Jim Perry's MAED Coursework
Fall 2005
TE801 Professional Roles and Teaching Practice I
Teachers' professional and ethical responsibilities. Connections of schools to other social agencies. Relations of teachers to colleagues, families, other social service providers, and community leaders. Roles in school governance.
Examples of work: Student Teaching Reflection
TE802 Reflection and Inquiry of Teaching Practice I
Qualitative and quantitative research methods on teaching and learning. Criteria for judging the validity and applicability of research-based knowledge. Framing educational problems worthy of inquiry. Designing and assessing studies of teaching practice.
Examples of work: Student Teaching Reflection
Teachers' professional and ethical responsibilities. Connections of schools to other social agencies. Relations of teachers to colleagues, families, other social service providers, and community leaders. Roles in school governance.
Examples of work: Student Teaching Reflection
TE802 Reflection and Inquiry of Teaching Practice I
Qualitative and quantitative research methods on teaching and learning. Criteria for judging the validity and applicability of research-based knowledge. Framing educational problems worthy of inquiry. Designing and assessing studies of teaching practice.
Examples of work: Student Teaching Reflection
Spring 2006
TE803 Professional Roles and Teaching Practice II
School-agency alliances for fostering student learning. Strategies for working with families and community groups to improve responsiveness of the school curriculum to student needs. Child advocacy in the school and community.
Examples of work: Internship Year
TE804 Reflection and Inquiry of Teaching Practice II
Collecting, analyzing, and interpreting data on teaching, learning, and educational policy. Dilemmas surrounding research on practice. Appraising and reporting results of inquiry.
Examples of work: Internship Year
School-agency alliances for fostering student learning. Strategies for working with families and community groups to improve responsiveness of the school curriculum to student needs. Child advocacy in the school and community.
Examples of work: Internship Year
TE804 Reflection and Inquiry of Teaching Practice II
Collecting, analyzing, and interpreting data on teaching, learning, and educational policy. Dilemmas surrounding research on practice. Appraising and reporting results of inquiry.
Examples of work: Internship Year
Summer 2009
KIN854 Legal/Administration Issues of Coaching
This course prepares athletic administrators, school administrators, coaches, and directors of recreational programs for the responsibilities associated with providing and maintaining educationally sound athletic programs for amateur athletes. Obligations of those who are responsible for managing the risks associated with participation in physical activities are identified, as are the consequences of failing to protect the welfare of individuals who participate in school and agency-sponsored programs.
Examples of work: Coaching responsibilities
KIN856 Physical Bases of Coaching
Principles of anatomy, biomechanics, and physiology for coaching amateur athletes in various sports. Relationships between the biological bases of coaching and physical conditioning, performance enhancement and the prevention, care, and rehabilitation of injuries.
Examples of work: Emergency Plan form
This course prepares athletic administrators, school administrators, coaches, and directors of recreational programs for the responsibilities associated with providing and maintaining educationally sound athletic programs for amateur athletes. Obligations of those who are responsible for managing the risks associated with participation in physical activities are identified, as are the consequences of failing to protect the welfare of individuals who participate in school and agency-sponsored programs.
Examples of work: Coaching responsibilities
KIN856 Physical Bases of Coaching
Principles of anatomy, biomechanics, and physiology for coaching amateur athletes in various sports. Relationships between the biological bases of coaching and physical conditioning, performance enhancement and the prevention, care, and rehabilitation of injuries.
Examples of work: Emergency Plan form
Fall 2009
ED800 Concepts Educational Inquiry
This course, the introductory one in the MSU online MAED program, is designed to be foundational. It provides an opportunity to think and exchange ideas about our beliefs about education and the many forms of inquiry related to it.
Examples of work: Teaching Styles Paper
This course, the introductory one in the MSU online MAED program, is designed to be foundational. It provides an opportunity to think and exchange ideas about our beliefs about education and the many forms of inquiry related to it.
Examples of work: Teaching Styles Paper
Summer 2010
CEP883 Psycholgy of Classroom Discipline
Teaching experience.Theories of and strategies for the resolution of classroom
discipline problems.
Examples of work: Classroom management paper
TE846 Accommodating Differences in Literacy Learners
The course is organized around five broad topical areas and associated literacy instruction and assessment practices: cultural and linguistic differences, individual motivation differences, neuropsychological differences, instructional arrangements to accommodate learning differences, and core components of effective literacy instruction. Students in the course learn about the principles of instruction and remediation in reading and writing, classroom assessment techniques for reading and writing, and materials and adaptations for reading and writing instruction.
Examples of work: Reading/Writing Analysis
Teaching experience.Theories of and strategies for the resolution of classroom
discipline problems.
Examples of work: Classroom management paper
TE846 Accommodating Differences in Literacy Learners
The course is organized around five broad topical areas and associated literacy instruction and assessment practices: cultural and linguistic differences, individual motivation differences, neuropsychological differences, instructional arrangements to accommodate learning differences, and core components of effective literacy instruction. Students in the course learn about the principles of instruction and remediation in reading and writing, classroom assessment techniques for reading and writing, and materials and adaptations for reading and writing instruction.
Examples of work: Reading/Writing Analysis
Fall 2010
KIN857 Promoting Positive Youth Development in Sport
This course provides coaches, athletic administrators, and directors of recreational programs or individuals who are interested in this area with an understanding of ways to facilitate positive youth and student-athlete development through sport. Emphasis will be placed on scientific bases and policy implications for educational athletics whether housed in school or non school environments.
Examples of work: A Positive Approach to Coaching
This course provides coaches, athletic administrators, and directors of recreational programs or individuals who are interested in this area with an understanding of ways to facilitate positive youth and student-athlete development through sport. Emphasis will be placed on scientific bases and policy implications for educational athletics whether housed in school or non school environments.
Examples of work: A Positive Approach to Coaching
Spring 2011
ED870 Capstone Seminar
The Capstone Seminar is designed to engage students in discussion and reflection on their learning in the Master of Arts in Education program. Each student will create a Web-based portfolio that presents a well-organized representation of their work and thinking in the program and participate in online discussion with other students in the seminar around their developing portfolios.
Examples of work: My Online Portfolio
The Capstone Seminar is designed to engage students in discussion and reflection on their learning in the Master of Arts in Education program. Each student will create a Web-based portfolio that presents a well-organized representation of their work and thinking in the program and participate in online discussion with other students in the seminar around their developing portfolios.
Examples of work: My Online Portfolio
