays, 8:00 am–4:50 pm
Level: graduate
$10 materials fee
Contact: 888.LESLEY.U or info@lesley.edu
This course will examine the goals, assumptions and strategies of multicultural education and assist teachers to effectively apply theories of equity of classroom practice. Through a variety of cognitive and affective approaches, students will identify and analyze the cultural and structural factors that have led to unequal academic outcomes for diverse learners, and explore practitioner- based strategies, resources and materials for the development of classrooms that are culturally affirming and inclusionary. Through activities and assignments, students will both explore and demonstrate a development of a mutlicultural curriculum. Readings will be placed within the context of public schooling today in order too develop students' cultural consciousness of the shared societal assumptions that we bring to our teaching experiences.
Teaching Elementary School Mathematics
EEDUC 5102-02 | 3 credits
June 12–June 14, 2009 and July 10–12, 2009
Fridays, 5:00 pm–9:50 pm, Saturdays and Sundays, 8:00 am–4:50 pm
Level: graduate
$10 materials fee
Contact: 888.LESLEY.U or info@lesley.edu
Mathematics in the United States has historically been a difficult field because it has not always taken children's developmental and learning needs into account. In this course we support learners gaining both knowledge needed to teach school-age children and increased competency in the mathematics itself. A variety of materials and models is used to show connections to daily life, and many different approaches to mathematics are investigated. Relevant children's literature and technology are also emphasized.
The Teaching of Writing K–12
EEDUC 6001-02 | 3 credits
July 17–19, 2009 and August 14–16, 2009
Fridays, 5:00 pm–9:50 pm, Saturdays and Sundays, 8:00 am–4:50 pm
Level: graduate
$10 materials fee
Contact: 888.LESLEY.U or info@lesley.edu
This course promotes the thoughtful examination of writers and writing instruction. Throughout the course, students are introduced to strategies and skills they can use to enhance their own writing and the writing of K-12 students. Using a process approach, students learn how to communicate ideas effectively in a variety of genres and for a multitude of purposes. Based on the most current understandings in the field, this course explores such topics as writer's workshop, conferencing, struggling writers, assessment, reading/writing connections, writing in the disciplines, revision and editing, the use of technology to support writers, and the management of writing instruction.
Dimensions of Learning Through Play
EEDUC 6139-01 | 3 credits
June 26–28, 2009 and July 24–26, 2009
Fridays, 5:00 pm–9:50 pm, Saturdays and Sundays, 8:00 am–4:50 pm
Level: graduate
$10 materials fee
Contact: 888.LESLEY.U or info@lesley.edu
How does one define play? What are the debates about the relationship of play to children's learning to the development of meaning and to creativity, PreK–2? Are there variations in play across cultures, between typically developing children and those with disabilities, and between genders? This course will examine theory and research which will help us explore these and other questions.
Exploring Nonfiction for the Elementary and Middle School Classroom
EEDUC 6032-01 | 3 credits
July 10–12, 2009 and August 7–9, 2009
Fridays, 5:00 pm–9:50 pm, Saturdays and Sundays, 8:00 am–4:50 pm
Level: graduate
$10 materials fee
Contact: 888.LESLEY.U or info@lesley.edu
Utilizing children's literature as its required reading, this specialized course examines the often overlooked genre of nonfiction, and its rich potential for integration across K–8 curricula. This in-depth study emphasizes: developing critical skills for evaluation, analyzing various types of nonfiction books, highlighting notable creators in the field, and sharing strategies that increase nonfiction reading and comprehension, as well as techniques for the researching and writing of nonfiction within the classroom setting.
First/Second Language Acquisition
EEDUC 6120-01 | 3 credits
July 10–12, 2009 and August 7–9, 2009
Fridays, 5:00 pm–9:50 pm, Saturdays and Sundays, 8:00 am–4:50 pm
Level: graduate
$10 materials fee
Contact: 888.LESLEY.U or info@lesley.edu
This course addresses the theories and current research in first and second language acquisition. Participants will understand the theories and practices for developing literacy skills in English for English Language Learn-ers (ELL) with different educational backgrounds and different English proficiency levels. A variety of programs-two-way bilingual, sheltered English immersion, English as a second language, and others are examined. Participants will work with The Massachusetts English Language Proficiency Benchmarks and Outcomes and other appropriate frameworks and instructional materials.
Language and Literacy: Development and Diversity
EEDUC 6102-02 | 3 credits
June 12–14, 2009 and July 10–12, 2009
Fridays, 5:00 pm–9:50 pm, Saturdays and Sundays, 8:00 am–4:50 pm
Level: graduate
$10 materials fee
Contact: 888.LESLEY.U or info@lesley.edu
This course examines diverse aspects of language acquisition and literacy development with emphasis on educational implications. The major theories and current research in first and second language acquisition are reviewed. Educational topics in language and literacy are addressed, including concerns for reading, writing, oral language, phonics, spelling, academic English, grammar, language assessments, and language-based disabilities. Linguistic and cultural diversity, bilingualism, and second language acquisition are considered throughout.
Development and Learning: Psycho-Social Perspectives in Education
EEDUC 5122-80 | 3 credits
June 3, 2009–August 25, 2009
Online
Level: graduate
$30 technology fee
Contact: 888.LESLEY.U or info@lesley.edu
This course focuses upon constructivist-interactionist views of child development, spanning the preschool years through adolescence and young adulthood. Topics include early development, play, children’s art, cognitive development and learning, family systems and social learning, classroom instruction and organization, communication, curriculum and cognition, evaluation and assessment, language development and literacy, moral development, gender differences, and developmental diversity among individuals and across cultures including race, ethnicity, linguistic background, and economic conditions.
Issues in American Schooling: Contemporary Challenges and Historical Contexts
EEDUC 5146-80 | 3 credits
June 3, 2009–August 25, 2009
Online
Level: graduate
$30 technology fee
Contact: 888.LESLEY.U or info@lesley.edu
The course examines diverse contemporary issues in American education through a combination of field-based experiences and investigation of the social and historical forces that shape the character of schooling in a democratic society. The course opens the dialogue about the nature of teaching and learning, and the design of educational programs in the context of societal, political, and economic structures as well as within the diverse cultural values of a pluralistic society.
Special Education
Introduction to the Autism Spectrum Disorders: Educational Implications and Teaching Strategies
ESPED 5013-80 | 3 credits
June 3, 2009–August 25, 2009
Online
Level: graduate
$30 technology fee
Contact: 888.LESLEY.U or info@lesley.edu
The focus of this course is on the autism spectrum disorders through adulthood. The condition of autism spectrum disorder reflects a range of diversity and severity which will be examined in this course History, current research, and definitions will be explored. Three major characteristics of autism spectrum disorder will be examined: communication impairment, impaired social inetractions, and behavioral abnormalities. A variety of educational theories and practices will be introduced, and teaching strategies that meet the needs of these diverse learners will be presented.
Strategies for Inclusive Schooling
ESPED 5037-01 | 3 credits
July 6, 2009–August 4, 2009
Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, 4:00 pm–6:30 pm
Level: graduate
$10 materials fee
Contact: 888.LESLEY.U or info@lesley.edu
This course provides an overview of instructional and curricular strategies for students with disabilities in inclusive schools. Theory and effective practices are presented in relation to the educational, social and academic components of classrooms. The course reviews the historical and legal perspective of special education, Individualized Educational Plan, effective collaboration and models of inclusion.
Special Needs: An Inclusive Perspective
ESPED 5100-01 | 3–6 credits
June 1, 2009–June 30, 2009
Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, 4:00 pm–6:30 pm
Level: graduate
$10 materials fee
Contact: 888.LESLEY.U or info@lesley.edu
This course presents an overview of characteristics and instructional implications of various disabling conditions. From an inclusive perspective, the class examines information about disabilities, as well as the effects of societal attitudes, the range of service delivery for individuals with disabilities, the historical context of special education, state and federal laws and regulations, the impact of labeling, myths and stereotypes, advocacy, and the role of parents.
Special Needs: An Inclusive Perspective
ESPED 5100-02 | 3–6 credits
June 1, 2009–June 30, 2009
Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, 4:00 pm–6:30 pm
Level: graduate
$10 materials fee
Contact: 888.LESLEY.U or info@lesley.edu
This course presents an overview of characteristics and instructional implications of various disabling conditions. From an inclusive perspective, the class examines information about disabilities, as well as the effects of societal attitudes, the range of service delivery for individuals with disabilities, the historical context of special education, state and federal laws and regulations, the impact of labeling, myths and stereotypes, advocacy, and the role of parents.
Universal Curriculum Design for Diverse Learners
ESPED 5114-01 | 3 credits
June 5–7, 2009 and July 10–12, 2009,Fridays, 5:00 pm–9:50 pm, Saturdays and Sundays, 8:00 am–4:50 pm
Level: graduate
$10 materials fee
Contact: 888.LESLEY.U or info@lesley.edu
Designing curriculum and instructional approaches for the range of diverse learners in inclusive classrooms. Focus will be on interdisciplinary approaches with instructional and ecological accommodations for students with moderate disabilities. Access for all students to the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks in English language arts, mathematics, science, technology, social studies, foreign languages, health, and the arts will be addressed throughout the course.
Classroom and Behavior Management
ESPED 6121-01 | 3 credits
July 17–19, 2009 and August 14–16, 2009
Fridays, 5:00 pm–9:50 pm, Saturdays and Sundays, 8:00 am–4:50 pm
Level: graduate
$10 materials fee
Contact: 888.LESLEY.U or info@lesley.edu
This course addresses the social/emotional and behavioral aspects of teaching and learning. Strategies for developing and maintaining appropriate standards of behavior, organizing and managing the classroom, and enhancing the emotional development of children are examined. A range of environmental, social/emotional, behavioral, psychoeducational, and cognitive theories and interventions are reviewed and critiqued.
Classroom and Behavior Management
ESPED 6121-02 | 3 credits
July 17–19, 2009 and August 14–16, 2009
Fridays, 5:00 pm–9:50 pm, Saturdays and Sundays, 8:00 am–4:50 pm
Level: graduate
$10 materials fee
Contact: 888.LESLEY.U or info@lesley.edu
This course addresses the social/emotional and behavioral aspects of teaching and learning. Strategies for developing and maintaining appropriate standards of behavior, organizing and managing the classroom, and enhancing the emotional development of children are examined. A range of environmental, social/emotional, behavioral, psychoeducational, and cognitive theories and interventions are reviewed and critiqued.
Nondiscriminatory Assessment and Educational Programming
ESPED 6124-01 | 3 credits
June 1, 2009–June 30, 2009
Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, 4:00 pm–6:30 pm
Level: graduate
$10 materials fee; $100 assessment fee
Contact: 888.LESLEY.U or info@lesley.edu
This course initiates students into the theoretical concepts of the Conflict Resolution and Peaceable Schools program through an examination of the roots of interpersonal conflict and systemic violence in schools and society. Students explore structural and cultural factors in order to understand the dynamics of oppression at work in educational settings. Students will study how oppression is manifested by examining issues of race, language, class, culture, sexual orientation, and gender roles. The course will focus on positive responses to cultural factors.
Collaboration and Consultation
ESPED 6132-01 | 3 credits
July 6, 2009–August 4, 2009
Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, 4:00 pm–6:30 pm
Level: graduate
$10 materials fee
Contact: 888.LESLEY.U or info@lesley.edu
Overview of consulting models, staff development, and program evaluation strategies. Development of effective interpersonal communication skills in working with teachers, outside agencies, and families of students from a diversity of backgrounds will be emphasized. The resource teacher's roles and responsibilities as a professional and a collaborative consultant will be explored. Use of additional services and community resources will be addressed.
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