Integrative Seminar for Elementary Education

Catalog description

This is a capstone seminar for students in the Interdisciplinary Studies for Elementary Educators major, to be taught jointly by a faculty member in one of the subject disciplines and a faculty member in the School of Education. Each semester a theme that can be approached from the perspectives of literature, social sciences, mathematics, and the physical or biological sciences will be chosen for the seminar. Class discussions will include how the material can be approached at different grade levels in elementary school. Sample semester topics include people and the environment, bullying, climate change, poverty, and urbanization. Senior standing in the ISEE major or approval of the instructor is required to take this course.